Enrollment
265
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHARTON BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341788004558
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School
137 East Central Avenue, Wharton, NJ 07885 · (973) 361-1253 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
121 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 37% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wharton Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 40.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School this school | 265 | 45.7% | 40.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School DUNELLEN | 333 | 47.7% | 27.9% |
| Edward Johnstone Middle School VINELAND | 355 | 53.5% | 33.4% |
| Alfred S. Faust Middle School East Rutherford | 240 | 51.7% | 52.1% |
| Memorial Middle School LITTLE FERRY | 353 | 45.3% | 38.4% |
| Prospect Park Middle School Prospect Park | 143 | 51.7% | 22.6% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #248 of 433 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #233 of 437 ▼ 17 | #28 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #289 of 437 ▲ 37 | #30 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #387 of 445 | #29 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #30 of 417 | #4 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #279 of 419 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #160 of 436 | #2 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 8.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 31.3 | 8.5:1 | 46% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 31.7 | 8.3:1 | 52% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 45% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 30 | 8.9:1 | 54% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 29.5 | 9.0:1 | 52% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 46% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 25 | 9.2:1 | 45% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 32% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 190 | 10 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (265 to 265); teachers up 6% (29.5 to 31.3).
About Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School
Wharton, New Jersey, is home to Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, a small middle-grades school. The school enrolls 265 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Jersey enroll around 578, and this school is 54% below that mark.
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School belongs to Wharton Borough School District, a district of 2 schools and 699 students.
About 69% of the student body at Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. By comparison, Morris County residents are about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School reported 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 8.5:1. The school's 8.5:1 compares with an average of 10.9:1 for middle schools in New Jersey. Roughly 46% of students at Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.8% versus 41.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the surrounding county, Morris County, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, Morris County has 156 public schools.
The closest school to Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is Marie V. Duffy Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 267 students in 2020-21 and 265 in 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wharton Borough School District
- Marie V. Duffy Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in Wharton
- Marie V. Duffy Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Catherine A Dwyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Marie V. Duffy Elementary School0.0 mi · 434
- North Dover Elementary School0.8 mi · 640
- Dover High School0.8 mi · 1,167
- Academy Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 509
- East Dover Elementary School1.5 mi · 411
- Dover Middle School1.5 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle SchoolHow large is Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School?
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School serve?
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is approximately 8.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School?
At Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School public or private?
Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wharton Borough School District.
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