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Enrollment
865
Middle
DISTRICT 879 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004602
Veterans Memorial Middle School
105 HENDRICKSON AVENUE, BRICK TOWN, NJ 08724 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL865 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
306 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 267 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 297 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 30.8% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Veterans Memorial Middle School
Veterans Memorial Middle School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Middle School this school | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| West Deptford Middle School WEST DEPTFORD | 859 | 36.7% | 44.4% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
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 Veterans Memorial Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #231 of 433 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #268 of 437 ▲ 14 | #10 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #231 of 437 ▲ 5 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 865 | #71 of 445 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #260 of 417 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #239 of 419 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #207 of 436 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #39 of 282 | #6 of 16 |
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
865
-100 (-10%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 865 | 76.5 | 11.3:1 | 35% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 77 | 11.5:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 81 | 10.8:1 | 33% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 85 | 11.3:1 | 32% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 1,103 | 100 | 11.0:1 | 33% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 104 | 10.5:1 | 29% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 1,294 | 83 | 15.6:1 | 21% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 1,497 | 86 | 17.4:1 | 13% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 63 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,103 to 865); teachers down 23% (100 to 76.5).
About Veterans Memorial Middle School
Veterans Memorial Middle School sits in BRICK TOWN, New Jersey, and is classified as a middle school. A federal count lists 865 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Besides Veterans Memorial Middle School, Brick Township Public School District runs 11 other schools. The district enrolls 8,224 students.
White students make up a majority at Veterans Memorial Middle School, at 65%. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Ocean County is about 83% White. Veterans Memorial Middle School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Veterans Memorial Middle School, 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.3:1. That is close to the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 35% of enrollment. The 44% average for public schools in Ocean County is 9 points higher.
Veterans Memorial Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Veterans Memorial Middle School are 3.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.4% actual, 46.8% predicted).
Census estimates describe Ocean County this way: the median household income is $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Veterans Memorial Middle School, Ocean County has 116 other public schools.
The school nearest to Veterans Memorial Middle School is Veterans Memorial Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Veterans Memorial Middle School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Veterans Memorial Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Veterans Memorial Middle School's enrollment declined from 965 in 2020-21 to 865 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Veterans Memorial Middle School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in BRICK TOWN
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- Drum Point Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other Veterans Memorial Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Veterans Memorial Middle. Veterans Memorial Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Veterans Memorial MiddleVINELAND, NJ · 603 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolColumbus, GA · 681 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolCovington, GA · 637 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolBlue Island, IL · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School0.1 mi · 619
- Midstreams Elementary School1.4 mi · 558
- Lanes Mill Elementary School1.5 mi · 557
- Brick Township Memorial High School1.6 mi · 1,269
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development Center1.9 mi · 359
- Brick Township High School2.0 mi · 1,200
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Veterans Memorial Middle School?
Veterans Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 865 students in grades 06-08.
Is Veterans Memorial Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Veterans Memorial Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Veterans Memorial Middle School have?
Veterans Memorial Middle School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Veterans Memorial Middle School?
At Veterans Memorial Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Veterans Memorial Middle School public or private?
Veterans Memorial Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brick Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.