Memorial Middle School

Memorial Middle School is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey, part of Point Pleasant Borough School District, with 634 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Memorial Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Point Pleasant Borough School District, a district that instructs 2,654 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Memorial Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Memorial Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ocean County put median household income runs about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which Memorial Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Point Pleasant Borough High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Memorial Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memorial Middle School has fell 4%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 634 in 2025.

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