Fernwood Avenue Middle School

Fernwood Avenue Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, one of the schools within Egg Harbor Township School District. The school hosts 811 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Fernwood Avenue Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Egg Harbor Township School District, a district that educates 7,346 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fernwood Avenue Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 14% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fernwood Avenue Middle School has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 53% of students at Fernwood Avenue Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fernwood Avenue Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Atlantic County) records that median household income runs about $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Fernwood Avenue Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Atlantic County (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students).

The closest other public school is Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fernwood Avenue Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 962 students in 2018 compared to 811 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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