Woodstown Middle School

Woodstown Middle School is an intermediate school of tight-knit scale in WOODSTOWN, New Jersey, run under Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, instructing 303 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,494 students. Woodstown Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Woodstown Middle School lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Woodstown Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salem County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Woodstown Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 54.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Salem County) logs that median household income runs about $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salem County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), of which Woodstown Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodstown High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Woodstown Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodstown Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 14%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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