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Enrollment
603
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680001908
Veterans Memorial Middle
424 S MAIN RD, VINELAND, NJ 08360 · (856) 794-6918 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 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
11.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
434 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 | 218 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 29% |
Student demographics
48%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
Veterans Memorial Middle→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
21.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 10.7% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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
Veterans Memorial Middle's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Middle this school | 603 | 72.0% | 14.6% |
| Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School VINELAND | 695 | 75.4% | 13.1% |
| North Plainfield Middle School North Plainfield | 538 | 78.6% | 21.7% |
| Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
| Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School TRENTON | 668 | 78.0% | 5.7% |
| Maxson Middle School PLAINFIELD | 721 | 76.7% | 16.8% |
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 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #406 of 433 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #402 of 437 ▲ 1 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #411 of 437 no change | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #183 of 445 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #244 of 417 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #271 of 419 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #66 of 436 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #30 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
603
-215 (-26%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 603 | 54 | 11.2:1 | 72% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 52.3 | 11.7:1 | 68% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 54 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 66 | 12.3:1 | 54% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 58 | 11.6:1 | 67% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 63 | 8.2:1 | 75% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 59 | 13.5:1 | 57% (452) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 42 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (812 to 603); teachers down 18% (66 to 54).
About Veterans Memorial Middle
Veterans Memorial Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in VINELAND, New Jersey. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 603 students.
Besides Veterans Memorial Middle, Vineland Public School District runs 13 other schools. The district enrolls 9,392 students.
Roughly 69% of students at Veterans Memorial Middle are Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% Black, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 36% of Cumberland County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.2 students per teacher and 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Veterans Memorial Middle is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 26.8%.
Veterans Memorial Middle is located in Cumberland County, where the median household income is $67,436, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Veterans Memorial Middle, Cumberland County has 51 other public schools.
The nearest public school is John H. Winslow Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 14.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The school enrolled 603 students in 2024-25, 215 fewer than the 818 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.2:1.
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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
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 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
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Dr. William Mennies Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other Veterans Memorial Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Veterans Memorial Middle. Veterans Memorial Middle is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolBRICK TOWN, NJ · 865 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
- John H. Winslow Elementary School1.0 mi · 472
- Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Impact Center1.2 mi · 341
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary School1.3 mi · 678
- Edward Johnstone Middle School1.4 mi · 355
- Vineland Senior High School1.6 mi · 2,736
- Pauline J. Petway Elementary School1.7 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial MiddleHow many students attend Veterans Memorial Middle?
Veterans Memorial Middle enrolls approximately 603 students in grades 06-08.
Is Veterans Memorial Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Veterans Memorial Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Middle?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Middle.
How diverse is Veterans Memorial Middle?
Veterans Memorial Middle reports a student body of 13% White, 69% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Veterans Memorial Middle in?
Veterans Memorial Middle is part of Vineland Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.