Enrollment
353
Middle
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE FERRY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340876000542
Memorial Middle School
130 LIBERTY ST, LITTLE FERRY, NJ 07643 · (201) 641-6186 · Bergen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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
10.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
160 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 5 | 97 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 21% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Little Ferry Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.4% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Middle School
Memorial Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 353 | 45.3% | 38.4% |
| Alfred S. Faust Middle School East Rutherford | 240 | 51.7% | 52.1% |
| Highland Park Middle School HIGHLAND PARK | 349 | 46.1% | 34.9% |
| Somerville Middle School Somerville | 339 | 42.2% | 36.5% |
| Secaucus Middle School SECAUCUS | 478 | 37.2% | 48.1% |
| Edward Johnstone Middle School VINELAND | 355 | 53.5% | 33.4% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #275 of 433 | #46 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #251 of 437 ▲ 60 | #43 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #245 of 437 ▲ 16 | #45 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #338 of 445 | #45 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #198 of 417 | #25 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #131 of 419 | #17 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #164 of 436 | #14 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #137 of 282 | #15 of 35 |
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
353
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 6.5:1
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 | 353 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 45% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 32 | 10.2:1 | 36% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 65 | 5.3:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 57 | 6.5:1 | 21% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 59 | 6.8:1 | 44% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 33% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 19% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 9% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (398 to 353); teachers down 44% (59 to 33).
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School is a public middle-grades school in LITTLE FERRY, New Jersey. The school enrolls 353 students, from grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Little Ferry Public School District operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 822 students.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Memorial Middle School. Other students are 26% White, 18% Asian, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Bergen County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Memorial Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Memorial Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Memorial Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 41.4%. Memorial Middle School scores 38.4%, 3.0 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Memorial Middle School is among the 291 public schools in Bergen County.
The closest public school to Memorial Middle School is Washington Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Memorial Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Memorial Middle School is behind the 55.2% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 353, 4% below the 369 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 6.5 in 2020-21 to 10.7 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Little Ferry Public School District
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Other schools in LITTLE FERRY
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 20th largest of the 25.
- Memorial Middle SchoolFAIR LAWN, NJ · 655 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolPOINT PLEASANT, NJ · 634 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJ · 569 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolCedar Grove, NJ · 468 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolWoodland Park, NJ · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.1 mi · 469
- Robert L. Craig School0.4 mi · 356
- Moonachie Campus0.4 mi · 35
- Grant Elementary School1.0 mi · 228
- Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro1.1 mi · 665
- Jackson Avenue1.2 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow large is Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades 05-08.
Is Memorial Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Memorial Middle School have?
Memorial Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Memorial Middle School?
Student demographics at Memorial Middle School are roughly 26% White, 52% Hispanic, 3% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Memorial Middle School public or private?
Memorial Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Little Ferry Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.