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Best kept secret at Middle Township Elementary #4?
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Enrollment
544
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341002001738
Middle Township Elementary #4
300 E PACIFIC AVE, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ 08210 · (609) 465-1834 · Cape May County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
295 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 176 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Middle Township Elementary #4→Middle Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Middle Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 29.9% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Middle Township Elementary #4
Middle Township Elementary #4's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township Elementary #4 this school | 544 | 54.2% | 34.3% |
| Helen A. Fort Middle School PEMBERTON | 584 | 52.6% | 28.2% |
| Russell O. Brackman Middle School BARNEGAT | 509 | 46.2% | 30.5% |
| Manchester Township Middle School MANCHESTER | 586 | 52.6% | 37.8% |
| Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School BARNEGAT | 499 | 47.3% | 37.1% |
| Emma C Attales ABSECON | 392 | 57.4% | 40.4% |
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 Middle Township Elementary #4 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cape May County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #303 of 433 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #303 of 437 ▼ 12 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #345 of 437 ▲ 17 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #222 of 445 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #365 of 417 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #126 of 419 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #121 of 436 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #116 of 122 | N/A |
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
544
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 544 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 54% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 50% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 52% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 49% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 53 | 10.7:1 | 40% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 54 | 11.8:1 | 33% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 44 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middle Township Elementary #4.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (540 to 544); teachers down 4% (45 to 43).
About Middle Township Elementary #4
Middle Township Elementary #4 serves students in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, New Jersey, as a medium-sized middle school. Its 544 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Middle Township Public School District operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,575 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Middle Township Elementary #4. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 32 points below the 85% share among Cape May County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Middle Township Elementary #4 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.7:1, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Middle Township Elementary #4 is 54%. The 44% average for public schools in Cape May County is 10 points lower.
Middle Township Elementary #4 is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Middle Township Elementary #4 sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.3% and a predicted 36.5%.
Census estimates describe Cape May County this way: median household income is about $91,128, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 32 public schools in Cape May County, with a combined enrollment of about 11,388.
Nearest public school: Middle Township High School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Middle Township Elementary #4 holds 7 other public schools. Nearby schools average 23.7% on proficiency, and Middle Township Elementary #4 is above that at 34.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 561 in 2020-21 and 544 in 2024-25, a decrease of 17 students.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cape May County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,941
Census ACS
Median income
$91,128
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middle Township Public School District
- Middle Township High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Middle Township Elementary #1Elementary · 688 students
- Middle Township Elementary #2Elementary · 522 students
Other schools in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE
- Middle Township High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Middle Township Elementary #1Elementary · 688 students
- Cape May County Technical High SchoolHigh · 587 students
- Middle Township Elementary #2Elementary · 522 students
- Dennis Township Primary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Ocean AcademyElementary · 150 students
Nearby schools
- Middle Township High School0.1 mi · 821
- Middle Township Elementary #10.4 mi · 688
- Middle Township Elementary #20.6 mi · 522
- Ocean Academy2.2 mi · 150
- Cape May County High School2.2 mi · 84
- Cape May County Technical High School2.4 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Middle Township Elementary #4How many students attend Middle Township Elementary #4?
Middle Township Elementary #4 enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Middle Township Elementary #4 serve?
Middle Township Elementary #4 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middle Township Elementary #4?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middle Township Elementary #4 is approximately 12.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Middle Township Elementary #4?
Student demographics at Middle Township Elementary #4 are roughly 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Middle Township Elementary #4?
Middle Township Elementary #4 is overseen by Middle Township Public School District in Cape May County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.