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Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 1,085 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340291005928
Central Regional Middle School
509 FOREST HILLS PARKWAY, BAYVILLE, NJ 08721 · (732) 269-1100 · Ocean County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
10.6:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
264 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 329 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 351 | 52% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Central Regional Middle School→Central Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Central Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 30.1% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Central Regional Middle School
Central Regional Middle School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Regional Middle School this school | 680 | 38.8% | 35.8% |
| Hammonton Middle School HAMMONTON | 795 | 39.5% | 42.4% |
| Berkeley Township Elementary School BAYVILLE | 594 | 38.4% | 36.2% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Delran Middle School DELRAN | 662 | 31.7% | 40.0% |
| Lake Riviera Middle School BRICK | 893 | 42.4% | 39.6% |
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 Central Regional Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #294 of 433 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #296 of 437 ▼ 8 | #13 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #322 of 437 ▲ 20 | #14 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #138 of 445 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #189 of 417 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #243 of 419 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #188 of 436 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #143 of 282 | #10 of 16 |
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
680
-162 (-19%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 680 | 64 | 10.6:1 | 39% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 68 | 10.4:1 | 35% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 68.8 | 10.4:1 | 37% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 842 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 36% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 53.7 | 14.2:1 | 34% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 36% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 34% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 21% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 45 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Regional Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (761 to 680); teachers up 19% (53.7 to 64).
About Central Regional Middle School
Central Regional Middle School is a mid-sized middle school serving families in BAYVILLE, New Jersey. It teaches 680 students in grades 7 through 8.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Central Regional School District totals 2,169 students.
Of every 100 students at Central Regional Middle School, about 64 are White. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. The diversity index for Central Regional Middle School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.6 students per teacher. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Roughly 39% of students at Central Regional Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Central Regional Middle School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Central Regional Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.8% is 9.1 points below the 44.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Ocean County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ocean County number 117, with about 66,051 students.
Among nearby public schools, Central Regional High School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Central Regional Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.4 to 10.6 over 4 years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Regional School District
- Central Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
Other schools in BAYVILLE
- Central Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Clara B. Worth Elementary SchoolElementary · 666 students
- H & M Potter SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Berkeley Township Elementary SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Bayville Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Central Regional High School0.3 mi · 1,489
- Cedar Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 432
- Mill Pond Elementary School1.6 mi · 599
- Toms River Intermediate School South1.8 mi · 1,044
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary School2.0 mi · 465
- Lacey Township High School2.2 mi · 1,119
Frequently asked questions
About Central Regional Middle SchoolHow large is Central Regional Middle School?
Central Regional Middle School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Central Regional Middle School serve?
Central Regional Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Central Regional Middle School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Central Regional Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Central Regional Middle School?
Student demographics at Central Regional Middle School are roughly 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Regional Middle School?
Central Regional Middle School is overseen by Central Regional School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.