Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School

Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School is one of the sizable intermediate schools in Bridgewater, New Jersey, one of the schools within Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, with 1,220 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School sits 111% above that benchmark.

Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, a district that serves 7,774 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 33% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School has 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 16% of students at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 56.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household earnings sit near $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Van Derveer Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 1,344 students in 2018 compared to 1,220 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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