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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Middlesex County, New Jersey

23 public middle schools in Middlesex County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Linwood School leads the list at -44.1%, against a median of -9.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
23
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Best Enrollment change
-44.1%
Median Enrollment change
-9.5%
FASTEST DECLINING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% Change
1Linwood SchoolNORTH BRUNSWICK, NJNorth Brunswick Township School District1,362761-44.1%
2Carteret Middle SchoolCARTERET, NJCarteret Public School District862540-37.4%
3Von E. Mauger Middle SchoolMIDDLESEX, NJMiddlesex Borough School District792502-36.6%
4William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School District1,513984-35.0%
5New Brunswick Middle SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJNew Brunswick School District1,241829-33.2%
6Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolPERTH AMBOY, NJPerth Amboy Public School District1,397941-32.6%
7Crossroads South Middle SchoolMONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJSouth Brunswick School District1,145812-29.1%
8Spotswood Memorial Middle SchoolSPOTSWOOD, NJSpotswood Public School District362269-25.7%
9Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolOLD BRIDGE, NJOld Bridge Township School District1,060926-12.6%
10Community Middle SchoolPLAINSBORO, NJWest Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District1,1721,029-12.2%
11Crossroads North Middle SchoolMONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJSouth Brunswick School District1,046935-10.6%
12Jonas Salk Middle SchoolOLD BRIDGE, NJOld Bridge Township School District979886-9.5%
13Quibbletown Middle SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJPiscataway Township School District513467-9.0%
14Sayreville Middle SchoolPARLIN, NJSayreville School District1,4201,294-8.9%
15Fords Middle SchoolFORDS, NJWoodbridge Township School District667645-3.3%
16South River Middle SchoolSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School District539524-2.8%
17Highland Park Middle SchoolHIGHLAND PARK, NJHighland Park Boro School District358349-2.5%
18John Adams Middle SchoolEDISON, NJEdison Township School District952930-2.3%
19Colonia Middle SchoolCOLONIA, NJWoodbridge Township School District641628-2.0%
20Conackamack Middle SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJPiscataway Township School District472466-1.3%
21South Plainfield Middle SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJSouth Plainfield School District560553-1.3%
22Woodbridge Middle SchoolWOODBRIDGE, NJWoodbridge Township School District519513-1.2%
23Theodore Schor Middle SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJPiscataway Township School District569563-1.1%
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