William Davies Middle School

William Davies Middle School, a heavily attended intermediate school in MAYS LANDING, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hamilton Township School District, teaches 943 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 63% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

William Davies Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Hamilton Township School District, a district that educates 2,860 students overall.

On demographics, William Davies Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, William Davies Middle School shows 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William Davies Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Atlantic County) logs that median household earnings sit near $78,050, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which William Davies Middle School is one.

Oakcrest High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Davies Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. William Davies Middle School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,051 (now 943). White enrollment moved from 46% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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