Palmyra Middle School

As a rural-scale junior high in Palmyra, New Jersey, Palmyra Middle School hosts 134 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Palmyra Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 578.

Palmyra Public School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,035 students; Palmyra Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Palmyra Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Palmyra Middle School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Burlington County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Palmyra Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 27.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Burlington County reports that median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), Palmyra Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Palmyra High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Palmyra Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.