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Enrollment
1,694
Middle
DISTRICT 951 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341047000183
Williamstown Middle School
561 CLAYTON RD, WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ 08094 · (856) 629-7444 · Gloucester County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,694 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.6:1
146 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
685 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 5 | 388 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 428 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 426 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 452 | 27% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Williamstown Middle School→Williamstown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Monroe Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 26.2% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Williamstown Middle School
Williamstown Middle School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Middle School this school | 1,694 | 40.4% | 35.4% |
| Deptford Township Middle School SEWELL | 895 | 38.3% | 40.1% |
| Emily C. Reynolds Middle School HAMILTON | 966 | 42.2% | 34.7% |
| Sayreville Middle School PARLIN | 1,294 | 46.4% | 38.6% |
| Glen Landing Middle School BLACKWOOD | 795 | 37.1% | 41.3% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
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 Williamstown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #296 of 433 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #275 of 437 ▲ 44 | #13 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #301 of 437 ▲ 4 | #15 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,694 | #2 of 445 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #292 of 417 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #132 of 419 | #4 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #181 of 436 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #126 of 282 | #4 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
1,694
-173 (-9%) vs 2020
+45% since 2000-01, when it was 1,168
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 1,694 | 146.4 | 11.6:1 | 40% (685) |
| 2023-24 | 1,744 | 151.9 | 11.5:1 | 38% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 1,819 | 140.4 | 12.9:1 | 30% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 1,867 | 151 | 12.4:1 | 29% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 1,928 | 145.8 | 13.2:1 | 31% (605) |
| 2015-16 | 1,964 | 145 | 13.5:1 | 32% (625) |
| 2010-11 | 1,913 | 116 | 16.5:1 | 29% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 1,168 | 72 | 16.2:1 | 25% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williamstown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,928 to 1,694); teachers unchanged (145.8 to 146.4).
About Williamstown Middle School
In WILLIAMSTOWN, New Jersey, part of Gloucester County, Williamstown Middle School is a middle school. A total of 1,694 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 193% larger than average.
Williamstown Middle School is one school in a 6-school district, Monroe Township Public School District, which enrolls 5,703 students.
By race and ethnicity, Williamstown Middle School is 55% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Gloucester County overall, about 76% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Williamstown Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.6:1, with 146.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 10.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Williamstown Middle School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Williamstown Middle School, the prediction is 44.0% and the result is 35.4%.
Across Gloucester County, median household income is about $105,115, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Gloucester County number 86 and enroll about 46,080.
The closest other public school is Oak Knoll Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 40.9% on proficiency, and Williamstown Middle School is below that at 35.4%.
In the federal locale system, Williamstown Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 9%, from 1,867 to 1,694.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Williamstown Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Monroe Township Public School District
- Williamstown High SchoolHigh · 1,769 students
- Oak Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Radix ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Holly Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
Other schools in WILLIAMSTOWN
- Williamstown High SchoolHigh · 1,769 students
- Oak Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Radix ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Holly Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Collings Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Knoll Elementary School0.4 mi · 671
- Williamstown High School0.4 mi · 1,769
- Holly Glen Elementary School0.9 mi · 570
- Radix Elementary1.4 mi · 609
- Winslow Township Elementary School Three3.1 mi · 464
- Winslow Township Elementary School Four3.2 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Williamstown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Williamstown Middle School?
Williamstown Middle School enrolls approximately 1,694 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Williamstown Middle School serve?
Williamstown Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Williamstown Middle School have?
Williamstown Middle School employs 146 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Williamstown Middle School?
At Williamstown Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 16% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Williamstown Middle School in?
Williamstown Middle School is part of Monroe Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.