Ventnor Middle School

Ventnor Middle School is one of the rural-scale junior highs in VENTNOR, New Jersey, run under Ventnor City School District, with 176 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Across the 2 schools in Ventnor City School District (494 students total), Ventnor Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ventnor Middle School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Ventnor Middle School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Ventnor Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Ventnor Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ventnor Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Atlantic County (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students).

The closest other public school is Ventnor Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ventnor Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ventnor Middle School has contracted 39%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 176 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 35% to 45%. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 in 2025.

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