New Egypt Middle School

New Egypt Middle School is one of the small intermediate schools in NEW EGYPT, New Jersey, one of the schools within Plumsted Township School District, with 264 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so New Egypt Middle School sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

Plumsted Township School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,440 students. New Egypt Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, New Egypt Middle School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Ocean County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting New Egypt Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at New Egypt Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ocean County (around 44%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, New Egypt Middle School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 57.7%; New Egypt Middle School posts 38.5%, -19.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ocean County put median household income runs about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which New Egypt Middle School is one.

New Egypt High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around New Egypt Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Egypt Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 90% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2024.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.