Walter Hill School

As a minimally staffed junior high in Swedesboro, New Jersey, Walter Hill School caters to 227 students from grade 6, operated by Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Swedesboro-Woolwich School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,607 students; Walter Hill School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Walter Hill School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Walter Hill School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walter Hill School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 64.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Gloucester County indicate median household income runs about $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Walter Hill School is one.

The closest other public school is Margaret C. Clifford School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Walter Hill School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 270 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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