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Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 245 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLINGSWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340342001476
Collingswood Middle School
414 COLLINGS AVE, COLLINGSWOOD, NJ 08108 · (856) 962-5702 · Camden County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
149 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 159 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 30% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Collingswood Middle School→Collingswood High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Collingswood Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 43.5% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Collingswood Middle School
Collingswood Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collingswood Middle School this school | 446 | 33.4% | 53.3% |
| Warren Hills Regional Middle School WASHINGTON | 477 | 31.2% | 35.8% |
| Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School STRATFORD | 527 | 33.0% | 38.1% |
| Orchard Valley Middle School SEWELL | 529 | 30.1% | 44.0% |
| North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School WRIGHTSTOWN | 349 | 34.7% | 43.3% |
| Tinton Falls Middle School TINTON FALLS | 443 | 26.0% | 51.7% |
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 Collingswood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #151 of 433 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #167 of 437 ▲ 23 | #7 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #102 of 437 ▼ 1 | #3 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #288 of 445 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #234 of 417 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #186 of 419 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #214 of 436 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #45 of 122 | #3 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
446
-86 (-16%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 446 | 40.4 | 11.1:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 43.9 | 10.7:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 48.6 | 10.0:1 | 29% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 38.4 | 10.4:1 | 33% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 39 | 9.1:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 35% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 22% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 28 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collingswood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (401 to 446); teachers up 5% (38.4 to 40.4).
About Collingswood Middle School
In COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey, Collingswood Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 446 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Collingswood Public School District has a total of 9 schools and 2,205 students, Collingswood Middle School among them.
At 60%, White students outnumber all other groups at Collingswood Middle School combined. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By the diversity index, Collingswood Middle School comes in at 58%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1 at Collingswood Middle School, with 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 10.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 33%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Camden County is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Collingswood Middle School is A-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Collingswood Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.3%) and its predicted rate (47.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Federal survey data for Camden County show that median household income is about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Collingswood Middle School is among the 158 public schools in Camden County.
Nearest public school: Collingswood High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Collingswood Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Collingswood Middle School at 5th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Collingswood Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 16%, from 532 to 446.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Collingswood Public School District
- Collingswood High SchoolHigh · 761 students
- William P Tatem Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Thomas Sharp Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
- Zane North Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
- James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 128 students
Other schools in COLLINGSWOOD
- Collingswood High SchoolHigh · 761 students
- William P Tatem Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Zane North Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
- James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 128 students
- Collingswood Pre Sch Penguins Childhood CenterElementary · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Collingswood High School0.0 mi · 761
- James A. Garfield Elementary School0.4 mi · 128
- Collingswood Pre Sch Penguins Childhood Center0.4 mi · 58
- Zane North Elementary School0.5 mi · 174
- Mark Newbie Elementary School0.6 mi · 136
- Thomas Sharp Elementary School0.7 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About Collingswood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Collingswood Middle School?
Collingswood Middle School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Collingswood Middle School serve?
Collingswood Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Collingswood Middle School have?
Collingswood Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Collingswood Middle School?
Student demographics at Collingswood Middle School are roughly 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Collingswood Middle School in?
Collingswood Middle School is part of Collingswood Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.