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Willingboro Memorial 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 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Willingboro Memorial Middle School
As an average-sized junior high in WILLINGBORO, New Jersey, Willingboro Memorial Middle School enrolls 550 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Willingboro Public School District.
Willingboro Public School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,690 students. Willingboro Memorial Middle School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Willingboro Memorial Middle School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Willingboro Memorial Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Willingboro Memorial Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.8%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Willingboro Memorial Middle School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).
Nearest neighbor: Hawthorne Park Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willingboro Memorial Middle School. On composite proficiency, Willingboro Memorial Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 21.7%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Looking at the recent track record. Willingboro Memorial Middle School's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 550). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.
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- Willingboro High SchoolHigh · 845 students
- James A Cotten Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 542 students
- W. R. James Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- J.C.Stuart ECDCElementary · 365 students
- Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Hawthorne Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Hawthorne Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 354
- Garfield ECDC0.8 mi · 294
- James A Cotten Intermediate School1.6 mi · 542
- Twin Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 332
- Willingboro High School1.7 mi · 845
- W. R. James Sr. Elementary School1.9 mi · 408