Williamstown Middle School, Williamstown NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Williamstown Middle School

Williamstown Middle School serves grades five through eight in the Monroe Township Public School District, drawing from the unincorporated community of Williamstown in Gloucester County. It is a large regular public school, and its size for this grade band means a student body that spans four grades in what is likely a bustling building. The school shares a campus with Williamstown High School and Holly Glen Elementary, set apart from the Main Street commercial corridor, so families should expect a school-centered rather than a downtown walkable environment.

The student body is majority white, with a substantial share of Black students, a notable Hispanic presence, and smaller groups of Asian and multiracial students. Roughly two out of five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that puts the school in a middle economic position for its area. The school does not report the share of students with disabilities or English learners in the available data, which is a gap a parent may want to clarify by checking with the district directly.

On state assessments, Williamstown Middle shows a split picture. English language arts results are the stronger of the two core subjects. In sixth and eighth grades, more than half of tested students scored at the proficient level or above. Fifth and seventh grade proficiency rates were lower, falling short of the majority mark. Math proficiency is notably weaker across all four grades. The highest math performance comes in seventh grade, where roughly two out of five students reached proficiency. Fifth, sixth, and eighth grade math results were all below a third, with eighth grade math the weakest of the set. Science results are available for fifth and eighth grades and are low, particularly in eighth grade where about one in eight students met the proficiency threshold. When placed against other districts in Gloucester County, the school’s combined proficiency across all tested subjects and grades falls below the midpoint of the county. That comparison uses district-level data as the reference set, so it gives a general sense of where this school sits relative to the full K-12 systems around it.

There is no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing, so a family looking at those dimensions would need to gather information from the school or district. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Programs such as advanced coursework, arts, or extracurriculars are not listed in the available data; that absence does not mean they do not exist, but a parent should ask the school directly about what is offered.

The community context matters for understanding the school’s setting. Williamstown is a census-designated place that has seen long-term growth, with residential development including single-family homes, townhomes, and some age-restricted communities. The area is car-dependent, with shopping and services concentrated along Main Street and the highway corridors. Housing values in the zip code are in a moderate range for New Jersey and have been rising modestly. The county’s housing market shows a relatively tight supply with homes selling fairly quickly, suggesting a competitive market for buyers. Local employment is anchored by a food processing company, a health network, and the school district itself. Parks, a library branch, and bus connections to Philadelphia and Camden are available, but street life beyond the Main Street corridor is limited.

No recent district-level changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or tax adjustments were found in a search, so the district’s operations appear to have been stable in the near term. For a family considering Williamstown Middle, the academic picture is one where English language arts is the relative strength, math and science require attention, and the school’s size and suburban campus shape the daily experience. The missing pieces around special populations and program offerings are worth investigating to get a fuller sense of fit.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 27%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

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

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 57%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

This schoolMonroe Township Public 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 5Lower-income29%Higher-income46%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income43%Higher-income59%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income54%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income62%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income41%23 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income35%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income49%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income20%Higher-income31%11 pp gap