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Thomas E. Bowe Middle School

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Thomas E. Bowe Middle School ranks 549 th of 752 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

549^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 27% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Thomas E. Bowe Middle School is a public middle school in Glassboro, New Jersey, serving 416 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Glassboro School District, which is ranked 551 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school has faced several challenges in recent years. It ranked 549 out of 752 New Jersey middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year and received a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its rankings and ratings have fluctuated, ranging from a 2-star rating in 2023-2024 to a 1-star rating in 2022-2023. The school's proficiency rates in NJSLA/English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state and district averages, with some exceptions in 8th-grade Algebra I. Additionally, the school has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% in 2023-2024 to 23.4% in 2022-2023.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Charles W. Lewis Middle School, Ann A. Mullen Middle School, and Clearview Regional Middle School, which are part of higher-performing school districts, Thomas E. Bowe Middle School's performance lags behind. This may be partly due to the school's relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 41.83% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.

412

Students ?

10.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

45.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

Carpenter Street and Mancuso L
Glassboro, NJ 08028

(856) 652-2700

District: Glassboro School District

Students who attend Thomas E. Bowe Middle School usually attend:

High:

Glassboro High School

Feeder schools for Thomas E. Bowe Middle School:

Elementary:	Dorothy L. Bullock School
	J. Harvey Rodgers School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

32.3%

White:

29.6%

Hispanic:

26.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 29th percentile in 2023 → 27th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (28% vs 43% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (25% vs 14% New Jersey)

!English Language Arts scores 20 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg25%

New Jersey avg43%

549^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 2 pts since 2023

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

551^st of 609Glassboro School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	549 of 752	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.8	492 of 743	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	530 of 748	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	270 of 359	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.8	245 of 352	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	197 of 361	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	280 of 343	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.1	226 of 320	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.3	220 of 288	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	530 of 728	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.4	472 of 717	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.0	497 of 720	31.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.8	498 of 608	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	480 of 589	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	461 of 587	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	528 of 613	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.0	417 of 584	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	427 of 568	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	545 of 726	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.4	470 of 719	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.9	504 of 718	29.8%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	387 of 507	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	462 of 510	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.9	395 of 505	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	329 of 502	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.2	300 of 510	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.6	371 of 509	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)34th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile~ school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

African American (2025)25th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)18th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile-9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I83%+38 vs state

English Language Arts36%-20 vs state

Science16%-3 vs state

Mathematics15%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)					NJSLA Mathematics (2025)					NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas E. Bowe Middle School	Public	6-8	Carpenter Street and Mancuso L	Glassboro	08028	Gloucester County	Glassboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 652-2700	412	38	10.8	45.6%	122 (29.6%)	133 (32.3%)	107 (26.0%)	16 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	26	549^th of 752 public middle schools	27.0%		31.8	492^nd of 743 public middle schools	33.8%	57		15.8			26.9	32.5	50.8			16.5	16.7	11.8		81.0	85.2
Orchard Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	238 Pitman Downer Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 582-5353	529	50	10.5	30.1%	365 (69.0%)	58 (11.0%)	81 (15.3%)	22 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	60.4	274^th of 752 public middle schools	63.6%		55.1	306^th of 743 public middle schools	58.8%	32		20.2			66.7	67.1	65.7			33.8	38.4	25.5		91.9	91.9			$13,287	$729	$12,558
Chestnut Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	641 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 582-3535	613	53	11.6	26.8%	430 (70.1%)	63 (10.3%)	87 (14.2%)	28 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	51.8	339^th of 752 public middle schools	54.9%		50.8	337^th of 743 public middle schools	54.6%	2		13.7			56.4	64.1	73.2			35.2	32.5	9.6		81.8	81.8			$11,674	$299	$11,375
Bunker Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	372 Pitman Downer Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 881-7007	562	55	10.2	25.4%	395 (70.3%)	37 (6.6%)	95 (16.9%)	27 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	62	259^th of 752 public middle schools	65.6%		56.2	302^nd of 743 public middle schools	59.4%	43		21.2			70.5	66.6	63.6			49.2	37.2	15.6		92.3	92.3			$12,244	$364	$11,880
Clayton Middle School	Public	6-8	55 Pop Kramer Blvd	Clayton	08312	Gloucester County	Clayton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 881-8701	299	30	9.8	64.2%	115 (38.5%)	84 (28.1%)	60 (20.1%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.7%)	34.7	476^th of 752 public middle schools	36.7%		27.5	532^nd of 743 public middle schools	28.4%	56		11.2			48.8	53.9	38.7			21.2	34.6	10.1		77.8	77.8			$9,678	$1,252	$8,426
Clearview Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	595 Jefferson Rd	Mullica Hill	08062	Gloucester County	Clearview Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 223-2740	712	56	12.6	18.0%	571 (80.2%)	34 (4.8%)	57 (8.0%)	32 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.0%)	56.9	295^th of 752 public middle schools	60.8%		67.3	215^th of 743 public middle schools	71.1%	80		17.5				56.2	65.6				36.4	33.0	94.7	79.5	88.4	94.0	94.0	$7,465	$61	$7,404
Pleasant Valley School	Public	4-6	401 Cedar Rd	Mullica Hill	08062	Gloucester County	Harrison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 223-5120	578	51	11.3	13.5%	465 (80.4%)	37 (6.4%)	35 (6.1%)	19 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)								(n/a)	43.3		73.7	72.1	72.7			74.2	71.0	58.7								$8,504	$89	$8,415
Deptford Township Middle School	Public	6-8	890 Bankbridge Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Deptford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 415-9540	895	76	11.7	38.3%	444 (49.6%)	202 (22.6%)	166 (18.5%)	62 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.3%)	49.1	359^th of 752 public middle schools	52.3%		41.8	406^th of 743 public middle schools	45.4%	47		17.8			53.9	54.8	61.9			28.0	34.3	21.9		89.0	89.0			$9,192	$96	$9,096
J. Mason Tomlin Elementary School	Public	4-6	393 Main St	Mantua	08051	Gloucester County	Mantua Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 468-0818	558	53	10.5	21.3%	416 (74.6%)	20 (3.6%)	60 (10.8%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.6%)								(n/a)	33.4		47.2	56.6	79.3			50.0	46.1	50.0								$9,445	$159	$9,286
Ann A. Mullen Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Sicklerville Road	Sicklerville	08081	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 875-8777	937	77	12.1	45.7%	317 (33.8%)	345 (36.8%)	163 (17.4%)	50 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (6.5%)	28.8	525^th of 752 public middle schools	30.2%		30.2	507^th of 743 public middle schools	31.8%	18		7.7			44.2	38.7	36.1			27.7	26.4	15.0		75.5	78.4			$12,831	$329	$12,502

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