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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680000823
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School
688 NORTH MILL ROAD, VINELAND, NJ 08360 · (856) 362-8887 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest 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
12.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
524 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 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 36% |
Student demographics
39%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
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. 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
19.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
9.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.2% | 9.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 11.7% |
% 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School this school | 695 | 75.4% | 13.1% |
| Maxson Middle School PLAINFIELD | 721 | 76.7% | 16.8% |
| Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School TRENTON | 668 | 78.0% | 5.7% |
| Grace A Dunn Middle School TRENTON | 703 | 77.1% | 7.0% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle VINELAND | 603 | 72.0% | 14.6% |
| Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
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 Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #409 of 433 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #411 of 437 ▼ 13 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #415 of 437 ▲ 4 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #135 of 445 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #338 of 417 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #342 of 419 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #56 of 436 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #109 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
695
-88 (-11%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 695 | 57 | 12.2:1 | 75% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 70% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 56 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 72% (579) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 76% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 52 | 9.5:1 | 66% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (808 to 695); teachers up 2% (56 to 57).
About Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School
At 688 NORTH MILL ROAD in VINELAND, New Jersey, Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 695 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School reports to Vineland Public School District, which has 14 schools and 9,392 students.
Hispanic students account for 77% of enrollment at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School. The remaining students are 12% Black, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Cumberland County is about 36% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School operates with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.2:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School reports 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (13.1%) and its predicted rate (24.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
In Cumberland County (population about 153,305), median household income is about $67,436, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 52 public schools operate in Cumberland County, serving about 27,803 students.
The closest public school, Dane Barse Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles from Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 12.2:1 over the same years.
Discussions about Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 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
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Dr. William Mennies Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Dane Barse Elementary School1.1 mi · 245
- Norma Elementary School1.4 mi · 145
- Compass Academy Charter School1.8 mi · 183
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary School2.2 mi · 678
- Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Impact Center2.3 mi · 341
- Marie Durand Elementary School2.6 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolHow large is Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School?
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School is approximately 12.2:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School?
Student demographics at Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School are roughly 8% White, 77% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School in?
Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School is part of Vineland Public School District.
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