Gilmore J Fisher Middle School

Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is a middle school of mid-tier scale in EWING, New Jersey, operated by Ewing Township School District, works with 789 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 578.

Ewing Township School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,576 students; Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Gilmore J Fisher Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gilmore J Fisher Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the area at large, Mercer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Gilmore J Fisher Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ewing High School, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gilmore J Fisher Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.2%.

Gilmore J Fisher Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 747 students in 2018 compared to 789 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 29% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.