William C. McGinnis Middle School

William C. McGinnis Middle School is one of the big junior highs in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, operated by Perth Amboy Public School District, with 984 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 70% above the state mean of about 578.

Across the 12 schools in Perth Amboy Public School District (9,845 students total), William C. McGinnis Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, William C. McGinnis Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting William C. McGinnis Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William C. McGinnis Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.1%, the actual is 20.5%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Across the wider county, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which William C. McGinnis Middle School is one.

Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, William C. McGinnis Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. William C. McGinnis Middle School's enrollment has contracted 35% since 2018, when it stood at 1,513 (now 984).

On the community side, the feed for William C. McGinnis Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.