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Enrollment
685
Middle
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340135001956
Belleville Middle School
279 WASHINGTON AVE, BELLEVILLE, NJ 07109 · (973) 969-4342 · Essex County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- B-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
11.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
490 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 7 | 319 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 366 | 53% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Belleville Middle School→Belleville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Belleville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
18.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 15.7% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Belleville Middle School
Belleville Middle School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville Middle School this school | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
| Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School VINELAND | 695 | 75.4% | 13.1% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle VINELAND | 603 | 72.0% | 14.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School LODI | 686 | 65.9% | 53.3% |
| School #6/Middle School CLIFFSIDE PARK | 679 | 68.3% | 41.7% |
| Maxson Middle School PLAINFIELD | 721 | 76.7% | 16.8% |
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 Belleville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #363 of 433 | #22 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #376 of 437 ▲ 6 | #22 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #329 of 437 ▼ 1 | #22 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #137 of 445 | #9 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #252 of 417 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #329 of 419 | #23 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #68 of 436 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #18 of 282 | #3 of 16 |
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
685
-51 (-7%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 685 | 61 | 11.2:1 | 72% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 709 | 61 | 11.6:1 | 66% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 59.5 | 11.3:1 | 56% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 61 | 12.1:1 | 59% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 973 | 67.5 | 14.4:1 | 69% (669) |
| 2015-16 | 1,028 | 72 | 14.3:1 | 62% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 45% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 36% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 47 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belleville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (973 to 685); teachers down 10% (67.5 to 61).
About Belleville Middle School
BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, is home to Belleville Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 685 students.
Belleville Public School District enrolls 4,886 students in 10 schools, including Belleville Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Belleville Middle School, about 75 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Essex County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The diversity index for Belleville Middle School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 11.2:1 is based on 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
Belleville Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Belleville Middle School would score about 27.0%. It scores 25.6%, 1.4 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, Essex County, median household income comes to about $80,789, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 249 public schools and about 145,473 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Belleville Middle School from the closest public school, Hornblower Early Childhood Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Belleville Middle School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.6% against a local average of 39.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 736 to 685, a 7% decline.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville Public School District
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS5Elementary · 362 students
- Belleville PS3Elementary · 334 students
Other schools in BELLEVILLE
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS5Elementary · 362 students
- Belleville PS3Elementary · 334 students
Other Belleville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Belleville Middle. Belleville Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Belleville MiddleBelleville, WI · 111 students
Nearby schools
- Hornblower Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 245
- Belleville PS80.3 mi · 505
- Belleville PS30.4 mi · 334
- Belleville PS90.7 mi · 138
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 164
- Belleville PS50.9 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Belleville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Belleville Middle School?
Belleville Middle School enrolls approximately 685 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Belleville Middle School serve?
Belleville Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belleville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belleville Middle School is approximately 11.2:1 (61 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Belleville Middle School?
Belleville Middle School reports a student body of 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Belleville Middle School in?
Belleville Middle School is part of Belleville Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.