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What's the biggest difference between Bernardsville Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
419
Middle
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340000900178
Bernardsville Middle School
141 Seney Drive, Bernardsville, NJ 07924 · (908) 204-1916 · Somerset County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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
9.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
75 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 108 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 27% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Bernardsville Middle School→Bernards High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Somerset Hills Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 61.8% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Bernardsville Middle School
Bernardsville Middle School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardsville Middle School this school | 419 | 17.9% | 62.1% |
| George Washington Middle School WAYNE | 493 | 19.1% | 56.6% |
| Joyce Kilmer School Milltown | 444 | 21.8% | 39.3% |
| Lincoln Park Middle School LINCOLN PARK | 368 | 24.5% | 60.3% |
| Eisenhower Middle School SUCCASUNNA | 531 | 21.3% | 45.0% |
| Morris Plains Borough School MORRIS PLAINS | 398 | 13.6% | 70.8% |
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 Bernardsville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #84 of 433 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #101 of 437 ▼ 24 | #8 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #76 of 437 ▲ 26 | #5 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #303 of 445 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #101 of 417 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #246 of 419 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #295 of 436 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #48 of 282 | #4 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
419
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 419 | 43 | 9.7:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 42 | 10.4:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 44 | 10.4:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 38.2 | 13.7:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 3% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bernardsville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (523 to 419); teachers up 13% (38.2 to 43).
About Bernardsville Middle School
Bernardsville Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in Bernardsville, New Jersey. School enrollment was 419 students in 2024-25, in grades 5 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Bernardsville Middle School is part of a district of 3 schools: Somerset Hills Regional School District, with 1,605 students.
Bernardsville Middle School's enrollment is 64% White. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Somerset County's population at about 52%. Bernardsville Middle School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.7 students per teacher. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 18%. The average for public schools in Somerset County is 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Bernardsville Middle School is A. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bernardsville Middle School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 62.1% actual against 56.4% predicted.
Among Somerset County residents, median household income is about $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 84 public schools in Somerset County, with a combined enrollment of about 51,276.
Nearest public school: Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Bernardsville Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Bernardsville Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.1% against a local average of 70.6%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bernardsville Middle School went from 474 students to 419. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.8:1 to 9.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Somerset Hills Regional School District
- Bernards High SchoolHigh · 751 students
- Marion T. Bedwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
Other schools in Bernardsville
- Bernards High SchoolHigh · 751 students
- Marion T. Bedwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School0.1 mi · 435
- Bernards High School0.9 mi · 751
- Oak Street School2.2 mi · 427
- Ridge High School3.0 mi · 1,577
- Cedar Hill School3.1 mi · 568
- Hilltop School3.2 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About Bernardsville Middle SchoolHow large is Bernardsville Middle School?
Bernardsville Middle School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Bernardsville Middle School serve?
Bernardsville Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Bernardsville Middle School have?
Bernardsville Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bernardsville Middle School?
Student demographics at Bernardsville Middle School are roughly 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bernardsville Middle School?
Bernardsville Middle School is overseen by Somerset Hills Regional School District in Somerset County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.