Summary:
Zip code 08043 has one listed middle school, Voorhees Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 979 students. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026, Voorhees exceeded New Jersey’s proficiency rates in every reported, unsuppressed subject comparison.
There is no second school in the list to compare as a local top or bottom performer; Voorhees stands out against state results across grades and subjects. In ELA, its sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade results were 65%, 80% and 76%, leading state rates by 14, 24 and 23 percentage points. In math, results were 53%, 66% and 49%, ahead of the state by 13, 28 and 27 points. Eighth-grade science was 34% proficient versus 19% statewide, and the Algebra I end-of-course result was 100% versus 40% statewide, a 60-point advantage.
Results changed unevenly by grade, even as the school’s average advantage over the state grew in both ELA and math. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, sixth-grade ELA fell 10 points and sixth-grade math fell 7, while seventh and eighth grades improved in both subjects; eighth-grade math rose 11 points, and science increased 9 points, from 25% to 34%. SchoolDigger ranked Voorhees 76th of 743 schools, at the 90th percentile, in 2025–2026, compared with 126th of 752 schools, at the 83rd percentile, in 2024–2025. As context, in 2024–2025, 17% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the student-teacher ratio was 11.3, and chronic absenteeism was 11%, compared with 8% in the district and 14% statewide; these figures describe the school but do not explain its test results.
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