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Enrollment
970
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP OF UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341650005744
Burnet Middle School
1000 CALDWELL AVENUE, UNION, NJ 07083 · (908) 851-6490 · Union County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest 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
12.8:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
558 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 326 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 339 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
Burnet Middle School→Union High School
Based on grade levels within Township of Union School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
27.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 28.0% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Burnet Middle School
Burnet Middle School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet Middle School this school | 970 | 57.5% | 33.1% |
| Gilmore J Fisher Middle School EWING | 789 | 60.1% | 29.3% |
| Winslow Township Middle School ATCO | 790 | 60.8% | 22.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary UNION | 564 | 52.7% | 32.3% |
| Winslow Township Elementary School Five BERLIN | 576 | 63.0% | 26.4% |
| Ann A. Mullen Middle School SICKLERVILLE | 937 | 45.7% | 32.1% |
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 Burnet Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #314 of 433 | #16 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #319 of 437 ▼ 9 | #16 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #318 of 437 ▼ 8 | #17 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #42 of 445 | #3 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #373 of 417 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #95 of 419 | #5 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #109 of 436 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #276 of 282 | #13 of 13 |
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
970
-52 (-5%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 970 | 75.6 | 12.8:1 | 58% (558) |
| 2023-24 | 959 | 78.6 | 12.2:1 | 51% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 77.6 | 12.6:1 | 35% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 1,022 | 74 | 13.8:1 | 42% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 978 | 93 | 10.5:1 | 42% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 983 | 89 | 11.0:1 | 45% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 1,085 | 67 | 16.2:1 | 39% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 1,161 | 69 | 16.8:1 | 24% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 48 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnet Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (978 to 970); teachers down 19% (93 to 75.6).
About Burnet Middle School
Burnet Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Township of Union School District, located in UNION, New Jersey. There are 970 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Jersey enroll around 578, and this school is 68% larger than that mark.
Burnet Middle School falls under Township of Union School District, which has 10 schools enrolling 7,845 students.
Black students make up 50% of enrollment at Burnet Middle School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Union County overall, about 20% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Burnet Middle School totals 75.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Burnet Middle School is about 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Burnet Middle School lands at C, ahead of 32% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Burnet Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.1%) and its predicted rate (34.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
The school is in Union County, where the median household earns about $103,202 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Union County, 180 public schools serve about 99,046 students.
Of the public schools around it, Burnet Middle School is closest to Hannah Caldwell Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Burnet Middle School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,022 to 970, a 5% decline.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Township of Union School District
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Jefferson ElementaryMiddle · 564 students
- Livingston ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Other schools in UNION
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Jefferson ElementaryMiddle · 564 students
- Livingston ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Other Burnet Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Burnet Middle. Burnet Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Burnet Middle SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 821 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolBURNET, TX · 711 students
Nearby schools
- Hannah Caldwell Elementary0.3 mi · 812
- Connecticut Farms Elementary0.4 mi · 430
- Union High School0.5 mi · 2,410
- Kawameeh Middle School1.1 mi · 729
- Battle Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 414
- Franklin Elementary1.2 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Burnet Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burnet Middle School?
Burnet Middle School enrolls approximately 970 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Burnet Middle School serve?
Burnet Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Burnet Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Burnet Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burnet Middle School?
At Burnet Middle School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 27% Hispanic, 50% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Burnet Middle School public or private?
Burnet Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Township of Union School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.