Helen A. Fort Middle School

Regular School · PEMBERTON, NJ

Helen A. Fort Middle School is a regular school school in PEMBERTON, New Jersey, serving grades 07–08 with 584 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1.

Level

Middle

Grades

07 – 08

Enrollment

584

Teachers (FTE)

50.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

11.7:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	276	47%
Hispanic/Latino	141	24%
Black or African American	109	19%
Two or more races	46	8%
Asian	10	2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	2	0%
Total enrollment	584	301M / 283F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	12.0% -13.6pp	25.6%	614
Reading Proficiency	40.0% -6.8pp	46.8%	610
Science Proficiency	6.0%	—	317

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

-0.19 grade levels

Math

+0.03 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

56 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

16.6% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

10.3% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Additional Targeted Support (ATSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	584	100%

Contact & Location

101 FORT DIX ROAD

PEMBERTON, NJ 08068

Phone: (609)893-8141

http://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/helenfort

District

Pemberton Township School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $30,142

District enrollment: 4,354

Other Schools in District

Denbo Crichton School Elementary
Fort Dix Elementary School Elementary
Howard L. Emmons Elementary
Joseph S. Stackhouse School Elementary
Samuel T. Busansky School Elementary
Pemberton Township High School High
Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School Middle
Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center Prekindergarten

Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 08068) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

341281001200

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD