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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 782 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELANDS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341300006101
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School
590 Nugentown Road, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087 · (609) 296-3106 · Ocean County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
245 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School→Pinelands Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Pinelands Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.8pp 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 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
-293 (-37%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.5:1
% White
77%
was 85%
% Hispanic
14%
was 8%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pinelands Regional Jr. High School
Set in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Pinelands Regional Jr. High School is a medium-sized intermediate school, part of Pinelands Regional School District. It works with 500 students across grades 7 through 8.
Pinelands Regional School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,563 students. Pinelands Regional Jr. High School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Pinelands Regional Jr. High School reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Pinelands Regional Jr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Pinelands Regional Jr. High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 25.6%, a residual of -13.8 points.
In the broader community, Ocean County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Pinelands Regional Jr. High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Pinelands Regional High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Pinelands Regional Jr. High School. On composite proficiency, Pinelands Regional Jr. High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinelands Regional Jr. High School has edged down 37%, going from 793 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 77% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pinelands Regional School District
- Pinelands Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,063 students
Other schools in Little Egg Harbor
- Pinelands Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,063 students
- Frog Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 780 students
- George J. Mitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Robert C. Wood Sr Early Childhood CenterElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Pinelands Regional High School0.3 mi · 1,063
- Robert C. Wood Sr Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 318
- George J. Mitchell Elementary School1.0 mi · 582
- Tuckerton Elementary School1.6 mi · 308
- Frog Pond Elementary School2.0 mi · 780
- Eagleswood Elementary School4.7 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About Pinelands Regional Jr. High SchoolHow large is Pinelands Regional Jr. High School?
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Pinelands Regional Jr. High School serve?
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pinelands Regional Jr. High School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Pinelands Regional Jr. High School.
How diverse is Pinelands Regional Jr. High School?
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School reports a student body of 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pinelands Regional Jr. High School?
Pinelands Regional Jr. High School is overseen by Pinelands Regional School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.