Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Summary:

Charles W. Lewis Middle School is a public middle school in Blackwood, New Jersey, serving 707 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Gloucester Township Public Schools district, which is ranked 441 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Charles W. Lewis Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools over the past decade, ranging from 373rd to 586th out of 652-745 schools. The school has maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, with a 1-star rating in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. While African American and English Language Learner students have performed relatively well, ranking in the top 25-35% of New Jersey middle schools in these subgroups, Asian, White, and Special Education students have struggled, ranking in the bottom 25-50%. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are consistently below the state and district averages, often by 10-20 percentage points, particularly in 8th grade Mathematics.

Interestingly, the two other middle schools in the Gloucester Township Public Schools district, Ann A. Mullen Middle School and Glen Landing Middle School, have generally performed better than Charles W. Lewis Middle School on statewide rankings and test scores. However, all three schools in the district struggle with low proficiency rates, particularly in Mathematics, and high chronic absenteeism rates. Despite these challenges, Charles W. Lewis Middle School spends more per student and has a lower student-teacher ratio compared to the other two district middle schools.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 875 Erial Road
       Blackwood, NJ  08012


(856) 227-8400

District: Gloucester Township Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
453rd of 743 New Jersey Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,794 Help


Students who attend Charles W. Lewis Middle School usually attend:

High:    Highland Regional High School

Feeder schools for Charles W. Lewis Middle School:

Elementary:    Blackwood Elementary School
    Gloucester Township Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  696

Racial breakdown:

White:
31.5%
African American:
30.2%
Hispanic:
23.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Charles W. Lewis Middle School ranks worse than 61% of middle schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Gloucester Township Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.19. (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.
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Compare Details Charles W. Lewis Middle School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Gloucester Township Public Schools District. Student population at Charles W. Lewis Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (31.5%), African American (30.2%), Hispanic (23.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Gloucester Township Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Charles W. Lewis Middle School is 10.8, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Gloucester Township Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Charles W. Lewis Middle School is $14,794, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Gloucester Township Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Charles W. Lewis Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Charles W. Lewis Middle School 453rd of 743 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Charles W. Lewis Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Gloucester Township Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Gloucester Township Public Schools 441st of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 41.81 406th 574 29.3%
2004 39.96 412th 588 29.9%
2005 44.51 408th 599 31.9%
2006 41.10 433rd 615 29.6%
2007 40.92 455th 631 27.9%
2008 45.36 431st 640 32.7%
2009 43.76 456th 664 31.3%
2010 40.86 470th 677 30.6%
2011 41.21 476th 684 30.4%
2012 50.30 409th 677 39.6%
2013 38.67 492nd 704 30.1%
2014 38.70 487th 717 32.1%
2015 20.56 569th 713 20.2%
2016 19.15 586th 713 17.8%
2017 30.18 502nd 712 29.5%
2018 35.98 482nd 716 32.7%
2019 38.85 467th 745 37.3%
2021 37.26 373rd 652 42.8%
2022 34.02 477th 745 36.0%
2023 37.93 436th 748 41.7%
2024 36.19 453rd 743 39.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.50 13th 202 93.6%
2019 75.88 31st 227 86.3%
2022 40.58 146th 270 45.9%
2023 49.22 116th 288 59.7%
2024 61.36 77th 320 75.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.30 314th 471 33.3%
2019 27.65 365th 492 25.8%
2021 25.24 311th 401 22.4%
2022 33.29 330th 535 38.3%
2023 36.11 301st 505 40.4%
2024 29.12 369th 510 27.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.94 284th 522 45.6%
2019 44.88 290th 541 46.4%
2021 45.62 215th 467 54.0%
2022 40.08 308th 549 43.9%
2023 43.14 293rd 568 48.4%
2024 51.04 240th 584 58.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.43 443rd 680 34.9%
2019 44.89 409th 703 41.8%
2021 36.68 374th 625 40.2%
2022 32.82 471st 726 35.1%
2024 28.99 496th 717 30.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.34 466th 675 31.0%
2019 34.46 466th 697 33.1%
2021 39.61 330th 635 48.0%
2022 32.20 471st 730 35.5%
2023 34.43 455th 718 36.6%
2024 34.21 452nd 719 37.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.88 167th 200 16.5%
2019 32.85 140th 199 29.6%
2021 19.02 127th 147 13.6%
2022 12.48 180th 200 10.0%
2023 16.45 170th 201 15.4%
2024 19.47 165th 200 17.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.41 148th 326 54.6%
2019 50.79 139th 326 57.4%
2021 39.51 170th 291 41.6%
2022 50.28 144th 356 59.6%
2023 55.38 121st 361 66.5%
2024 61.32 97th 352 72.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.26 328th 504 34.9%
2019 44.47 293rd 524 44.1%
2021 55.34 173rd 480 64.0%
2022 36.76 367th 591 37.9%
2023 37.11 356th 587 39.4%
2024 32.08 407th 589 30.9%
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Rank History for White students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.52 412th 497 17.1%
2019 27.09 397th 504 21.2%
2021 32.72 309th 435 29.0%
2022 26.84 399th 512 22.1%
2023 37.64 318th 509 37.5%
2024 32.17 363rd 510 28.8%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 887 93 22 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1010
1989 928 122 18 19 4 n/a n/a 0 1091
1990 954 109 23 12 7 n/a n/a 0 1105
1991 1016 115 26 24 6 n/a n/a 0 1187
1992 1003 147 25 21 0 n/a n/a 0 1196
1993 1046 157 43 18 1 n/a n/a 0 1265
1994 1076 184 37 31 1 n/a n/a 0 1329
1995 1065 193 26 37 1 n/a n/a 0 1322
1996 1065 193 26 37 1 n/a n/a 0 1322
1998 656 134 27 22 0 n/a n/a 0 839
1999 657 127 28 21 3 n/a n/a 0 836
2000 631 131 27 25 2 n/a n/a 0 816
2001 630 150 30 27 1 n/a n/a 0 838
2002 606 176 30 34 2 n/a n/a 0 848
2003 606 176 30 34 2 n/a n/a 0 848
2004 522 187 32 35 1 n/a n/a 0 777
2005 488 185 38 37 0 n/a n/a 0 748
2006 453 186 39 41 0 n/a n/a 0 719
2007 410 210 46 46 1 n/a n/a 0 713
2008 363 187 47 55 0 n/a n/a 0 652
2009 334 213 39 50 0 1 4 0 641
2010 328 191 47 52 0 0 9 0 627
2011 335 183 49 66 0 1 6 0 640
2012 334 188 55 69 1 1 12 0 660
2013 327 185 58 96 1 1 11 0 679
2014 336 189 65 87 0 0 11 0 688
2015 328 191 57 90 1 1 13 0 681
2016 296 192 50 83 1 2 24 0 648
2017 268 196 54 83 1 6 31 0 639
2018 270 187 57 88 0 7 28 0 637
2019 287 205 58 104 1 6 23 0 684
2020 265 219 55 111 0 3 20 0 673
2021 251 213 47 119 2 1 24 0 657
2022 227 204 48 129 3 0 31 0 642
2023 243 204 55 164 3 0 38 0 707
2024 219 210 58 162 2 4 40 1 696

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 Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1010 71.0 14.2 n/a
1989 1091 75.0 14.5 n/a
1990 1105 76.0 14.5 12.1
1991 1187 72.0 16.4 11.8
1992 1196 78.0 15.3 14.3
1993 1265 82.0 15.4 14
1994 1329 83.5 15.9 13.1
1995 1322 94.0 14.1 14.7
1996 1322 94.0 14.1 14.7
1998 839 68.0 12.3 17.9
1999 836 70.0 11.9 16.1
2000 816 72.0 11.3 23.7
2001 838 72.2 11.6 25.3
2002 848 76.0 11.2 25.2
2003 848 76.0 11.2 25.2
2004 777 71.0 10.9 29
2005 748 72.0 10.4 n/a
2006 719 73.0 9.8 32.1
2007 713 73.0 9.8 29
2008 652 54.0 12.1 28.5
2009 641 68.9 8.5 43.2
2010 627 51.0 12.2 41.3
2011 640 44.0 14.5 43.6
2012 660 54.9 12.0 46.2
2013 679 61.0 11.1 50.7
2014 688 62.0 11.0 53.9
2015 681 60.0 11.3 56.4
2016 648 60.0 10.8 57.7
2017 639 60.0 10.6 59
2018 637 59.0 10.7 57.1
2019 684 63.0 10.8 57.2
2020 673 63.6 10.5 56.3
2021 657 64.0 10.2 54.3
2022 642 65.0 9.8 51.1
2023 707 63.0 11.2 54.2
2024 696 64.0 10.8 56.2

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 Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1010 71.0 14.2 n/a
1989 1091 75.0 14.5 n/a
1990 1105 76.0 14.5 12.1
1991 1187 72.0 16.4 11.8
1992 1196 78.0 15.3 14.3
1993 1265 82.0 15.4 14
1994 1329 83.5 15.9 13.1
1995 1322 94.0 14.1 14.7
1996 1322 94.0 14.1 14.7
1998 839 68.0 12.3 17.9
1999 836 70.0 11.9 16.1
2000 816 72.0 11.3 23.7
2001 838 72.2 11.6 25.3
2002 848 76.0 11.2 25.2
2003 848 76.0 11.2 25.2
2004 777 71.0 10.9 29
2005 748 72.0 10.4 n/a
2006 719 73.0 9.8 32.1
2007 713 73.0 9.8 29
2008 652 54.0 12.1 28.5
2009 641 68.9 8.5 43.2
2010 627 51.0 12.2 41.3
2011 640 44.0 14.5 43.6
2012 660 54.9 12.0 46.2
2013 679 61.0 11.1 50.7
2014 688 62.0 11.0 53.9
2015 681 60.0 11.3 56.4
2016 648 60.0 10.8 57.7
2017 639 60.0 10.6 59
2018 637 59.0 10.7 57.1
2019 684 63.0 10.8 57.2
2020 673 63.6 10.5 56.3
2021 657 64.0 10.2 54.3
2022 642 65.0 9.8 51.1
2023 707 63.0 11.2 54.2
2024 696 64.0 10.8 56.2

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 Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $579 (3.9%) $14,215 (96.1%) $14,794

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Charles W. Lewis Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 467th of 745 Middle schoolsRanks 436th of 748 Middle schools
 4.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)45.942.7
 3.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Gloucester Township Public Schools)44.434.3
 10.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)23.125.3
 2.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Gloucester Township Public Schools)28.522.8
 5.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)54.539.3
 15.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Gloucester Township Public Schools)55.848.2
 7.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.855.7
 7.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)32.923.3
 9.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Gloucester Township Public Schools)33.826.9
 6.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)42.133.8
 8.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)63.353.5
 9.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Gloucester Township Public Schools)63.346.8
 16.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.955.3
 7.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)25.514
 11.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Gloucester Township Public Schools)34.816.7
 18.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)29.317.8
 11.5%
8th Grade Algebra I (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)91.489.3
 2.1%
   8th Grade Algebra I (Gloucester Township Public Schools)95.892.1
 3.7%
   8th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)75.166
 9.1%
End of Course Algebra I (Charles W. Lewis Middle School)91.490
 1.4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Gloucester Township Public Schools)95.793.3
 2.4%
   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 Students684707
 3.4%
African American205204
 0.5%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian5855
 5.2%
Hispanic104164
 57.7%
Pacific Islander60
 100%
White287243
 15.3%
Two or More Races2338
 65.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients57.2%54.2%
 3%


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Charles W. Lewis Middle School ranks 453rd of 743 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 696 students attended Charles W. Lewis Middle School.

Students who attend Charles W. Lewis Middle School usually go on to attend Highland Regional High School

Students at Charles W. Lewis Middle School are 31% White, 30% African American, 23% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races.


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