Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School

Set in Springfield, New Jersey, Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School is a modestly sized intermediate school, part of Springfield Public School District. It teaches 474 students across grades 6 through 8.

Springfield Public School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,191 students. Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Union County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 49.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Union County) shows that median household income runs about $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Jonathan Dayton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 474). Black enrollment moved from 10% to 15% across the same window.

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