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Willingboro Memorial Middle School
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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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