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William Allen Middle School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About William Allen Middle School
As a medium-sized 6-8 campus in MOORESTOWN, New Jersey, William Allen Middle School serves 635 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Moorestown Township Public School District.
Within Moorestown Township Public School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,897 students, William Allen Middle School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, William Allen Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest reads as 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, William Allen Middle School records 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Burlington County's rate of about 32%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William Allen Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.6%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household income runs about $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), William Allen Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Moorestown High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Allen Middle School. On composite proficiency, William Allen Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Allen Middle School has showed little movement, going from 639 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 70% to 63% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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