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What's the most underrated thing about Helen A. Fort Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341281001200
Helen A. Fort Middle School
101 FORT DIX ROAD, PEMBERTON, NJ 08068 · (609) 893-8141 · Burlington County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
11.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
307 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 280 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 52% |
Student demographics
68%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
Helen A. Fort Middle School→Pemberton Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pemberton Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 17.9% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Helen A. Fort Middle School
Helen A. Fort Middle School's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen A. Fort Middle School this school | 584 | 52.6% | 28.2% |
| Middle Township Elementary #4 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 544 | 54.2% | 34.3% |
| Manchester Township Middle School MANCHESTER | 586 | 52.6% | 37.8% |
| Russell O. Brackman Middle School BARNEGAT | 509 | 46.2% | 30.5% |
| Galloway Township Middle School GALLOWAY | 705 | 56.2% | 30.8% |
| Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School BARNEGAT | 499 | 47.3% | 37.1% |
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 Helen A. Fort Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #347 of 433 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #387 of 437 ▼ 18 | #26 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #384 of 437 ▼ 16 | #26 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #193 of 445 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #301 of 417 | #21 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #70 of 419 | #11 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #132 of 436 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #140 of 282 | #9 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
584
-91 (-13%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,086
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 584 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 53% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 64% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 54 | 11.3:1 | 59% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 65 | 10.4:1 | 44% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 96 | 6.8:1 | 43% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 97 | 10.5:1 | 44% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 54 | 12.0:1 | 48% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 83 | 10.7:1 | 40% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 1,086 | 80 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Helen A. Fort Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (658 to 584); teachers down 48% (96 to 50).
About Helen A. Fort Middle School
Helen A. Fort Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in PEMBERTON, New Jersey, administered by Pemberton Township School District. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 584 students.
Federal data list 9 schools in Pemberton Township School District, with 4,261 students enrolled.
White students are the largest group at Helen A. Fort Middle School, with 47% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 8% multiracial. Burlington County's residents are about 64% White, 17 points above the school's share. Helen A. Fort Middle School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 50 full-time equivalents, or about 11.7 students per teacher. Among middle schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 10.9:1. About 53% of students, or 307, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Burlington County is 32%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Helen A. Fort Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Helen A. Fort Middle School would be expected to post about 37.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.2%.
In the county around the school, Burlington County, median household income is about $108,111, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 139 public schools operate in Burlington County, serving about 69,020 students.
Nearest public school: Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Helen A. Fort Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Helen A. Fort Middle School at 3rd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The number of students dropped from 675 to 584 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 10.4:1 to 11.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Pemberton Township School District
- Pemberton Township High SchoolHigh · 972 students
- Denbo Crichton SchoolElementary · 855 students
- Pemberton Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 447 students
- Marcus W. Newcomb Middle SchoolMiddle · 309 students
- Fort Dix Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Samuel T. Busansky SchoolElementary · 283 students
Other schools in PEMBERTON
- Pemberton Township High SchoolHigh · 972 students
- Pemberton Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 447 students
- Marcus W. Newcomb Middle SchoolMiddle · 309 students
- Samuel T. Busansky SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Howard L. EmmonsElementary · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School0.1 mi · 309
- Pemberton Township High School1.4 mi · 972
- Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center1.5 mi · 447
- Fort Dix Elementary School1.7 mi · 296
- Howard L. Emmons2.8 mi · 273
- Samuel T. Busansky School2.9 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Helen A. Fort Middle SchoolHow many students attend Helen A. Fort Middle School?
Helen A. Fort Middle School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Helen A. Fort Middle School serve?
Helen A. Fort Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Helen A. Fort Middle School have?
Helen A. Fort Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Helen A. Fort Middle School?
Helen A. Fort Middle School reports a student body of 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Helen A. Fort Middle School?
Helen A. Fort Middle School is overseen by Pemberton Township School District in Burlington County.
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