Burnet Middle School

Located at 1000 CALDWELL AVENUE, in UNION, New Jersey, Burnet Middle School is a substantial junior high that educates 970 students (grades 5 through 8), part of Township of Union School District. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 68% bigger than typical.

Township of Union School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,845 students; Burnet Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Burnet Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Burnet Middle School reports 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Burnet Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 33.1%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Burnet Middle School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Hannah Caldwell Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Burnet Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

Burnet Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 978 students in 2018 compared to 970 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Burnet Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.