Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School

Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School, a cozy middle-grades school in Pemberton, New Jersey, run under Pemberton Township School District, enrolls 309 students, covering grade 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Pemberton Township School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,261 students. Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.2%; this one comes in at 21.4%, -17.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Burlington County shows median household earnings sit near $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Helen A. Fort Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 309). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 18% to 26%.

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