Veterans Memorial Middle School

Summary:

Veterans Memorial Middle School is a public middle school located in Brick, New Jersey, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 871 students. The school is part of the Brick Township Public School District, which is ranked 409 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Veterans Memorial Middle School faces some challenges. Its test scores, as measured by NJSLA, are generally lower than the state and district averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranging from 48% to 56.3% and in Mathematics from 9.5% to 29.3%, compared to state averages of 49% to 55.7% and 17.8% to 34.3%, respectively. The school has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.7% in 2016-2017 to 27.5% in 2020-2021, which is notably higher than nearby schools. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 32.95% in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to schools like Wall Intermediate School (9.17%) and Howell Township Middle School South (17.96%).

Interestingly, Veterans Memorial Middle School has a higher percentage of White students (68.54%) compared to the nearby schools, which tend to have more diverse student populations. When analyzing the school's performance by student subgroups, the African American and White students have the lowest rankings among the subgroups, while the school's English Language Learner (ELL) students perform relatively better, ranking in the top 84 out of 288 New Jersey middle schools in 2022-2023. The school's declining statewide ranking, from 210 out of 713 New Jersey middle schools in 2014-2015 to 401 out of 748 in 2022-2023, suggests that its performance has been declining relative to other middle schools in the state.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 105 Hendrickson Avenue
       Brick, NJ  08724


(732) 785-3000

District: Brick Township Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
401st of 748 New Jersey Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,586 Help


Students who attend Veterans Memorial Middle School usually attend:

High:    Brick Township Memorial High School

Feeder schools for Veterans Memorial Middle School:

Elementary:    Lanes Mill Elementary School
    Midstreams Elementary School
    Veterans Memorial Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.7 Help
Number of students:  871

Racial breakdown:

White:
68.5%
Hispanic:
17.7%
African American:
8.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Veterans Memorial Middle School ranks worse than 53.6% of middle schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.93. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (68.5%), Hispanic (17.7%), African American (8.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 33% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial Middle School is 10.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Veterans Memorial Middle School is $8,586.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Veterans Memorial Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Veterans Memorial Middle School 401st of 748 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Veterans Memorial Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Brick Township Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Brick Township Public School District 409th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Veterans Memorial Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 59.45 315th 574 45.1%
2004 54.04 357th 588 39.3%
2005 62.35 303rd 599 49.4%
2006 63.23 307th 615 50.1%
2007 61.85 316th 631 49.9%
2008 59.48 334th 640 47.8%
2009 59.40 345th 664 48.0%
2010 67.69 271st 677 60.0%
2011 65.14 287th 684 58.0%
2012 71.63 233rd 677 65.6%
2013 69.56 248th 704 64.8%
2014 62.44 319th 717 55.5%
2015 65.56 210th 713 70.5%
2016 57.80 291st 713 59.2%
2017 58.36 297th 712 58.3%
2018 59.71 288th 716 59.8%
2019 58.65 304th 745 59.2%
2021 35.36 382nd 652 41.4%
2022 42.40 409th 745 45.1%
2023 42.93 401st 748 46.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.82 129th 197 34.5%
2022 49.10 105th 270 61.1%
2023 55.92 84th 288 70.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.23 164th 471 65.2%
2019 51.89 189th 492 61.6%
2021 31.55 266th 401 33.7%
2022 29.91 375th 535 29.9%
2023 36.48 295th 505 41.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.33 200th 522 61.7%
2019 61.38 141st 541 73.9%
2021 39.25 275th 467 41.1%
2022 40.79 299th 549 45.5%
2023 44.17 283rd 568 50.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.08 240th 680 64.7%
2019 62.33 268th 703 61.9%
2021 38.76 351st 625 43.8%
2022 46.55 365th 726 49.7%
2023 44.54 368th 720 48.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.66 304th 675 55.0%
2019 53.00 319th 697 54.2%
2021 35.02 369th 635 41.9%
2022 38.35 429th 730 41.2%
2023 40.44 397th 718 44.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.32 229th 326 29.8%
2019 56.20 121st 326 62.9%
2021 28.52 226th 291 22.3%
2022 28.92 277th 356 22.2%
2023 32.46 252nd 361 30.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.85 183rd 504 63.7%
2019 56.03 205th 524 60.9%
2021 25.15 391st 480 18.5%
2022 38.96 351st 591 40.6%
2023 46.01 275th 587 53.2%
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Rank History for White students at Veterans Memorial Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.99 236th 497 52.5%
2019 47.94 267th 504 47.0%
2021 24.44 355th 435 18.4%
2022 31.41 363rd 512 29.1%
2023 29.99 369th 509 27.5%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Veterans Memorial Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 943 4 2 11 0 n/a n/a 0 960
1989 976 9 7 15 0 n/a n/a 0 1007
1990 987 18 9 12 0 n/a n/a 0 1026
1991 951 10 3 20 5 n/a n/a 0 989
1992 969 11 8 24 6 n/a n/a 0 1018
1993 953 10 12 32 2 n/a n/a 0 1009
1994 965 13 10 29 0 n/a n/a 0 1017
1995 1015 23 4 34 21 n/a n/a 0 1097
1996 1015 23 4 34 21 n/a n/a 0 1097
1998 1113 18 17 25 0 n/a n/a 0 1173
1999 1301 21 16 27 0 n/a n/a 0 1365
2000 1373 10 12 13 0 n/a n/a 0 1408
2001 1432 23 19 23 0 n/a n/a 0 1497
2002 1422 26 24 51 0 n/a n/a 0 1523
2003 1422 26 24 51 0 n/a n/a 0 1523
2004 1378 32 32 51 0 n/a n/a 0 1493
2005 1340 41 24 53 0 n/a n/a 0 1458
2006 1352 50 23 48 0 n/a n/a 0 1473
2007 1323 51 21 49 0 n/a n/a 0 1444
2008 1265 55 32 61 2 n/a n/a 0 1415
2009 1191 50 34 71 4 1 3 0 1354
2010 1146 51 34 94 5 2 8 0 1340
2011 1109 42 33 102 3 2 3 0 1294
2012 1051 60 28 100 0 2 2 0 1243
2013 1003 79 27 106 0 1 1 0 1217
2014 960 82 23 103 0 0 5 0 1173
2015 927 89 26 91 1 1 9 0 1144
2016 880 75 22 100 1 2 13 0 1093
2017 855 85 24 114 2 2 11 0 1093
2018 830 98 25 137 3 1 9 0 1103
2019 772 90 22 130 3 0 7 0 1024
2020 749 93 19 132 2 1 12 0 1008
2021 714 88 13 131 2 1 16 0 965
2022 651 88 12 161 0 1 25 0 938
2023 597 75 13 154 1 0 31 0 871

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Veterans Memorial Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 960 62.0 15.4 n/a
1989 1007 64.0 15.7 n/a
1990 1026 65.0 15.7 3.8
1991 989 63.0 15.6 4.6
1992 1018 64.0 15.9 4.5
1993 1009 63.0 16.0 5.3
1994 1017 65.0 15.6 3.9
1995 1097 76.0 14.4 10
1996 1097 76.0 14.4 10
1998 1173 78.0 15.0 8.1
1999 1365 84.0 16.3 6.5
2000 1408 86.0 16.4 12.6
2001 1497 86.2 17.4 13
2002 1523 101.0 15.1 12.8
2003 1523 101.0 15.1 12.8
2004 1493 101.0 14.8 13.1
2005 1458 109.0 13.4 n/a
2006 1473 105.0 14.0 12.2
2007 1444 106.0 13.6 13.8
2008 1415 78.0 18.1 15.1
2009 1354 108.3 10.3 16.8
2010 1340 87.0 15.4 17.8
2011 1294 83.5 15.4 21.3
2012 1243 92.3 13.4 20.9
2013 1217 n/a n/a 24.4
2014 1173 98.2 11.9 26.7
2015 1144 100.0 11.4 28.5
2016 1093 104.0 10.5 29
2017 1093 99.5 10.9 27.8
2018 1103 100.0 11.0 32.5
2019 1024 100.0 10.2 33.2
2020 1008 93.5 10.7 32.2
2021 965 85.0 11.3 31.9
2022 938 82.5 11.3 34.3
2023 871 81.0 10.7 33

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Veterans Memorial Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 960 62.0 15.4 n/a
1989 1007 64.0 15.7 n/a
1990 1026 65.0 15.7 3.8
1991 989 63.0 15.6 4.6
1992 1018 64.0 15.9 4.5
1993 1009 63.0 16.0 5.3
1994 1017 65.0 15.6 3.9
1995 1097 76.0 14.4 10
1996 1097 76.0 14.4 10
1998 1173 78.0 15.0 8.1
1999 1365 84.0 16.3 6.5
2000 1408 86.0 16.4 12.6
2001 1497 86.2 17.4 13
2002 1523 101.0 15.1 12.8
2003 1523 101.0 15.1 12.8
2004 1493 101.0 14.8 13.1
2005 1458 109.0 13.4 n/a
2006 1473 105.0 14.0 12.2
2007 1444 106.0 13.6 13.8
2008 1415 78.0 18.1 15.1
2009 1354 108.3 10.3 16.8
2010 1340 87.0 15.4 17.8
2011 1294 83.5 15.4 21.3
2012 1243 92.3 13.4 20.9
2013 1217 n/a n/a 24.4
2014 1173 98.2 11.9 26.7
2015 1144 100.0 11.4 28.5
2016 1093 104.0 10.5 29
2017 1093 99.5 10.9 27.8
2018 1103 100.0 11.0 32.5
2019 1024 100.0 10.2 33.2
2020 1008 93.5 10.7 32.2
2021 965 85.0 11.3 31.9
2022 938 82.5 11.3 34.3
2023 871 81.0 10.7 33

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Veterans Memorial Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $223 (2.6%) $8,363 (97.4%) $8,586

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Veterans Memorial Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 304th of 745 Middle schoolsRanks 401st of 748 Middle schools
 12.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Veterans Memorial Middle School)61.148
 13.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Brick Township Public School District)57.346.2
 11.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Veterans Memorial Middle School)47.926
 21.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Brick Township Public School District)46.327.8
 18.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Veterans Memorial Middle School)6956.3
 12.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Brick Township Public School District)73.258.7
 14.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.855.7
 7.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Veterans Memorial Middle School)41.129.3
 11.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Brick Township Public School District)4232.6
 9.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)42.133.8
 8.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Veterans Memorial Middle School)65.748.8
 16.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Brick Township Public School District)65.253.7
 11.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.955.3
 7.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Veterans Memorial Middle School)26.49.5
 16.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Brick Township Public School District)28.316.8
 11.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)29.317.8
 11.5%
8th Grade Algebra I (Veterans Memorial Middle School)88.893.9
 5.1%
   8th Grade Algebra I (Brick Township Public School District)88.994.3
 5.4%
   8th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)75.166
 9.1%
End of Course Algebra I (Veterans Memorial Middle School)88.893.9
 5.1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Brick Township Public School District)43.333.3
 10%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1024871
 14.9%
African American9075
 16.7%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian2213
 40.9%
Hispanic130154
 18.5%
Pacific Islander00
White772597
 22.7%
Two or More Races731
 342.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients33.2%33%
 0.3%


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Veterans Memorial Middle School ranks 401st of 748 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 871 students attended Veterans Memorial Middle School.

Students at Veterans Memorial Middle School are 69% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Veterans Memorial Middle School usually go on to attend Brick Township Memorial High School


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