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Enrollment
988
Middle
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341287001612
Howard M. Phifer Middle School
8201 PARK AVE, PENNSAUKEN, NJ 08109 · (856) 662-8511 · Camden County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.1:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
804 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 333 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 315 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Howard M. Phifer Middle School→Pennsauken High School
Based on grade levels within Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
14.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 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 are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 16.1% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Howard M. Phifer Middle School
Howard M. Phifer Middle School's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard M. Phifer Middle School this school | 988 | 81.4% | 21.9% |
| Pleasantville Middle School PLEASANTVILLE | 847 | 82.6% | 16.0% |
| Terence C. Reilly School No 7 ELIZABETH | 1,130 | 78.5% | 69.5% |
| Lindenwold Middle School LINDENWOLD | 896 | 86.3% | 10.4% |
| William F. Halloran School No.22 ELIZABETH | 1,140 | 78.1% | 67.8% |
| Long Branch Middle School LONG BRANCH | 1,142 | 81.6% | 22.6% |
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 Howard M. Phifer Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #383 of 433 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #388 of 437 ▼ 9 | #20 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #399 of 437 ▼ 2 | #22 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #34 of 445 | #1 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #326 of 417 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #206 of 419 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #29 of 436 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.3% | #14 of 122 | #1 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
988
-123 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,092
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 988 | 82 | 12.1:1 | 81% (804) |
| 2023-24 | 1,010 | 87 | 11.6:1 | 35% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 1,045 | 93 | 11.2:1 | 43% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 1,111 | 91 | 12.2:1 | 21% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 69 | 11.1:1 | 68% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 72 | 10.8:1 | 70% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 66% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 1,493 | 104 | 14.4:1 | 54% (808) |
| 1990-91 | 1,092 | 80 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard M. Phifer Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (764 to 988); teachers up 19% (69 to 82).
About Howard M. Phifer Middle School
Howard M. Phifer Middle School is a large middle school with an address in PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 988 students. That puts enrollment 71% bigger than the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District is made up of 10 schools with 4,891 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at Howard M. Phifer Middle School is 62%, a majority. The school is also 21% Black, 9% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Camden County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Classroom staffing at Howard M. Phifer Middle School totals 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey, 10.9:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Howard M. Phifer Middle School is about 81%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Camden County is 50%.
Howard M. Phifer Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Test results at Howard M. Phifer Middle School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.9% actual, 21.6% predicted).
For the population of Camden County, the median household earns about $88,755 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Howard M. Phifer Middle School shares Camden County with 157 other public schools.
Pennsauken Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from Howard M. Phifer Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 27.0% proficiency; Howard M. Phifer Middle School posts 21.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 1,111 to 988.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District
- Pennsauken High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Pennsauken Intermediate SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- G.H. Carson Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Delair Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- George B. Fine Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in PENNSAUKEN
- Pennsauken High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Camden County Technical School-PennsaukenHigh · 786 students
- Pennsauken Intermediate SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- G.H. Carson Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- George B. Fine Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Pennsauken Intermediate School0.1 mi · 622
- George B. Fine Elementary School0.5 mi · 245
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School0.7 mi · 418
- Howard Yocum Elementary0.9 mi · 507
- Merchantville Elementary School1.5 mi · 394
- Delair Elementary School1.6 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Howard M. Phifer Middle SchoolHow large is Howard M. Phifer Middle School?
Howard M. Phifer Middle School enrolls approximately 988 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Howard M. Phifer Middle School serve?
Howard M. Phifer Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Howard M. Phifer Middle School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Howard M. Phifer Middle School.
How diverse is Howard M. Phifer Middle School?
Howard M. Phifer Middle School reports a student body of 5% White, 62% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Howard M. Phifer Middle School?
Howard M. Phifer Middle School is overseen by Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.