Woodruff Middle School

As a compact middle-grades school in Seabrook, New Jersey, Woodruff Middle School educates 253 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Upper Deerfield Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 578.

Across the 3 schools in Upper Deerfield Township School District (958 students total), Woodruff Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Woodruff Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cumberland County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 60% of students at Woodruff Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodruff Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Woodruff Middle School is one of 52 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students).

The closest other public school is Charles F. Seabrook School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodruff Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodruff Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.1%.

Woodruff Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 52% to 36%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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