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How has Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,220
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340228005162
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
128 Merriwood Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 · (908) 231-8661 · Somerset County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,220 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
190 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 585 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 635 | 52% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School→Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Based on grade levels within Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.5pp 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 57 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 54.3% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School this school | 1,220 | 15.6% | 56.6% |
| Hillsborough Township Middle School Hillsborough | 1,246 | 16.5% | 60.7% |
| Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 1,221 | 25.1% | 59.5% |
| Edgar Middle School METUCHEN | 761 | 10.0% | 68.9% |
| Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany | 925 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
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 Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #124 of 433 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #127 of 437 ▼ 3 | #9 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #75 of 437 ▲ 9 | #4 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,220 | #11 of 445 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #284 of 417 | #21 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #40 of 419 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #310 of 436 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #162 of 282 | #10 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
1,220
-164 (-12%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 1,220 | 106 | 11.5:1 | 16% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 1,261 | 112.3 | 11.2:1 | 12% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 1,347 | 123.8 | 10.9:1 | 11% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 1,384 | 121 | 11.4:1 | 12% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 1,344 | 128.2 | 10.5:1 | 10% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 1,375 | 129 | 10.7:1 | 10% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 1,445 | 101 | 14.3:1 | 8% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 1,821 | 131 | 13.9:1 | 7% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 57 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,344 to 1,220); teachers down 17% (128.2 to 106).
About Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
Students in Bridgewater, New Jersey, attend Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, a large middle-grades school. The school's 1,220 students are in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 111% higher than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School is part of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, where 11 schools serve 7,774 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School. The largest is White students, at 39%. The remaining students are 33% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Somerset County is about 52% White. Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 106 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School and a ratio of 11.5:1. That matches the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey fairly closely. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 16% of enrollment. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Somerset County.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.6%. Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School scores 56.6%.
Among Somerset County residents, the median household income is $140,374, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, Somerset County has 83 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Van Derveer Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School's enrollment dropped from 1,384 in 2020-21 to 1,220 in 2024-25.
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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 Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Hamilton Primary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- John F. Kennedy Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Bridgewater
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Crim Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Milltown Primary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Van Derveer Elementary School0.8 mi · 745
- Adamsville Primary School0.9 mi · 461
- Somerset County Vocational Technical High School1.0 mi · 332
- Somerville High School1.4 mi · 1,072
- Somerville Middle School1.6 mi · 339
- The Career Center of the SCESC1.7 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School?
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School enrolls approximately 1,220 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School serve?
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School.
How diverse is Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School?
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School reports a student body of 39% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 33% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School?
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School is overseen by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District in Somerset County.
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