Enrollment
356
Middle
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUMBERTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 340918006092
Lumberton Middle School
30 DIMSDALE DRIVE, LUMBERTON, NJ 08048 · (609) 265-0123 · Burlington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
- DBeats 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
10.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
113 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 113 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 36% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lumberton Township Board of Education. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 29.0% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lumberton Middle School
Lumberton Middle School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Middle School this school | 356 | 31.7% | 36.4% |
| Westampton Township Middle School WESTAMPTON | 525 | 38.9% | 38.2% |
| Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School STRATFORD | 527 | 33.0% | 38.1% |
| Thomas E. Bowe Middle School Glassboro | 412 | 45.6% | 28.4% |
| Glenfield Middle School MONTCLAIR | 512 | 19.9% | 56.4% |
| Lopatcong Township Middle School PHILLIPSBURG | 335 | 16.7% | 53.9% |
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 Lumberton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #291 of 433 | #20 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #264 of 437 ▲ 34 | #18 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #332 of 437 ▲ 16 | #21 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #335 of 445 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #185 of 417 | #12 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #17 of 419 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #222 of 436 | #15 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #17 of 282 | #1 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
356
-81 (-19%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 356 | 33.6 | 10.6:1 | 32% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 33.8 | 10.6:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 34.4 | 11.2:1 | 25% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 25% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 15% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 10% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lumberton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (507 to 356); teachers down 20% (42 to 33.6).
About Lumberton Middle School
Lumberton Middle School is a small middle school for students in LUMBERTON, New Jersey. It educates 356 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 38% smaller than the 578 average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Lumberton Township Board of Education has 3 schools; together they serve 1,184 students.
Lumberton Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Burlington County's population at about 64%. Lumberton Middle School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.6:1, with 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lumberton Middle School is 32%. That tracks the 32% average for public schools in Burlington County.
The allk12 Grade for Lumberton Middle School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lumberton Middle School scores 36.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.8%.
Burlington County has about 467,805 residents, and the median household income is $108,111, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Lumberton Middle School, Burlington County has 138 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Bobby's Run Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lumberton Middle School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Lumberton Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Lumberton Middle School dropped 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 437 to 356 students.
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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 Lumberton Township Board of Education
- Bobby's Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Ashbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
Other schools in LUMBERTON
- Bobby's Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Ashbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Lumberton CampusCombined
Other Lumberton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lumberton Middle. Lumberton Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lumberton Middle SchoolLUMBERTON, TX · 918 students
Nearby schools
- Bobby's Run Elementary School0.0 mi · 457
- Ashbrook Elementary School0.9 mi · 371
- John Brainerd Elementary School1.1 mi · 304
- F. W. Holbein Middle School2.0 mi · 451
- Gertrude C. Folwell Elementary School2.1 mi · 327
- Rancocas Valley Regional High School2.1 mi · 1,928
Frequently asked questions
About Lumberton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lumberton Middle School?
Lumberton Middle School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lumberton Middle School serve?
Lumberton Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lumberton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lumberton Middle School is approximately 10.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lumberton Middle School?
At Lumberton Middle School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 19% Hispanic, 27% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lumberton Middle School in?
Lumberton Middle School is part of Lumberton Township Board of Education.
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