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Enrollment
528
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340315005452
Carl H. Kumpf School
59 MILDRED TERRACE, CLARK, NJ 07066 · (732) 381-0400 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
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
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
44 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 30% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Carl H. Kumpf School→Arthur L. Johnson High School
Based on grade levels within Clark Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 50.8% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Carl H. Kumpf School
Carl H. Kumpf School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl H. Kumpf School this school | 528 | 8.3% | 56.0% |
| Valleyview Middle School DENVILLE | 571 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| Memorial Middle School Cedar Grove | 468 | 9.4% | 54.9% |
| Long Valley Middle School LONG VALLEY | 625 | 7.7% | 60.3% |
| Readington Middle School WHITEHOUSE STATION | 466 | 13.1% | 53.9% |
| West Essex Middle School NORTH CALDWELL | 558 | 4.8% | 58.6% |
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 Carl H. Kumpf School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #131 of 433 | #11 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #152 of 437 ▼ 3 | #12 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #133 of 437 ▼ 21 | #12 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #231 of 445 | #17 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #281 of 417 | #13 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #318 of 419 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #366 of 436 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #51 of 122 | #4 of 12 |
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
528
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 396
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 | 528 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 45 | 11.5:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl H. Kumpf School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (481 to 528); teachers up 15% (40 to 46).
About Carl H. Kumpf School
Carl H. Kumpf School, located in CLARK, New Jersey, is a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 528 students enrolled.
Clark Township Public School District counts 5 schools and 2,268 students, including Carl H. Kumpf School.
Carl H. Kumpf School's enrollment is 73% White. Next come 18% Hispanic and 5% Asian. That compares with about 39% White among all Union County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Carl H. Kumpf School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Carl H. Kumpf School employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.5:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 8% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Union County report 52%.
Carl H. Kumpf School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carl H. Kumpf School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 56.0% actual against 61.6% predicted.
Union County census figures show that median household income is about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carl H. Kumpf School is among the 180 public schools in Union County.
Nearest public school: Arthur L. Johnson High School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Carl H. Kumpf School holds at least 8 other public schools. Carl H. Kumpf School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.0% against a local average of 36.9%.
Carl H. Kumpf School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 558 to 528 over 4 years.
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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 Clark Township Public School District
- Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Frank K. HehnlyElementary · 543 students
- Valley Road SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Clark Preschool AnnexElementary · 22 students
Other schools in CLARK
- Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Frank K. HehnlyElementary · 543 students
- Valley Road SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Clark Preschool AnnexElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur L. Johnson High School0.6 mi · 785
- Frank K. Hehnly0.8 mi · 543
- Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School0.8 mi · 282
- Clark Preschool Annex0.8 mi · 22
- Colonia Middle School0.9 mi · 628
- Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy1.0 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About Carl H. Kumpf SchoolHow many students attend Carl H. Kumpf School?
Carl H. Kumpf School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Carl H. Kumpf School serve?
Carl H. Kumpf School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carl H. Kumpf School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carl H. Kumpf School is approximately 11.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carl H. Kumpf School?
At Carl H. Kumpf School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Carl H. Kumpf School in?
Carl H. Kumpf School is part of Clark Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.