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If you had an hour of school board time for Branchburg Central Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340216005154
Branchburg Central Middle School
220 Baird Road, Branchburg, NJ 08876 · (908) 526-1415 · Somerset County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
57 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 6 | 160 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 Branchburg Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 45.2% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Branchburg Central Middle School
Branchburg Central Middle School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branchburg Central Middle School this school | 458 | 12.4% | 53.4% |
| George G White HILLSDALE | 490 | 10.6% | 65.9% |
| Morris Plains Borough School MORRIS PLAINS | 398 | 13.6% | 70.8% |
| Clinton Township Middle School CLINTON | 405 | 10.9% | 63.1% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower School FREEHOLD | 582 | 15.5% | 55.5% |
| Madison Junior School MADISON | 555 | 7.6% | 64.8% |
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 Branchburg Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #148 of 433 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #189 of 437 ▼ 10 | #13 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #149 of 437 ▼ 38 | #8 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #283 of 445 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #14 of 417 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #221 of 419 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #339 of 436 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #171 of 282 | #11 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
458
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 458 | 57 | 8.0:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 53.5 | 8.1:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 52.5 | 7.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 57 | 8.5:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 60.7 | 8.3:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 58 | 9.0:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 36 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Branchburg Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (501 to 458); teachers down 6% (60.7 to 57).
About Branchburg Central Middle School
Branchburg Central Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in Branchburg, New Jersey, one of the schools in Branchburg Township School District. Enrollment stands at 458 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 21% below the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
The Branchburg Township School District system has 3 schools and 1,385 students.
About 64% of the student body at Branchburg Central Middle School is White. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Somerset County residents are about 52% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 8.0:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 12%. The 28% average for public schools in Somerset County is 16 points higher.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Branchburg Central Middle School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Branchburg Central Middle School scores 53.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 59.4%.
For Somerset County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $140,374 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Branchburg Central Middle School, Somerset County has 84 public schools.
Branchburg Central Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Stony Brook School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Branchburg Central Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Branchburg Central Middle School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Branchburg Central Middle School enrolled 486 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 458.
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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 Branchburg Township School District
- Whiton Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Stony Brook SchoolElementary · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Brook School0.8 mi · 310
- Whiton Elementary School2.0 mi · 617
- Holland Brook School2.4 mi · 312
- Readington Middle School2.6 mi · 466
- Milltown Primary School2.7 mi · 348
- Bradley Gardens Primary School2.7 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Branchburg Central Middle SchoolHow many students attend Branchburg Central Middle School?
Branchburg Central Middle School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Branchburg Central Middle School serve?
Branchburg Central Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Branchburg Central Middle School have?
Branchburg Central Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Branchburg Central Middle School?
Student demographics at Branchburg Central Middle School are roughly 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Branchburg Central Middle School?
Branchburg Central Middle School is overseen by Branchburg Township School District in Somerset County.
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