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Enrollment
859
Middle
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341743002676
West Deptford Middle School
675 GROVE RD, WEST DEPTFORD, NJ 08066 · (856) 848-1200 · Gloucester County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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
11.2:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
315 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 4 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 241 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 199 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 26% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
West Deptford Middle School→West Deptford High School
Based on grade levels within West Deptford Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 35.3% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 West Deptford Middle School
West Deptford Middle School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Deptford Middle School this school | 859 | 36.7% | 44.4% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Glen Landing Middle School BLACKWOOD | 795 | 37.1% | 41.3% |
| Delran Middle School DELRAN | 662 | 31.7% | 40.0% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
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 West Deptford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #222 of 433 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #231 of 437 ▲ 17 | #8 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #198 of 437 ▲ 18 | #8 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #76 of 445 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #242 of 417 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #238 of 419 | #6 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #202 of 436 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #219 of 282 | #9 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
859
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 859 | 77 | 11.2:1 | 37% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 832 | 75 | 11.1:1 | 32% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 75 | 11.3:1 | 26% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 73 | 11.9:1 | 26% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 71 | 12.7:1 | 30% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 952 | 73 | 13.0:1 | 31% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 1,029 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 24% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 67 | 15.2:1 | 17% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 68 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Deptford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (900 to 859); teachers up 8% (71 to 77).
About West Deptford Middle School
West Deptford Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in WEST DEPTFORD, New Jersey. It enrolls 859 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 4 through 8. That puts enrollment 49% bigger than the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
West Deptford Middle School is one school in a 5-school district, West Deptford Township School District, which enrolls 2,816 students.
More than half of enrollment at West Deptford Middle School is White: 66%. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 10 points below the 76% share among Gloucester County residents. The diversity index for West Deptford Middle School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
West Deptford Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1, with 77 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at West Deptford Middle School.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, West Deptford Middle School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, West Deptford Middle School is 1.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.4% actual, 46.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Gloucester County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $105,115 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Gloucester County number 86, with about 46,080 students.
About 1.4 miles separate West Deptford Middle School from the closest public school, Green-Fields Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. West Deptford Middle School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.4% against a local average of 34.9%.
For locale, NCES codes West Deptford Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 866 in 2020-21 to 859 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students.
The West Deptford Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 West Deptford Township School District
- West Deptford High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Green-Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Red Bank Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in WEST DEPTFORD
- West Deptford High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Red Bank Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Green-Fields Elementary School1.4 mi · 479
- West End Memorial Elementary School1.6 mi · 469
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High School2.2 mi · 818
- Oak Valley Elementary School2.3 mi · 337
- Woodbury Heights Elementary2.3 mi · 248
- West Deptford High School2.4 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About West Deptford Middle SchoolHow many students attend West Deptford Middle School?
West Deptford Middle School enrolls approximately 859 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does West Deptford Middle School serve?
West Deptford Middle School serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Deptford Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Deptford Middle School is approximately 11.2:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Deptford Middle School?
At West Deptford Middle School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is West Deptford Middle School in?
West Deptford Middle School is part of West Deptford Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.