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If you could change one rule at Chatham Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
833
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CHATHAMS·NCES 340000406015
Chatham Middle School
480 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM, NJ 07928 · (973) 457-2506 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- ·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
10.3:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
23 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 263 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 34% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Chatham Middle School→Chatham High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within School District of the Chathams. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 61.2% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Chatham Middle School
Chatham Middle School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Middle School this school | 833 | 2.8% | 59.1% |
| Thomas Edison Intermediate School Westfield | 800 | 2.6% | 64.3% |
| Timberlane Middle School PENNINGTON | 803 | 6.6% | 57.0% |
| Terrill Middle School SCOTCH PLAINS | 822 | 1.9% | 59.4% |
| Marlboro Middle School MARLBORO | 935 | 8.2% | 58.0% |
| George Washington Middle School RIDGEWOOD | 644 | 1.9% | 69.6% |
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 Chatham Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #107 of 433 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #92 of 437 ▼ 6 | #12 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #98 of 437 ▼ 1 | #14 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #80 of 445 | #5 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #145 of 417 | #18 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #252 of 419 | #20 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.8% | #406 of 436 | #29 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #53 of 282 | #2 of 21 |
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
833
-151 (-15%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 833 | 81.1 | 10.3:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 81.7 | 10.3:1 | 1% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 86.7 | 10.1:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 984 | 91 | 10.8:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 1,038 | 84.3 | 12.3:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 1,054 | 84 | 12.6:1 | 2% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 958 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 50 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chatham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,038 to 833); teachers down 4% (84.3 to 81.1).
About Chatham Middle School
Chatham Middle School, a medium-sized middle school, is located in CHATHAM, New Jersey. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 833 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
School District of the Chathams enrolls 3,548 students in 6 schools, including Chatham Middle School.
At Chatham Middle School, White students make up 67% of the student body. After that, the student body is 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Morris County is about 68% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Chatham Middle School counts 81.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.3 students for each one. That is close to the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. About 3% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is below the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
The allk12 Grade for Chatham Middle School is B. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Chatham Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.1%, compared with a predicted 64.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Morris County has about 514,528 residents, and the median household income is $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 156 public schools in Morris County, enrolling about 72,239 students in all.
Milton Avenue School is located about 0.5 miles from Chatham Middle School. The five-mile area around Chatham Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 73.6%, higher than Chatham Middle School's 59.1%.
NCES describes the area around Chatham Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Chatham Middle School's enrollment dropped 15%, to 833.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District of the Chathams
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Lafayette Avenue SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Milton Avenue SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in CHATHAM
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Lafayette Avenue SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Milton Avenue SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other Chatham Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chatham Middle. Chatham Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Chatham MiddleSiler City, NC · 513 students
- Chatham MiddleChatham, VA · 406 students
- CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLCHATHAM, NY · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Milton Avenue School0.5 mi · 301
- Washington Avenue School0.6 mi · 286
- Kings Road School0.8 mi · 275
- Lafayette Avenue School1.1 mi · 554
- Chatham High School1.2 mi · 1,205
- Madison Junior School1.2 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Chatham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Chatham Middle School?
Chatham Middle School enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Chatham Middle School serve?
Chatham Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chatham Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chatham Middle School is approximately 10.3:1 (81 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Chatham Middle School?
Chatham Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Chatham Middle School in?
Chatham Middle School is part of School District of the Chathams.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.