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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Burlington Township Middle School at Springside right now?
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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 893 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340246002939
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside
1600 BURLINGTON BY PASS, BURLINGTON, NJ 08016 · (609) 699-4021 · Burlington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
319 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 276 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 33% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside→Burlington Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Burlington Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 33.7% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Burlington Township Middle School at Springside
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Township Middle School at Springside this school | 822 | 38.8% | 37.9% |
| Ann A. Mullen Middle School SICKLERVILLE | 937 | 45.7% | 32.1% |
| Westampton Township Middle School WESTAMPTON | 525 | 38.9% | 38.2% |
| Kawameeh Middle School UNION | 729 | 43.2% | 43.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary UNION | 564 | 52.7% | 32.3% |
| Liberty Middle School WEST ORANGE | 559 | 46.2% | 44.5% |
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 Burlington Township Middle School at Springside ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #280 of 433 | #19 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #315 of 437 ▼ 54 | #20 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #321 of 437 ▼ 11 | #20 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #82 of 445 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #190 of 417 | #13 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #23 of 419 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #189 of 436 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #125 of 282 | #6 of 21 |
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
822
-78 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 997
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 822 | 77.2 | 10.7:1 | 39% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 78.2 | 10.3:1 | 31% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 79.7 | 10.3:1 | 29% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 900 | 82 | 11.0:1 | 27% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 86.5 | 10.8:1 | 26% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 948 | 77 | 12.3:1 | 26% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 997 | 67 | 14.9:1 | 21% (208) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burlington Township Middle School at Springside.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (935 to 822); teachers down 11% (86.5 to 77.2).
About Burlington Township Middle School at Springside
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside is a mid-sized middle school found in BURLINGTON, New Jersey. It teaches 822 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 42% more students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
Burlington Township School District oversees Burlington Township Middle School at Springside and 3 other schools, with 3,572 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Burlington Township Middle School at Springside; the largest is Black, at 42%. The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Burlington County, the Black share is about 16%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
On staff are 77.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is similar, at 10.9:1. Burlington Township Middle School at Springside has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%.
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The model predicts 44.9% for a school in New Jersey with Burlington Township Middle School at Springside's free or reduced-price lunch share. Burlington Township Middle School at Springside posts 37.9%.
The school is in Burlington County, where median household income comes to about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burlington County's 139 public schools enroll about 69,020 students and include Burlington Township Middle School at Springside.
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside is about 0.6 miles from Burlington Township High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Burlington Township Middle School at Springside ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 37.9% versus a 29.9% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 9%.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burlington Township School District
- Burlington Township High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Fountain Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 951 students
- B. Bernice Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
Other schools in BURLINGTON
- Burlington Township High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Fountain Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 951 students
- Burlington City High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- B. Bernice Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- Wilbur Watts Intermediate SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Florence Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Burlington Township High School0.6 mi · 1,118
- Fountain Woods Elementary School0.6 mi · 951
- Burlington City High School1.1 mi · 757
- Samuel Smith Elementary School1.3 mi · 310
- Wilbur Watts Intermediate School1.5 mi · 483
- Captain James Lawrence Elementary School1.7 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Burlington Township Middle School at SpringsideHow large is Burlington Township Middle School at Springside?
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Burlington Township Middle School at Springside serve?
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Burlington Township Middle School at Springside?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Burlington Township Middle School at Springside.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burlington Township Middle School at Springside?
At Burlington Township Middle School at Springside, the student body is approximately 26% White, 17% Hispanic, 42% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Burlington Township Middle School at Springside public or private?
Burlington Township Middle School at Springside is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burlington Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.