Enrollment
374
Middle
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341764005022
Memorial Middle School
15 MEMORIAL DRIVE, Woodland Park, NJ 07424 · (973) 317-7750 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
179 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 132 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Woodland Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.5% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 33.6% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 (40.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 374 | 47.9% | 40.2% |
| Veterans Middle School North Arlington | 426 | 43.7% | 46.1% |
| Hackettstown Middle School HACKETTSTOWN | 507 | 46.0% | 41.8% |
| Somerville Middle School Somerville | 339 | 42.2% | 36.5% |
| Halsted Middle School NEWTON | 280 | 53.6% | 34.0% |
| Hopatcong Middle School Hopatcong | 435 | 40.0% | 30.8% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #253 of 433 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #300 of 437 ▼ 37 | #15 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #265 of 437 ▲ 46 | #11 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #327 of 445 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #116 of 417 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #193 of 419 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #147 of 436 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #32 of 282 | #2 of 14 |
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
374
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 374 | 37.8 | 9.9:1 | 48% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 38 | 9.1:1 | 16% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 40.6 | 8.6:1 | 40% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 44 | 8.5:1 | 25% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 40.3 | 12.4:1 | 36% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 45% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 29% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 14% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 29 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (499 to 374); teachers down 6% (40.3 to 37.8).
About Memorial Middle School
At 15 MEMORIAL DRIVE in Woodland Park, New Jersey, Memorial Middle School operates as a small middle school. The school has 374 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
Woodland Park School District runs 4 schools with a combined 1,259 students. Memorial Middle School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Memorial Middle School, about 48 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 44% White, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey, 10.9:1, is higher. A total of 179 students, or 48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Passaic County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Memorial Middle School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Memorial Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 40.2% against 40.0%.
Passaic County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Passaic County number 155, with about 83,237 students.
Measured in a straight line, Beatrice Gilmore School is about 0.1 miles from Memorial Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Memorial Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Memorial Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment went from 373 in 2020-21 to 374 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. By 2024-25, the school had 9.9 students per teacher, compared with 8.5 in 2020-21.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Park School District
- Charles Olbon SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Beatrice Gilmore SchoolElementary · 359 students
- School OneElementary · 122 students
Other schools in Woodland Park
- Charles Olbon SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Beatrice Gilmore SchoolElementary · 359 students
- School OneElementary · 122 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 19th 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 SchoolLITTLE FERRY, NJ · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Beatrice Gilmore School0.1 mi · 359
- Charles Olbon School0.6 mi · 404
- School One0.9 mi · 122
- Washington Park School0.9 mi · 485
- Passaic Valley Regional High School0.9 mi · 1,093
- Memorial School1.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Memorial Middle School serve?
Memorial Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Memorial Middle School have?
Memorial Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Middle School?
At Memorial Middle School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Middle School in?
Memorial Middle School is part of Woodland Park School District.
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