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What's the biggest difference between Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
620
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680003445
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School
3133 S Lincoln Ave, Vineland, NJ 08361 · (856) 691-1801 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- DBeats 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
331 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 214 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School→Vineland Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Vineland Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
20.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 19.7% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School this school | 620 | 53.4% | 26.0% |
| Memorial Middle School ELMWOOD PARK | 569 | 53.3% | 29.7% |
| Woodbridge Middle School WOODBRIDGE | 513 | 56.7% | 19.7% |
| Roselle Park Middle School ROSELLE PARK | 438 | 54.3% | 34.7% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School Jackson | 665 | 57.9% | 36.6% |
| Von E. Mauger Middle School MIDDLESEX | 502 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
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 Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #360 of 433 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #358 of 437 ▲ 1 | #1 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #355 of 437 ▲ 5 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #171 of 445 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #86 of 419 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #127 of 436 | #6 of 6 |
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
620
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
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 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 53% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 45% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | N/A | N/A | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School.
About Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School
In Vineland, New Jersey, part of Cumberland County, Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is a middle school. Its 620 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Vineland Public School District operates 14 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,392 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 47%. Other students are 30% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 36% Hispanic share among all Cumberland County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 53%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 67%.
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New Jersey, Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 26.0% actual against a predicted 36.9%.
Across Cumberland County, the median household income is $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cumberland County is home to 52 public schools and about 27,803 public school students.
Nearby, Vineland Public Charter School is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School's average proficiency of 26.0% compares with 25.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School's enrollment declined from 682 in 2020-21 to 620 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vineland Public School District
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Dr. William Mennies Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in Vineland
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Dr. William Mennies Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Vineland Public Charter School0.2 mi · 428
- Anthony Rossi Elementary School1.3 mi · 595
- Dr. William Mennies Elementary School1.5 mi · 558
- John H. Winslow Elementary School1.8 mi · 472
- Child Family Center1.9 mi · 554
- Pauline J. Petway Elementary School2.5 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolHow large is Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School?
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School enrolls approximately 620 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School serve?
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student diversity at Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School?
Student demographics at Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School are roughly 30% White, 47% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School in?
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is part of Vineland Public School District.
What city is Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School in?
Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is located in Vineland, NJ.
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