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What's something Auten Road Intermediate School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,112
Middle
DISTRICT 1,179 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340723000357
Auten Road Intermediate School
281 Auten Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 · (908) 431-6600 · Somerset County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,112 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
9.9:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
166 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 5 | 572 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 540 | 49% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hillsborough Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 64.6% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Auten Road Intermediate School
Auten Road Intermediate School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auten Road Intermediate School this school | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Hillsborough Township Middle School Hillsborough | 1,246 | 16.5% | 60.7% |
| Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Bridgewater | 1,220 | 15.6% | 56.6% |
| Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany | 925 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
| Pond Road Middle School ROBBINSVILLE | 1,022 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 1,221 | 25.1% | 59.5% |
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 Auten Road Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #81 of 433 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #72 of 437 ▼ 3 | #5 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #163 of 437 ▼ 14 | #10 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,112 | #21 of 445 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #122 of 417 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #78 of 419 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #322 of 436 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #249 of 282 | #15 of 17 |
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
1,112
-31 (-3%) vs 2020
+95% since 2000-01, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 1,112 | 111.8 | 9.9:1 | 15% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 1,114 | 113.8 | 9.8:1 | 12% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 1,203 | 105.1 | 11.4:1 | 11% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 1,143 | 102 | 11.2:1 | 9% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 1,138 | 106.1 | 10.7:1 | 9% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 1,143 | 110 | 10.4:1 | 9% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 78 | 14.2:1 | 7% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 12% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auten Road Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,138 to 1,112); teachers up 5% (106.1 to 111.8).
About Auten Road Intermediate School
In Hillsborough, New Jersey, part of Somerset County, Auten Road Intermediate School is a middle school. The school's enrollment of 1,112 students covers grades 5 through 6. Enrollment is 92% higher than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
Hillsborough Township Public School District enrolls 7,191 students in 9 schools, including Auten Road Intermediate School.
White students are the largest group at Auten Road Intermediate School, with 39% of enrollment. Next come 39% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The county population is about 52% White. Auten Road Intermediate School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 111.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Auten Road Intermediate School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.9:1. Among middle schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 10.9:1. The lunch program counts 15% of students at Auten Road Intermediate School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Somerset County report 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Auten Road Intermediate School is A-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Auten Road Intermediate School is +4.4 points: 62.4% actual, 58.0% predicted.
Federal survey data for Somerset County show that median household income is about $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 84 public schools operate in Somerset County, serving about 51,276 students.
The next-closest public school is Triangle Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Auten Road Intermediate School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.4% against a local average of 66.2%.
Locale data from NCES put Auten Road Intermediate School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,143 to 1,112. Students per teacher fell from 11.2 in 2020-21 to 9.9 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsborough Township Public School District
- Hillsborough High SchoolHigh · 2,377 students
- Hillsborough Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
- Sunnymead Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Hillsborough Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Woods Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Amsterdam Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Hillsborough
- Hillsborough High SchoolHigh · 2,377 students
- Hillsborough Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
- Sunnymead Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Hillsborough Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Woods Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Amsterdam Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Triangle Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Hillsborough Township Middle School0.8 mi · 1,246
- Hillsborough Township Elementary School1.5 mi · 467
- Hillsborough High School1.7 mi · 2,377
- Sunnymead Elementary School2.7 mi · 530
- Bradley Gardens Primary School2.9 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Auten Road Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Auten Road Intermediate School?
Auten Road Intermediate School enrolls approximately 1,112 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Auten Road Intermediate School serve?
Auten Road Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Auten Road Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Auten Road Intermediate School is approximately 9.9:1 (112 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Auten Road Intermediate School?
At Auten Road Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 39% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Auten Road Intermediate School public or private?
Auten Road Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillsborough Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.