Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School, West Berlin NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School

Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School serves fifth through eighth graders in the Berlin Township School District, a regular public school located in the small unincorporated community of West Berlin, Camden County. The school draws its student body from an area that blends quiet suburban residential streets with a handful of notable commercial attractions like Diggerland, Sahara Sam’s water park, and a chocolate factory and museum. The community is compact and auto-oriented, arranged along the South White Horse Pike corridor without a traditional downtown center.

The student population of roughly a few hundred is majority white, with a significant Hispanic share and a smaller but meaningful Black enrollment. More than two out of five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that indicates a school community with a substantial proportion of families facing economic pressure. Housing in the area sits at a value well below the New Jersey statewide benchmark, and the local market shows modest appreciation and a moderate pace of sales, suggesting a reasonably affordable entry point for families moving into the district.

Academically, Eisenhower presents a mixed picture that a parent should look at grade by grade. On the state’s NJSLA assessments, English language arts is a clear strength across most grades. Seventh graders turn in strong proficiency rates, and sixth and eighth graders also perform above the school’s own math results. Math tells a more uneven story: fifth and seventh graders reach moderate proficiency levels, but sixth graders and especially eighth graders show much lower rates. The eighth-grade math outcome is a soft spot that would warrant a conversation with the school about curriculum and support. Science results, tested in grades five and eight, are also low, particularly in eighth grade. When all tested subjects and grades are averaged together, the school’s overall proficiency index places above the midpoint among districts in Camden County, so the school is not alone in these challenges and sits in the stronger half of its county peers.

Because Eisenhower is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were not available in this profile, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about student engagement and the range of elective or enrichment offerings.

The district itself has not seen any major recent changes that surfaced in public records, and the broader West Berlin area reported little in the way of new development or enrollment shifts. The community remains small and stable, with a housing stock that is tight but not overheating.

For a family considering this school, the main takeaway is that Eisenhower delivers solid English instruction and its overall academic standing is respectable for Camden County, but math and science results in the upper grades are less consistent. The school serves a population that is both diverse and economically mixed, set in a suburban community that offers a few unusual family attractions but no walkable downtown. A parent should explore what targeted math support looks like for the older grades and what enrichment the school provides for students who are already proficient in reading.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 57%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 28%

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 16%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolBerlin Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income47%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income55%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income58%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income76%Higher-income80%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income70%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income19%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income36%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income16%Higher-income31%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income50%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income7%Higher-income21%14 pp gap