Enrollment
299
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340987001122
Haines Sixth Grade Center
162 STOKES ROAD, MEDFORD, NJ 08055 · (609) 654-4056 · Burlington County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
22 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 299 | 100% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Haines Sixth Grade Center→Medford Memorial Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Medford Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 52.1% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Haines Sixth Grade Center
Haines Sixth Grade Center's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Sixth Grade Center this school | 299 | 7.4% | 64.3% |
| Hardyston Township Middle School HAMBURG | 261 | 9.2% | 45.3% |
| Belhaven Middle School LINWOOD | 347 | 10.4% | 62.8% |
| Black River Middle School Chester | 352 | 5.7% | 64.4% |
| Cedar Drive Middle School COLTS NECK | 319 | 3.4% | 69.0% |
| Central Middle School Stirling | 284 | 10.6% | 60.2% |
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 Haines Sixth Grade Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #67 of 433 | #3 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #134 of 437 ▲ 6 | #6 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #128 of 437 ▼ 60 | #4 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #373 of 445 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #261 of 417 | #18 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #345 of 419 | #24 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.4% | #376 of 436 | #30 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #184 of 282 | #13 of 21 |
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
299
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 299 | 26.4 | 11.3:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 31.5 | 9.2:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 31.5 | 9.1:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 30 | 9.4:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 29.4 | 11.0:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 27 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haines Sixth Grade Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (323 to 299); teachers down 10% (29.4 to 26.4).
About Haines Sixth Grade Center
Haines Sixth Grade Center is a small middle school for students in MEDFORD, New Jersey. The grade span is grade 6, and enrollment is 299 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578, so this school runs 48% smaller than that.
A total of 7 schools make up Medford Township School District, with 2,901 students enrolled.
Haines Sixth Grade Center's enrollment is 77% White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Burlington County residents are about 64% White. By the diversity index, Haines Sixth Grade Center comes in at 39%.
Staffing totals 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Haines Sixth Grade Center is 7%. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Burlington County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Haines Sixth Grade Center receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Haines Sixth Grade Center's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 62.1%. Haines Sixth Grade Center scores 64.3%, 2.1 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Burlington County, median household income is about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Burlington County number 139 and enroll about 69,020.
Medford Memorial Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Haines Sixth Grade Center is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Haines Sixth Grade Center ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 6%, from 282 to 299. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.4:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Haines Sixth Grade Center. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Medford Township School District
- Medford Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Chairville Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Milton H. Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Kirby's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Cranberry Pines ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Taunton Forge Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in MEDFORD
- Lenape High SchoolHigh · 1,912 students
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 1,387 students
- Burlington County Institute of Technology - MedfordHigh · 896 students
- Medford Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Chairville Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Milton H. Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Medford Memorial Middle School0.2 mi · 644
- Milton H. Allen Elementary School0.5 mi · 428
- Chairville Elementary School1.0 mi · 439
- Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford1.1 mi · 896
- Taunton Forge Elementary School1.3 mi · 318
- Kirby's Mill Elementary School1.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Haines Sixth Grade CenterHow large is Haines Sixth Grade Center?
Haines Sixth Grade Center enrolls approximately 299 students in grades 06-06.
Is Haines Sixth Grade Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haines Sixth Grade Center is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Haines Sixth Grade Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Haines Sixth Grade Center is approximately 11.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Haines Sixth Grade Center?
At Haines Sixth Grade Center, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Haines Sixth Grade Center in?
Haines Sixth Grade Center is part of Medford Township School District.
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