Enrollment
355
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680001928
Edward Johnstone Middle School
165 S BREWSTER RD, VINELAND, NJ 08361 · (856) 794-6967 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest 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
14.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
190 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 101 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 38% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Edward Johnstone Middle School→Vineland Senior High School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
20.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 28.7% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Edward Johnstone Middle School
Edward Johnstone Middle School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Johnstone Middle School this school | 355 | 53.5% | 33.4% |
| Roselle Park Middle School ROSELLE PARK | 438 | 54.3% | 34.7% |
| Lincoln Middle School DUNELLEN | 333 | 47.7% | 27.9% |
| Alfred S. Faust Middle School East Rutherford | 240 | 51.7% | 52.1% |
| Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School Wharton | 265 | 45.7% | 40.8% |
| Memorial Middle School ELMWOOD PARK | 569 | 53.3% | 29.7% |
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 Edward Johnstone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #311 of 433 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #361 of 437 ▼ 56 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #284 of 437 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #337 of 445 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #402 of 417 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #156 of 419 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #126 of 436 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #49 of 282 | N/A |
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
355
+172 (+94%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 355 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 54% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 46% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 17 | 10.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 69% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 36 | 11.2:1 | 79% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 80% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 59% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 16 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward Johnstone Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (443 to 355); teachers down 31% (35 to 24).
About Edward Johnstone Middle School
Edward Johnstone Middle School is a small middle-grades school in New Jersey, located in VINELAND. Enrollment is 355 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 39% smaller than average.
Edward Johnstone Middle School is one school in Vineland Public School District, a system of 14 schools with 9,392 students.
At Edward Johnstone Middle School, Hispanic students make up 58% of the student body. The school is also 21% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is higher than the 36% Hispanic share among all Cumberland County residents. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Edward Johnstone Middle School employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Edward Johnstone Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 54%. Public schools in Cumberland County average 67%.
allk12 grades Edward Johnstone Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Edward Johnstone Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.4% and a predicted 36.9%.
Within Cumberland County, the median household income is $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Edward Johnstone Middle School, Cumberland County has 51 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Vineland Senior High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Edward Johnstone Middle School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Edward Johnstone Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Edward Johnstone Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Edward Johnstone Middle School had 183 students in 2020-21 and 355 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in VINELAND
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Vineland Senior High School0.3 mi · 2,736
- Pauline J. Petway Elementary School1.0 mi · 486
- Veterans Memorial Middle1.4 mi · 603
- John H. Winslow Elementary School1.9 mi · 472
- Anthony Rossi Elementary School2.3 mi · 595
- Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School2.5 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Edward Johnstone Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edward Johnstone Middle School?
Edward Johnstone Middle School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Edward Johnstone Middle School serve?
Edward Johnstone Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edward Johnstone Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edward Johnstone Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edward Johnstone Middle School?
At Edward Johnstone Middle School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 58% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Edward Johnstone Middle School public or private?
Edward Johnstone Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vineland Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.