T. E. Harrington Middle School

Set in MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, T. E. Harrington Middle School is an expansive 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Mount Laurel Township School District. It educates 948 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 64% larger than the state mean of about 578.

Within Mount Laurel Township School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,173 students, T. E. Harrington Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, T. E. Harrington Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 17% Black, 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, T. E. Harrington Middle School reports 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, T. E. Harrington Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Burlington County shows median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. T. E. Harrington Middle School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hillside Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around T. E. Harrington Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), T. E. Harrington Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. T. E. Harrington Middle School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 966 (now 948). White enrollment moved from 61% to 46% across the same window.

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