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Lakewood Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
755 Somerset Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701
Phone
(732) 905-3600
District
LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
OCEAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1126
Classroom Teachers
93

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

2

(10 is best)

Better than 19.1% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Lakewood Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
38%
29%
46%
10%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
42%
39%
51%
22%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
32%
27%
50%
12%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 297 26.4%
Grade 7 363 32.2%
Grade 8 318 28.2%
Total 1126 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.7% 11.0% 41.1%
Black 5.6% 5.4% 15.3%
Hispanic 90.2% 83.0% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 90.7% 86.1% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 85.3% 81.2% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.3% 4.9% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 130,221 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,213.2 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 17.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 35.1% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 10.0% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 9.8% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,345 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 3.9% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.2% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.8% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.8% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.1% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.4% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.9% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,365 $80,874,950 33.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $4,264 $24,006,320 9.9%
Staff $979 $5,511,770 2.3%
General Administration $548 $3,085,240 1.3%
School Administration $1,006 $5,663,780 2.3%
Operation $1,552 $8,737,760 3.6%
Transportation $5,394 $30,368,220 12.5%
Other $574 $3,231,620 1.3%
Total Support $14,318 $80,610,340 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $14,412 $81,139,560 33.4%
Total Expenditures $43,095 $242,624,850 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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