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Enrollment
704
Middle
DISTRICT 812 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603001510
Charles W. Lewis Middle School
875 ERIAL ROAD, BLACKWOOD, NJ 08012 · (856) 227-8400 · Camden County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- B-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
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
427 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 224 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 37% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
45.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 25.2% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Charles W. Lewis Middle School
Charles W. Lewis Middle School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Lewis Middle School this school | 704 | 60.7% | 32.3% |
| Galloway Township Middle School GALLOWAY | 705 | 56.2% | 30.8% |
| William Davies Middle School MAYS LANDING | 943 | 60.3% | 31.0% |
| F. W. Holbein Middle School MOUNT HOLLY | 451 | 61.4% | 28.8% |
| Avenel Middle School AVENEL | 629 | 59.5% | 23.7% |
| Gloucester City Middle School Gloucester City | 816 | 63.6% | 28.1% |
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 Charles W. Lewis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #321 of 433 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #327 of 437 ▼ 2 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #311 of 437 ▼ 16 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #130 of 445 | #10 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #193 of 417 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #5 of 419 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #97 of 436 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #49 of 122 | #4 of 11 |
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
704
+47 (+7%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 704 | 66 | 10.7:1 | 61% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 64 | 10.9:1 | 56% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 63 | 11.2:1 | 54% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 64 | 10.3:1 | 54% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 59 | 10.8:1 | 57% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 60 | 10.8:1 | 58% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 44% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 72 | 11.6:1 | 25% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 1,187 | 72 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles W. Lewis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (637 to 704); teachers up 12% (59 to 66).
About Charles W. Lewis Middle School
Charles W. Lewis Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school in BLACKWOOD, New Jersey. It educates 704 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students.
Gloucester Township Public Schools enrolls 6,502 students, and its 11 schools include Charles W. Lewis Middle School.
At Charles W. Lewis Middle School, the largest share of students is White, at 31%. After that, the student body is 31% Black, 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Camden County is about 55% White. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers at Charles W. Lewis Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.7:1. That is close to the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. Public schools in Camden County average 50%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Charles W. Lewis Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Charles W. Lewis Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.3% versus 33.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Camden County has these Census figures: the median household income is $88,755, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Camden County has 158 public schools and roughly 82,104 students.
Highland Regional High School is located about 0.8 miles from Charles W. Lewis Middle School. The five-mile area around Charles W. Lewis Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 32.4% proficiency; Charles W. Lewis Middle School posts 32.3%.
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.
Charles W. Lewis Middle School's enrollment climbed from 657 in 2020-21 to 704 in 2024-25.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Erial Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in BLACKWOOD
- Highland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Gloucester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Regional High School0.8 mi · 1,150
- Blackwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 574
- Gloucester Township Elementary School1.4 mi · 222
- Lindenwold School Five1.7 mi · 596
- Loring Flemming Elementary School2.2 mi · 629
- Erial Elementary School2.3 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles W. Lewis Middle School?
Charles W. Lewis Middle School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Charles W. Lewis Middle School serve?
Charles W. Lewis Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles W. Lewis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles W. Lewis Middle School is approximately 10.7:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School?
At Charles W. Lewis Middle School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 31% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles W. Lewis Middle School?
Charles W. Lewis Middle School is overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.