📍 51 New Market Street, Salem, Salem County, 08079
Salem Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Salem, Salem County. The school has 487 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Salem City School District school district. It serves grades 3–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Salem Middle School enrolls 487 students across grades 3–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 337 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 19% |
| White | 43 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
386 of the school's 487 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 382 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Salem Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-20, state senate district 3, state house district 3.
Salem Middle School is one of 3 schools in Salem City School District, based in SALEM, New Jersey. The district serves 1,309 students district-wide and employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 487 students, Salem Middle School is close to the district average of about 436 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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