Enrollment
227
Middle
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEDESBORO-WOOLWICH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341599002634
Walter Hill School
1815 Kings Highway, Swedesboro, NJ 08085 · (856) 241-1552 · Gloucester County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
58 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 227 | 100% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Swedesboro-Woolwich 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% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.4pp 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 61 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 7 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% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 53.7% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Walter Hill School
Walter Hill School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Hill School this school | 227 | 25.6% | 64.0% |
| Logan Middle School Logan Township | 258 | 21.3% | 39.8% |
| Long Pond School NEWTON | 189 | 23.3% | 56.0% |
| Woodstown Middle School WOODSTOWN | 303 | 27.7% | 54.3% |
| Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building MONTCLAIR | 203 | 15.3% | 57.2% |
| High Mountain School NORTH HALEDON | 259 | 23.6% | 48.3% |
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 Walter Hill School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #70 of 433 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #97 of 437 ▲ 30 | #2 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #109 of 437 ▲ 27 | #1 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #409 of 445 | #16 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #226 of 417 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #174 of 419 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #247 of 436 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #82 of 282 | #1 of 13 |
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
227
+17 (+8%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 227 | 20.6 | 11.0:1 | 26% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 25.3 | 9.1:1 | 20% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 22.3 | 11.3:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 21 | 10.0:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 21.8 | 12.4:1 | 14% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 9 | 24.4:1 | 14% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 22% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (270 to 227); teachers down 5% (21.8 to 20.6).
About Walter Hill School
This page covers Walter Hill School, a very small middle-grades school in Swedesboro, New Jersey. It had 227 students in 2024-25, spanning grade 6. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students, which makes this school 61% below average.
The district for Walter Hill School is Swedesboro-Woolwich School District, with 4 schools and 1,607 students.
About 60% of the student body at Walter Hill School is White. Other groups include 15% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gloucester County residents are about 76% White. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Walter Hill School are from different groups.
The school had 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 26%.
Walter Hill School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Test results at Walter Hill School are 11.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.0% actual, 52.2% predicted).
In Gloucester County, home to about 306,954 people, the median household earns about $105,115 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Walter Hill School shares Gloucester County with 85 other public schools.
Walter Hill School's nearest public school is Margaret C. Clifford School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.6%; Walter Hill School's is 64.0%, ranking 1st of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Walter Hill School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 210 (2020-21) to 227 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.0:1) than in 2020-21 (10.0:1).
This page collects posts and questions about Walter Hill School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
- General Charles G. Harker SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Governor Charles C. StrattonElementary · 433 students
- Margaret C. Clifford SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Margaret C. Clifford School0.3 mi · 251
- Governor Charles C. Stratton1.0 mi · 433
- Kingsway Regional High School1.9 mi · 1,822
- General Charles G. Harker School2.0 mi · 696
- Kingsway Regional Middle School2.0 mi · 939
- Logan Middle School2.2 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Walter Hill SchoolHow large is Walter Hill School?
Walter Hill School enrolls approximately 227 students in grades 06-06.
What age range does Walter Hill School serve?
Walter Hill School serves students from grade 06 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Walter Hill School have?
Walter Hill School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Walter Hill School?
Student demographics at Walter Hill School are roughly 60% White, 13% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Walter Hill School public or private?
Walter Hill School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Swedesboro-Woolwich School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.