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What's the biggest difference between Bunker Hill Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
562
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341707000185
Bunker Hill Middle School
372 PITMAN DOWNER RD, SEWELL, NJ 08080 · (856) 881-7007 · Gloucester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
143 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 186 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 36% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bunker Hill Middle School→Washington Township High School
Based on grade levels within Washington Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.9% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 29.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bunker Hill Middle School
Bunker Hill Middle School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill Middle School this school | 562 | 25.4% | 47.0% |
| Chestnut Ridge Middle School SEWELL | 613 | 26.8% | 42.6% |
| Delsea Regional Middle School FRANKLINVILLE | 510 | 25.5% | 39.7% |
| Thorne Middle School PORT MONMOUTH | 597 | 24.8% | 45.3% |
| Glen Meadow Middle School VERNON | 617 | 25.4% | 37.5% |
| Orchard Valley Middle School SEWELL | 529 | 30.1% | 44.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bunker Hill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #204 of 433 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #227 of 437 ▲ 73 | #7 of 18 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #172 of 437 ▲ 16 | #4 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #209 of 445 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #142 of 417 | #3 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #289 of 419 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #250 of 436 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #223 of 282 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 562 | 54.9 | 10.2:1 | 25% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 60.5 | 9.5:1 | 19% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 58.1 | 10.5:1 | 15% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 57 | 10.1:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 58.1 | 10.1:1 | 21% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 69 | 9.9:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 6% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 10% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bunker Hill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (586 to 562); teachers down 6% (58.1 to 54.9).
About Bunker Hill Middle School
Bunker Hill Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in SEWELL, New Jersey, one of the schools in Washington Township School District. The latest federal count shows 562 students in grades 6 through 8.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in Washington Township School District totals 6,938 students.
At Bunker Hill Middle School, White students make up 70% of the student body. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 10.2 students per teacher and 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Bunker Hill Middle School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Bunker Hill Middle School is 5.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Within Gloucester County, the median household income is $105,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Bunker Hill Middle School, Gloucester County has 85 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.2 miles. Bunker Hill Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 37.6%, lower than Bunker Hill Middle School's 47.0%.
Bunker Hill Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Bunker Hill Middle School declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 578 to 562 students.
Posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news are welcome on this page. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Township School District
- Washington Township High SchoolHigh · 2,105 students
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Bells Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Hurffville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Orchard Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
Other schools in SEWELL
- Washington Township High SchoolHigh · 2,105 students
- Gloucester County Institute of TechnologyHigh · 1,657 students
- Deptford Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Hurffville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Orchard Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 511
- Orchard Valley Middle School1.4 mi · 529
- Dorothy L. Bullock School1.7 mi · 701
- Washington Township High School2.1 mi · 2,105
- Birches Elementary School2.3 mi · 472
- Glassboro High School2.8 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Bunker Hill Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bunker Hill Middle School?
Bunker Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bunker Hill Middle School serve?
Bunker Hill Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bunker Hill Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bunker Hill Middle School is approximately 10.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bunker Hill Middle School?
Student demographics at Bunker Hill Middle School are roughly 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Bunker Hill Middle School in?
Bunker Hill Middle School is part of Washington Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.