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If you could change one rule at Florence Township Memorial High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
475
High
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLORENCE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340522001082
Florence Township Memorial High School
1050 CEDAR LANE, BURLINGTON, NJ 08016 · (609) 499-4620 · Burlington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
192 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 119 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Florence Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
30.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -23.8pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 30.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Florence Township Memorial High School
Florence Township Memorial High School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Township Memorial High School this school | 475 | 40.4% | 33.9% |
| Palmyra High School PALMYRA | 385 | 44.7% | 24.4% |
| Sterling High School Somerdale | 839 | 38.6% | 23.4% |
| Deptford Township High School DEPTFORD | 1,098 | 38.7% | 25.8% |
| Glassboro High School Glassboro | 561 | 43.5% | 20.4% |
| Middle Township High School CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 821 | 48.1% | 22.7% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Florence Township Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #220 of 397 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #229 of 400 ▼ 38 | #13 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #306 of 395 ▼ 69 | #16 of 20 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #332 of 442 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #211 of 388 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #82 of 389 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #191 of 405 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #69 of 173 | #5 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
475
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 475 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 40% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 38.3 | 12.5:1 | 34% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 35.8 | 13.5:1 | 28% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 30.5 | 13.8:1 | 26% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 30% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 12% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 34 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Township Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (422 to 475); teachers up 25% (30.5 to 38).
About Florence Township Memorial High School
Florence Township Memorial High School is classified as a high school. It is located in BURLINGTON, New Jersey. The school's 475 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 49% lower than the average for high schools in New Jersey, which is about 929.
Florence Township School District includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,512 students.
Florence Township Memorial High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 50%. Smaller groups are 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. County-wide, 64% of Burlington County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Florence Township Memorial High School, 38 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.5:1. That matches the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey fairly closely. Roughly 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Florence Township Memorial High School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Florence Township Memorial High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9% is 10.2 points below the 44.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Burlington County show that the median household income is $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Florence Township Memorial High School is one of 139 public schools in the county.
B. Bernice Young Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Florence Township Memorial High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Florence Township Memorial High School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 33.9% versus a 38.2% average.
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.
Federal data show 474 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher fell from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 12.5 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Florence Township Memorial High School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Florence Township School District
- Florence Riverfront SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Roebling Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
Other schools in BURLINGTON
- Burlington Township High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Fountain Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 951 students
- Burlington Township Middle School at SpringsideMiddle · 822 students
- Burlington City High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- B. Bernice Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- Wilbur Watts Intermediate SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- B. Bernice Young Elementary School1.6 mi · 681
- Riverbank Charter School of Excellence1.7 mi · 158
- Roebling Elementary School1.7 mi · 410
- Florence Riverfront School1.9 mi · 627
- Burlington Township High School3.0 mi · 1,118
- Bristol High School3.0 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Florence Township Memorial High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Florence Township Memorial High School?
Florence Township Memorial High School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Florence Township Memorial High School serve?
Florence Township Memorial High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Florence Township Memorial High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Florence Township Memorial High School is approximately 12.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Florence Township Memorial High School?
At Florence Township Memorial High School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Florence Township Memorial High School in?
Florence Township Memorial High School is part of Florence Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.