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Enrollment
811
Middle
DISTRICT 865 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340456002955
Fernwood Avenue Middle School
4034 FERNWOOD AVENUE, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ 08234 · (609) 383-3355 · Atlantic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
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
10.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
428 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 35% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Fernwood Avenue Middle School→Egg Harbor Township High School
Based on grade levels within Egg Harbor Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 27.8% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Fernwood Avenue Middle School
Fernwood Avenue Middle School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernwood Avenue Middle School this school | 811 | 52.8% | 34.8% |
| Alder Avenue Middle School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 919 | 50.1% | 34.2% |
| Galloway Township Middle School GALLOWAY | 705 | 56.2% | 30.8% |
| Toms River Intermediate School North TOMS RIVER | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
| Avenel Middle School AVENEL | 629 | 59.5% | 23.7% |
| Sayreville Middle School PARLIN | 1,294 | 46.4% | 38.6% |
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 Fernwood Avenue Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #299 of 433 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #324 of 437 ▼ 13 | #9 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #328 of 437 ▼ 28 | #9 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #87 of 445 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #150 of 417 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #6 of 419 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #130 of 436 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #85 of 282 | #5 of 10 |
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
811
-103 (-11%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 811 | 78.8 | 10.3:1 | 53% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 78.3 | 10.2:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 883 | 78.7 | 11.2:1 | 50% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 914 | 77 | 11.9:1 | 46% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 76.4 | 12.6:1 | 47% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 79 | 11.7:1 | 49% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 68 | 14.1:1 | 38% (369) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fernwood Avenue Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (962 to 811); teachers up 3% (76.4 to 78.8).
About Fernwood Avenue Middle School
The public middle school Fernwood Avenue Middle School is located in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 811 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Fernwood Avenue Middle School is one of 7 schools in Egg Harbor Township School District, which enrolls 7,346 students in total.
White students form the largest group at Fernwood Avenue Middle School, 37% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. In Atlantic County overall, about 56% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Fernwood Avenue Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Teachers at Fernwood Avenue Middle School total 78.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. The school counts 428 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 53%.
allk12 grades Fernwood Avenue Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New Jersey, Fernwood Avenue Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.8% actual against a predicted 37.3%.
In Atlantic County (population about 276,270), median household income is about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 77 public schools operate in Atlantic County, serving about 41,964 students.
The shortest distance from Fernwood Avenue Middle School to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Fernwood Avenue Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Fernwood Avenue Middle School went from 914 students to 811. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.9:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Fernwood Avenue Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Egg Harbor Township School District
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · 2,279 students
- Swift-Slaybaugh ComplexElementary · 1,422 students
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Bargaintown PreschoolElementary · 258 students
Other schools in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · 2,279 students
- Swift-Slaybaugh ComplexElementary · 1,422 students
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Principle Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School1.6 mi · 677
- Egg Harbor Township High School1.7 mi · 2,279
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School2.2 mi · 980
- Principle Academy Charter School2.3 mi · 434
- Alder Avenue Middle School2.4 mi · 919
- Bargaintown Preschool2.8 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fernwood Avenue Middle School?
Fernwood Avenue Middle School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fernwood Avenue Middle School serve?
Fernwood Avenue Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fernwood Avenue Middle School have?
Fernwood Avenue Middle School employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fernwood Avenue Middle School?
At Fernwood Avenue Middle School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 27% Hispanic, 14% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Fernwood Avenue Middle School in?
Fernwood Avenue Middle School is part of Egg Harbor Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.