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John A. Carusi Middle School
315 Roosevelt Dr
Cherry Hill NJ, 08034, Camden County
Phone: 856-667-1220
Ranking:
(697 out of 1,847, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Cherry Hill Township School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 81 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 55 | |||||||
Total Students: | 863 | 952 | 936 | 981 | 965 | 986 | 964 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 280 | 32.4% | 296 | 31.1% | 264 | 28.2% | 349 | 35.6% | 301 | 31.2% | 287 | 29.1% | 296 | 30.7% |
Grade 7: | 295 | 34.2% | 284 | 29.8% | 349 | 37.3% | 321 | 32.7% | 298 | 30.9% | 311 | 31.5% | 330 | 34.2% |
Grade 8: | 278 | 32.2% | 278 | 29.2% | 323 | 34.5% | 311 | 31.7% | 322 | 33.4% | 335 | 34.0% | 287 | 29.8% |
Ungraded: | 10 | 1.2% | 94 | 9.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 44 | 4.6% | 53 | 5.4% | 51 | 5.3% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 422 | 48.9% | 476 | 50.0% | 463 | 49.5% | 484 | 49.3% | 477 | 49.4% | 505 | 51.2% | 516 | 53.5% |
Female: | 441 | 51.1% | 476 | 50.0% | 473 | 50.5% | 497 | 50.7% | 488 | 50.6% | 481 | 48.8% | 444 | 46.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 109 | 12.6% | 132 | 13.9% | 117 | 12.5% | 129 | 13.1% | 139 | 14.4% | 141 | 14.3% | 141 | 14.6% |
Hispanic: | 133 | 15.4% | 137 | 14.4% | 116 | 12.4% | 124 | 12.6% | 116 | 12.0% | 97 | 9.8% | 82 | 8.5% |
Black: | 90 | 10.4% | 97 | 10.2% | 91 | 9.7% | 87 | 8.9% | 94 | 9.7% | 117 | 11.9% | 111 | 11.5% |
White: | 507 | 58.7% | 560 | 58.8% | 591 | 63.1% | 617 | 62.9% | 602 | 62.4% | 613 | 62.2% | 630 | 65.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 21 | 2.4% | 22 | 2.3% | 18 | 1.9% | 21 | 2.1% | 13 | 1.3% | 16 | 1.6% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 207 | 24.0% | 195 | 20.5% | 224 | 23.9% | 209 | 21.3% | 171 | 17.7% | 173 | 17.5% | 146 | 15.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 74 | 8.6% | 84 | 8.8% | 62 | 6.6% | 72 | 7.3% | 59 | 6.1% | 71 | 7.2% | 82 | 8.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.65 | 11.20 | 11.84 | 14.64 | 13.79 | 12.80 | 17.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 87.6% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 64.6% | 71.2% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 82.9% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 66.6% | 76.2% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 77.7% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 73.3% | 81.4% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 88.4% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 81.9% | 86.3% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 84.3% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 79.6% | 84.6% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83.4% | 88.1% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 89.5% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 91.4% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 75.7% | 83.4% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 76.9% | 83.1% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 73.6% | 82.1% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 63.7% | 75.0% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 62.5% | 74.5% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 61.9% | 72.4% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 81.5% | 85.5% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 72.9% | 80.7% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 82.6% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 76.7% | 80.2% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 69.6% | 77.2% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 70.1% | 77.3% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 71.2% | 75.6% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 93.5% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.9% | 94.3% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 92.7% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.9% | 93.4% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.3% | 89.8% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.0% | 89.3% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.5% | 86.1% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 86.2% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.7% | 85.7% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.1% | 85.9% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.8% | 83.4% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 77.6% | 83.2% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.2% | 92.7% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 93.5% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 87.5% | 92.4% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 89.4% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.1% | 89.6% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.5% | 88.5% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.7% | 87.4% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 87.5% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.3% | 87.0% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 90.7% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.1% | 85.9% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 60.9% | 69.9% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 74.2% | 81.6% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 71.7% | 81.9% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.5% | 87.1% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.4% | 85.2% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 85.2% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 88.6% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.6% | 89.7% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 89.1% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 88.7% | 78.9% |
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* John A. Carusi Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.