Woodland Middle School

As a micro-enrollment 6-8 campus in BARRINGTON, New Jersey, Woodland Middle School educates 220 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Barrington School District. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Woodland Middle School is one of 2 schools operated by Barrington School District, a district that works with 525 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Woodland Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Woodland Middle School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Woodland Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Camden County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodland Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Camden County shows median household income runs about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Woodland Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Seventh Avenue is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodland Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 72% over that span.

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