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What's one thing Memorial Junior School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
419
Middle
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340669004254
Memorial Junior School
61 Highland Avenue, Whippany, NJ 07981 · (973) 515-2427 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test 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
9.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
24 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 138 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 37% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Based on grade levels within Hanover Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
56.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 56.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 55.2% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Memorial Junior School
Memorial Junior School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Junior School this school | 419 | 5.7% | 60.0% |
| Union School RUTHERFORD | 399 | 6.8% | 62.6% |
| East Hanover Middle School EAST HANOVER | 325 | 3.4% | 69.2% |
| Branchburg Central Middle School Branchburg | 458 | 12.4% | 53.4% |
| George G White HILLSDALE | 490 | 10.6% | 65.9% |
| Madison Junior School MADISON | 555 | 7.6% | 64.8% |
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 Memorial Junior School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #102 of 433 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #132 of 437 ▼ 13 | #18 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #152 of 437 ▼ 66 | #20 of 32 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #304 of 445 | #18 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #79 of 417 | #9 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #164 of 419 | #10 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.7% | #384 of 436 | #22 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #67 of 282 | #6 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
419
-47 (-10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
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 | 419 | 44.6 | 9.4:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 46.6 | 9.1:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 45.7 | 10.2:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 45 | 10.4:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 48.3 | 10.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 35 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Junior School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (514 to 419); teachers down 8% (48.3 to 44.6).
About Memorial Junior School
This page covers Memorial Junior School, a low-enrollment middle school in Whippany, New Jersey. It had 419 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New Jersey enroll about 578 students on average.
Hanover Township School District is the district for Memorial Junior School. It has 4 schools and 1,234 students.
At Memorial Junior School, 59% of students are White. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Morris County is about 68% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Memorial Junior School scores 60%.
Memorial Junior School reported 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.4:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. There are 24 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 6% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Morris County report 19%.
Memorial Junior School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The model predicts 63.0% for a school in New Jersey with Memorial Junior School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Memorial Junior School posts 60.0%.
The school is in Morris County, where median household income comes to about $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morris County's 156 public schools enroll about 72,239 students and include Memorial Junior School.
Memorial Junior School's nearest public school is Bee Meadow School (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Memorial Junior School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Memorial Junior 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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 419, from 466 in 2020-21.
People who know Memorial Junior School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover Township School District
- Bee Meadow SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Mountview Road SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Salem Drive SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Whippany
- Whippany Park High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- Bee Meadow SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Salem Drive SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Bee Meadow School0.5 mi · 294
- Whippany Park High School1.0 mi · 584
- Salem Drive School1.5 mi · 245
- Troy Hills Elementary School2.1 mi · 290
- Mountview Road School2.4 mi · 276
- Hanover Park High School2.5 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Junior SchoolHow large is Memorial Junior School?
Memorial Junior School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Memorial Junior School serve?
Memorial Junior School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Junior School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Memorial Junior School.
How diverse is Memorial Junior School?
Memorial Junior School reports a student body of 59% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Junior School in?
Memorial Junior School is part of Hanover Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.