Memorial Middle School

Memorial Middle School is a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Woodland Park, New Jersey, part of Woodland Park School District. The school teaches 374 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Memorial Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Woodland Park School District, a district that instructs 1,259 students overall.

Demographically, Memorial Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 44% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Memorial Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Passaic County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Memorial Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 40.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Passaic County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Memorial Middle School is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

Beatrice Gilmore School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Memorial Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Memorial Middle School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Memorial Middle School's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 374). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 43% to 48%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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