Orchard Valley Middle School

Orchard Valley Middle School is one of the mid-sized middle schools in SEWELL, New Jersey, run under Washington Township School District, with 529 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Washington Township School District, which oversees 16 schools and 9,381 students, Orchard Valley Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Orchard Valley Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, Orchard Valley Middle School reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at Orchard Valley Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Orchard Valley Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

Across the wider county, Gloucester County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Orchard Valley Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orchard Valley Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Orchard Valley Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 529). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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