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Which teacher or staff member at Manchester Township Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340945005967
Manchester Township Middle School
2759 RIDGEWAY RD, MANCHESTER, NJ 08759 · (732) 657-1717 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- 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
9.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
308 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 180 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 215 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Manchester Township Middle School→Manchester Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manchester Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 27.8% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Manchester Township Middle School
Manchester Township Middle School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Township Middle School this school | 586 | 52.6% | 37.8% |
| Hackettstown Middle School HACKETTSTOWN | 507 | 46.0% | 41.8% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School Jackson | 665 | 57.9% | 36.6% |
| Middle Township Elementary #4 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 544 | 54.2% | 34.3% |
| Helen A. Fort Middle School PEMBERTON | 584 | 52.6% | 28.2% |
| Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School BELLMAWR | 441 | 58.0% | 40.7% |
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 Manchester Township Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #281 of 433 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #246 of 437 ▲ 66 | #6 of 19 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #319 of 437 ▲ 9 | #12 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #191 of 445 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #95 of 417 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #110 of 419 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #133 of 436 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #100 of 282 | #7 of 16 |
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
586
-57 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
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 | 586 | 61 | 9.6:1 | 53% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 61.5 | 10.0:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 59.8 | 9.7:1 | 41% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 62 | 10.4:1 | 33% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 61.5 | 11.1:1 | 34% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 62 | 11.2:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 27% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 15% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 54 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manchester Township Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (684 to 586); teachers down 1% (61.5 to 61).
About Manchester Township Middle School
Manchester Township Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in MANCHESTER, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 586 students, in grades 6 through 8.
Manchester Township School District is made up of 6 schools with 2,904 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Manchester Township Middle School. The largest is White students, at 47%. The remaining students are 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Ocean County is about 83% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Manchester Township Middle School is 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 9.6:1. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%. The 44% average for public schools in Ocean County is 9 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Manchester Township Middle School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Manchester Township Middle School would score about 37.4%. It scores 37.8%, within a point of that figure.
In the county around the school, Ocean County, the median household income is $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Ocean County is home to 117 public schools and about 66,051 public school students.
The shortest distance from Manchester Township Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Ridgeway Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Manchester Township Middle School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 57 fewer students in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manchester Township School District
- Manchester Township High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Manchester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Whiting Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Manchester Regional Day SchoolCombined · 56 students
Other schools in MANCHESTER
- Manchester Township High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Manchester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeway Elementary School0.1 mi · 476
- Manchester Township Elementary School1.9 mi · 573
- Joseph A. Citta Elementary School2.1 mi · 511
- Manchester Township High School2.6 mi · 947
- Ocean Academy Charter School2.8 mi · 551
- Lakehurst Elementary School2.9 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Manchester Township Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manchester Township Middle School?
Manchester Township Middle School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Manchester Township Middle School serve?
Manchester Township Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manchester Township Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manchester Township Middle School is approximately 9.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Manchester Township Middle School?
Manchester Township Middle School reports a student body of 47% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Manchester Township Middle School in?
Manchester Township Middle School is part of Manchester Township School District.
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