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Enrollment
944
Middle
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340183001982
Bloomfield Middle School
60 Huck Road, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 · (973) 680-8620 · Essex County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
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
11.1:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
473 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 485 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 459 | 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
Bloomfield Middle School→Bloomfield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bloomfield Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
30.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 33.7% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Bloomfield Middle School
Bloomfield Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Middle School this school | 944 | 50.1% | 39.7% |
| Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School Vineland | 620 | 53.4% | 26.0% |
| Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus Somerset | 787 | 55.8% | 30.8% |
| North Brunswick Twp. Middle School North Brunswick | 754 | 59.9% | 33.2% |
| Kawameeh Middle School UNION | 729 | 43.2% | 43.3% |
| Richard C Crockett Middle School HAMILTON | 834 | 64.7% | 30.5% |
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 Bloomfield Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #262 of 433 | #19 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #307 of 437 ▼ 47 | #20 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #278 of 437 ▼ 11 | #20 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 944 | #47 of 445 | #3 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #238 of 417 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #79 of 419 | #6 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #137 of 436 | #7 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #118 of 122 | #11 of 11 |
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
944
-81 (-8%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 944 | 84.9 | 11.1:1 | 50% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 929 | 82 | 11.3:1 | 39% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 965 | 84 | 11.5:1 | 40% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 1,025 | 86 | 11.9:1 | 39% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 940 | 87 | 10.8:1 | 46% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 79 | 11.3:1 | 50% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | 63 | 15.0:1 | 37% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 968 | 72 | 13.4:1 | 31% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 56 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bloomfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (940 to 944); teachers down 2% (87 to 84.9).
About Bloomfield Middle School
Located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Bloomfield Middle School is a large middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 944 students. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 63% higher.
Bloomfield Township School District counts 6,400 students in its 11 schools, and Bloomfield Middle School is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Bloomfield Middle School, 47%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 23% Black, 21% White, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Essex County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
On staff are 84.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. About 50% of students at Bloomfield Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Bloomfield Middle School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.7%. Bloomfield Middle School scores 39.7%.
Looking at the county, Essex County, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Essex County has 249 public schools with about 145,473 students, including Bloomfield Middle School.
The closest school to Bloomfield Middle School is Demarest Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. Bloomfield Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 59.8% on proficiency, and Bloomfield Middle School is below that at 39.7%.
Bloomfield Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Bloomfield Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Bloomfield Township School District
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Carteret Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other schools in Bloomfield
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Carteret Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other Bloomfield Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bloomfield Middle. Bloomfield Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolBloomfield, KY · 296 students
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolBloomfield, IN · 228 students
- BLOOMFIELD MIDDLEBLOOMFIELD, MO · 186 students
- BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOLBLOOMFIELD, NY · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Demarest Elementary School0.3 mi · 482
- Brookdale Elementary School0.6 mi · 342
- Forest Avenue School0.7 mi · 127
- Radcliffe School0.9 mi · 342
- Lincoln School1.0 mi · 446
- Oak View Elementary School1.1 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Bloomfield Middle SchoolHow large is Bloomfield Middle School?
Bloomfield Middle School enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Bloomfield Middle School serve?
Bloomfield Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bloomfield Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bloomfield Middle School is approximately 11.1:1 (85 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bloomfield Middle School?
Student demographics at Bloomfield Middle School are roughly 21% White, 47% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bloomfield Middle School public or private?
Bloomfield Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloomfield Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.