Enrollment
134
Middle
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMYRA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341239003483
Palmyra Middle School
311 W 5TH STREET, Palmyra, NJ 08065 · (856) 786-9300 · Burlington County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
8.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
80 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 7 | 73 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 46% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Palmyra Middle School→Palmyra High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Palmyra Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 21.3% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Palmyra Middle School
Palmyra Middle School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Middle School this school | 134 | 59.7% | 27.2% |
| Nehaunsey Middle School GIBBSTOWN | 137 | 47.4% | 42.6% |
| Ventnor Middle School VENTNOR | 176 | 52.8% | 47.0% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School West Berlin | 261 | 58.6% | 36.2% |
| Woodruff Middle School Seabrook | 253 | 60.1% | 26.6% |
| Raymond W. Kershaw School MOUNT EPHRAIM | 137 | 43.8% | 39.1% |
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 Palmyra Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #353 of 433 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #354 of 437 ▼ 4 | #23 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #303 of 437 ▲ 43 | #19 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #437 of 445 | #30 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #102 of 436 | #6 of 31 |
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
134
-66 (-33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 134 | 15 | 8.9:1 | 60% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 38% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 17.5 | 10.8:1 | 28% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 34% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palmyra Middle School.
About Palmyra Middle School
At 311 W 5TH STREET in Palmyra, New Jersey, Palmyra Middle School operates as a small middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 134 students. The average among middle schools in New Jersey is roughly 578 students; this school is 77% smaller than that.
District-wide, Palmyra Public School District has 4 schools and 1,035 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Palmyra Middle School, at 50%. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 64% of Burlington County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 8.9:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Palmyra Middle School is 60%. Across public schools in Burlington County, the average is 32%.
allk12 grades Palmyra Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.5% for Palmyra Middle School. The school posts 27.2%, 6.3 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Burlington County, the median household income is $108,111, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Burlington County is home to 139 public schools and about 69,020 public school students.
Palmyra High School is the public school closest to Palmyra Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Palmyra Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 66 fewer students in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 8.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmyra Public School District
- Charles Street SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Palmyra High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Delaware Avenue SchoolElementary · 99 students
Other schools in Palmyra
- Charles Street SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Palmyra High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Delaware Avenue SchoolElementary · 99 students
Other Palmyra Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Palmyra Middle. Palmyra Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- PALMYRA MIDDLEPALMYRA, MO · 343 students
- PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOLPALMYRA, NE · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Palmyra High School0.0 mi · 385
- Delaware Avenue School0.1 mi · 99
- Charles Street School0.5 mi · 417
- Riverton School District1.0 mi · 252
- Pennsauken High School1.1 mi · 1,588
- Cinnaminson High School1.7 mi · 929
Frequently asked questions
About Palmyra Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Palmyra Middle School?
Palmyra Middle School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Palmyra Middle School serve?
Palmyra Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Palmyra Middle School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Palmyra Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palmyra Middle School?
At Palmyra Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Palmyra Middle School?
Palmyra Middle School is overseen by Palmyra Public School District in Burlington County.
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