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Enrollment
979
Middle
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOORHEES TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341683001682
Voorhees Middle School
1000 HOLLY OAK DR, VOORHEES, NJ 08043 · (856) 795-2025 · Camden County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- B+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
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
168 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 320 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Based on grade levels within Voorhees Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 51.6% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Voorhees Middle School
Voorhees Middle School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees Middle School this school | 979 | 17.2% | 59.1% |
| Hartford Upper Elementary School MOUNT LAUREL | 926 | 21.3% | 48.4% |
| Rosa International Middle School CHERRY HILL | 745 | 19.7% | 56.8% |
| Princeton Middle School PRINCETON | 794 | 13.6% | 74.1% |
| Henry C. Beck Middle School CHERRY HILL | 701 | 17.3% | 58.6% |
| T. E. Harrington Middle School MOUNT LAUREL | 948 | 22.8% | 48.2% |
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 Voorhees Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #106 of 433 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #118 of 437 ▲ 24 | #3 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #110 of 437 ▼ 10 | #4 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #36 of 445 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #263 of 417 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #73 of 419 | #5 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #298 of 436 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #199 of 282 | #8 of 11 |
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
979
-41 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 881
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 979 | 86.4 | 11.3:1 | 17% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 956 | 87 | 11.0:1 | 13% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 963 | 88.1 | 10.9:1 | 17% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 1,020 | 88 | 11.6:1 | 15% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 80.9 | 12.9:1 | 13% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 1,054 | 86 | 12.3:1 | 8% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 1,167 | 78 | 15.0:1 | 10% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 1,307 | 77 | 17.0:1 | 4% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 881 | 66 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Voorhees Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,043 to 979); teachers up 7% (80.9 to 86.4).
About Voorhees Middle School
Voorhees Middle School is the name of a large middle school in VOORHEES, New Jersey. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 979 students. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 69% higher.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Voorhees Township School District totals 2,974 students.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at Voorhees Middle School. Other groups make up 21% Asian, 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Voorhees Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Voorhees Middle School operates with 86.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.3:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Voorhees Middle School reports 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 50% average for public schools in Camden County is 33 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Voorhees Middle School is A-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Voorhees Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 56.8%. Voorhees Middle School scores 59.1%, 2.4 points above that line.
Voorhees Middle School is located in Camden County, where median household income is about $88,755, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Voorhees Middle School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County, which together enroll about 82,104 students.
The closest public school, Eastern Camden County Regional High School, is about 0.8 miles from Voorhees Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Voorhees Middle School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Voorhees Middle School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Voorhees Township School District
- Kresson SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Edward T. HamiltonElementary · 517 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other schools in VOORHEES
- Eastern Camden County Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Kresson SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Edward T. HamiltonElementary · 517 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern Camden County Regional High School0.8 mi · 1,847
- Cherry Hill High School East1.0 mi · 2,120
- Bret Harte Elementary School1.1 mi · 363
- Gibbsboro Elementary School1.7 mi · 281
- Henry C. Beck Middle School1.8 mi · 701
- Woodcrest Elementary School1.9 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Voorhees Middle SchoolHow many students attend Voorhees Middle School?
Voorhees Middle School enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Voorhees Middle School serve?
Voorhees Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Voorhees Middle School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Voorhees Middle School.
How diverse is Voorhees Middle School?
Voorhees Middle School reports a student body of 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Voorhees Middle School?
Voorhees Middle School is overseen by Voorhees Township School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.