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Enrollment
789
Middle
DISTRICT 715 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EWING TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340492003070
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School
1325 LOWER FERRY ROAD, EWING, NJ 08618 · (609) 538-9800 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public middle 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.
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
9.1:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
474 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 257 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%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
Students here typically continue to
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School→Ewing High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ewing Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 20.7% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Gilmore J Fisher Middle School
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore J Fisher Middle School this school | 789 | 60.1% | 29.3% |
| Burnet Middle School UNION | 970 | 57.5% | 33.1% |
| Winslow Township Elementary School Five BERLIN | 576 | 63.0% | 26.4% |
| Winslow Township Middle School ATCO | 790 | 60.8% | 22.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary UNION | 564 | 52.7% | 32.3% |
| Neptune Middle School NEPTUNE | 595 | 71.6% | 27.9% |
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 Gilmore J Fisher Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #338 of 433 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #357 of 437 ▼ 4 | #11 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #337 of 437 ▲ 36 | #8 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #97 of 445 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #62 of 417 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #80 of 419 | #6 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #100 of 436 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #73 of 122 | #7 of 8 |
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
789
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 789 | 86.7 | 9.1:1 | 60% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 83.7 | 9.2:1 | 57% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 89 | 8.9:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 91 | 9.1:1 | 50% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 87.4 | 8.6:1 | 47% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 90 | 8.8:1 | 48% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | 64 | 14.8:1 | 36% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 68 | 12.9:1 | 25% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 58 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilmore J Fisher Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (747 to 789); teachers down 1% (87.4 to 86.7).
About Gilmore J Fisher Middle School
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is a mid-sized middle school for students in EWING, New Jersey. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 789 students. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
Ewing Township School District enrolls 3,576 students in 5 schools, including Gilmore J Fisher Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Gilmore J Fisher Middle School, about 46 are Black, the largest group. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Mercer County is about 19% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 86.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.1:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Roughly 60% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 12 points.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Gilmore J Fisher Middle School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is 4.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Mercer County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $100,645 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Mercer County number 110, with about 58,647 students.
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School's nearest public school is Ewing High School (about 1.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gilmore J Fisher Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 827 to 789.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ewing Township School District
- Ewing High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- William L Antheil Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Francis Lore Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other schools in EWING
- Ewing High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- William L Antheil Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter SchoolHigh · 562 students
- Francis Lore Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Ewing High School1.3 mi · 1,118
- William L Antheil Elementary School1.4 mi · 746
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center1.6 mi · 21
- Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy1.6 mi · 111
- Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy1.6 mi · 141
- Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School1.7 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Gilmore J Fisher Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gilmore J Fisher Middle School?
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School enrolls approximately 789 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gilmore J Fisher Middle School serve?
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Gilmore J Fisher Middle School have?
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gilmore J Fisher Middle School?
At Gilmore J Fisher Middle School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 29% Hispanic, 46% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Gilmore J Fisher Middle School in?
Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is part of Ewing Township School District.
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