Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School

Located at 3133 S Lincoln Ave, in Vineland, New Jersey, Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that teaches 620 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Vineland Public School District.

Vineland Public School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,392 students. Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 30% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cumberland County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vineland Public Charter School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

On the community side, 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.