Memorial Middle School

Memorial Middle School, a tight-knit intermediate school in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, one of the schools within Cedar Grove Township School District, enrolls 468 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Cedar Grove Township School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,547 students. Memorial Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Memorial Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Memorial Middle School logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Memorial Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 54.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Memorial Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Cedar Grove High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Memorial Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Memorial Middle School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Memorial Middle School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 468). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 76%.

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