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Enrollment
816
Middle
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340600003401
Gloucester City Middle School
500 Market Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030 · (856) 456-7000 · Camden County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL816 STUDENTS
C-
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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.
- ·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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
519 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 4 | 149 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 157 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Gloucester City Middle School→Gloucester City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gloucester City Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
20.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp 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 20 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 19.0% |
% 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Gloucester City Middle School
Gloucester City Middle School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester City Middle School this school | 816 | 63.6% | 28.1% |
| William Davies Middle School MAYS LANDING | 943 | 60.3% | 31.0% |
| Galloway Township Middle School GALLOWAY | 705 | 56.2% | 30.8% |
| Middle Township Elementary #4 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 544 | 54.2% | 34.3% |
| Helen A. Fort Middle School PEMBERTON | 584 | 52.6% | 28.2% |
| Toms River Intermediate School North TOMS RIVER | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
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 Gloucester City Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #348 of 433 | #17 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #363 of 437 ▼ 2 | #18 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #336 of 437 ▲ 9 | #16 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 816 | #85 of 445 | #6 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #381 of 417 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #114 of 419 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #90 of 436 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #61 of 122 | #6 of 11 |
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
816
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 816 | 60.8 | 13.4:1 | 64% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 60.8 | 13.2:1 | 65% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 58.3 | 13.4:1 | 65% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 56 | 14.5:1 | 66% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 59 | 12.7:1 | 74% (555) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gloucester City Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (750 to 816); teachers up 3% (59 to 60.8).
About Gloucester City Middle School
Gloucester City Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Gloucester City, New Jersey, one of the schools in Gloucester City Public School District. It enrolled 816 students in grades 4 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 41% higher than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
Gloucester City Public School District oversees Gloucester City Middle School and 2 other schools, with 2,394 students in total.
White students are the majority at Gloucester City Middle School, with 51% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The lunch program counts 64% of students at Gloucester City Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Camden County, the average is 50%.
allk12 grades Gloucester City Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Gloucester City Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.1% is 3.2 points below the 31.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Camden County, the median household income is $88,755, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Camden County is home to 158 public schools and about 82,104 public school students.
The school nearest to Gloucester City Middle School is Cold Springs School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Gloucester City Middle School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Gloucester City Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Gloucester City Middle School enrolled 812; in 2024-25, 816. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Gloucester City Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gloucester City Public School District
- Cold Springs SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Gloucester City High SchoolHigh · 739 students
Other schools in Gloucester City
- Cold Springs SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Gloucester City High SchoolHigh · 739 students
Nearby schools
- Cold Springs School0.7 mi · 839
- Gloucester City High School0.9 mi · 739
- Alice Costello Elementary School1.1 mi · 277
- Yorkship Elementary School1.2 mi · 310
- Morgan Village Middle School1.5 mi · 203
- Henry B. Wilson Family School1.7 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Gloucester City Middle SchoolHow many students attend Gloucester City Middle School?
Gloucester City Middle School enrolls approximately 816 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Gloucester City Middle School serve?
Gloucester City Middle School serves grades 04-08.
How many students per teacher at Gloucester City Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Gloucester City Middle School.
How diverse is Gloucester City Middle School?
Gloucester City Middle School reports a student body of 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gloucester City Middle School in?
Gloucester City Middle School is part of Gloucester City Public School District.
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