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How has Richard M. Teitelman Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
394
Middle
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER CAPE MAY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340909001722
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School
687 RT 9, CAPE MAY, NJ 08204 · (609) 884-3475 · Cape May County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- B-Beats 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
10.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
193 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 197 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 50% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School→Lower Cape May Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Lower Cape May Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 →
Schools most like Richard M. Teitelman Middle School
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard M. Teitelman Middle School this school | 394 | 49.0% | 38.4% |
| Pinelands Regional Jr. High School Little Egg Harbor | 500 | 49.0% | 25.6% |
| Pennsville Middle School PENNSVILLE | 460 | 46.1% | 27.9% |
| Sandman Consolidated School CAPE MAY | 332 | 56.9% | 29.3% |
| Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School BARNEGAT | 499 | 47.3% | 37.1% |
| Mary E. Volz Elementary School RUNNEMEDE | 510 | 41.2% | 34.0% |
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 Richard M. Teitelman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cape May County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #274 of 433 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #294 of 437 ▼ 44 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #308 of 437 no change | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #318 of 445 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #131 of 417 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #366 of 419 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #144 of 436 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #108 of 282 | N/A |
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
394
-86 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 394 | 39 | 10.1:1 | 49% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 41 | 9.8:1 | 44% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 43.5 | 10.5:1 | 54% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 50% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 43% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 55 | 11.6:1 | 36% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 44 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard M. Teitelman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (458 to 394); teachers down 10% (43.5 to 39).
About Richard M. Teitelman Middle School
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School serves students in CAPE MAY, New Jersey, as a low-enrollment middle school. It reports enrollment of 394 students in grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Jersey enroll around 578, and this school is 32% below that mark.
Lower Cape May Regional School District has a total of 2 schools and 1,111 students, Richard M. Teitelman Middle School among them.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at Richard M. Teitelman Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic and 5% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 193 students, or 49%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard M. Teitelman Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 41% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Richard M. Teitelman Middle School is 39.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.4%.
The school is in Cape May County, where the median household earns about $91,128 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Cape May County, 32 public schools serve about 11,388 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Lower Cape May Regional High School, is the closest to Richard M. Teitelman Middle School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Richard M. Teitelman Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Richard M. Teitelman Middle School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 480 to 394, an 18% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Cape May County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,941
Census ACS
Median income
$91,128
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lower Cape May Regional School District
- Lower Cape May Regional High SchoolHigh · 717 students
Other schools in CAPE MAY
- Lower Cape May Regional High SchoolHigh · 717 students
- Carl T. Mitnick SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Maud Abrams SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Sandman Consolidated SchoolMiddle · 332 students
- Cape May City Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Lower Cape May Regional High School0.0 mi · 717
- Sandman Consolidated School1.0 mi · 332
- Maud Abrams School1.1 mi · 354
- Carl T. Mitnick School1.2 mi · 428
- David C. Douglass Memorial School2.7 mi · 275
- Cape May City Elementary School2.8 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Richard M. Teitelman Middle SchoolHow many students attend Richard M. Teitelman Middle School?
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Richard M. Teitelman Middle School serve?
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Richard M. Teitelman Middle School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Richard M. Teitelman Middle School.
How diverse is Richard M. Teitelman Middle School?
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard M. Teitelman Middle School?
Richard M. Teitelman Middle School is overseen by Lower Cape May Regional School District in Cape May County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.