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What's the most underrated thing about Carl W. Goetz Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
978
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340774004624
Carl W. Goetz Middle School
835 Patterson Road, Jackson, NJ 08527 · (732) 833-4610 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
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
12.5:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
365 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 302 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 357 | 37% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 33.4% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Carl W. Goetz Middle School
Carl W. Goetz Middle School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School this school | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Lake Riviera Middle School BRICK | 893 | 42.4% | 39.6% |
| Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Hammonton Middle School HAMMONTON | 795 | 39.5% | 42.4% |
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 Carl W. Goetz Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #245 of 433 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #217 of 437 ▲ 49 | #4 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #299 of 437 ▼ 41 | #9 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #37 of 445 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #358 of 417 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #188 of 419 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #198 of 436 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #102 of 282 | #8 of 16 |
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
978
-71 (-7%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,245
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 978 | 78 | 12.5:1 | 37% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 1,011 | 79.7 | 12.7:1 | 27% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 989 | 84.1 | 11.8:1 | 23% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,049 | 85 | 12.3:1 | 21% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 1,140 | 87.7 | 13.0:1 | 16% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 1,195 | 88 | 13.6:1 | 16% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 1,343 | 83 | 16.2:1 | 10% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 1,569 | 101 | 15.5:1 | 11% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 1,245 | 110 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl W. Goetz Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,140 to 978); teachers down 11% (87.7 to 78).
About Carl W. Goetz Middle School
Carl W. Goetz Middle School is the name of a high-enrollment middle school in Jackson, New Jersey. It enrolls 978 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 69% more students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
Jackson Township School District includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 7,627 students.
Federal enrollment data show Carl W. Goetz Middle School is 57% White. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 26 points below the 83% share among Ocean County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Carl W. Goetz Middle School are from different groups.
With 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 10.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Carl W. Goetz Middle School, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Carl W. Goetz Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of New Jersey public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Carl W. Goetz Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.4%; the prediction is 45.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ocean County show that the median household earns about $89,863 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ocean County has 117 public schools with about 66,051 students, including Carl W. Goetz Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Elms Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Carl W. Goetz Middle School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carl W. Goetz Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Carl W. Goetz Middle School enrolled 1,049 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 978.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Township School District
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Elms Elementary School0.5 mi · 705
- Millstone Township Primary School3.8 mi · 395
- Switlik Elementary School3.8 mi · 758
- Millstone Township Elementary School4.0 mi · 329
- Jackson Memorial High School4.1 mi · 1,577
- Millstone Township Middle School5.8 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carl W. Goetz Middle School?
Carl W. Goetz Middle School enrolls approximately 978 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Carl W. Goetz Middle School serve?
Carl W. Goetz Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carl W. Goetz Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Carl W. Goetz Middle School.
How diverse is Carl W. Goetz Middle School?
Carl W. Goetz Middle School reports a student body of 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Carl W. Goetz Middle School?
Carl W. Goetz Middle School is overseen by Jackson Township School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.