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Enrollment
665
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340774000069
Christa McAuliffe Middle School
35 South Hope Chapel Road, Jackson, NJ 08527 · (732) 833-4701 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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
10.2:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
385 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 215 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 33.3% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Christa McAuliffe Middle School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School this school | 665 | 57.9% | 36.6% |
| Manchester Township Middle School MANCHESTER | 586 | 52.6% | 37.8% |
| South River Middle School SOUTH RIVER | 524 | 66.8% | 24.2% |
| Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School Vineland | 620 | 53.4% | 26.0% |
| Toms River Intermediate School North TOMS RIVER | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
| Memorial Middle School ELMWOOD PARK | 569 | 53.3% | 29.7% |
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 Christa McAuliffe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #289 of 433 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #304 of 437 ▼ 35 | #15 of 19 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #333 of 437 ▼ 36 | #16 of 19 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #144 of 445 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #134 of 417 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #155 of 419 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #106 of 436 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #27 of 282 | #4 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
665
-138 (-17%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 1,089
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 665 | 65.5 | 10.2:1 | 58% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 65.5 | 10.1:1 | 48% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 71.7 | 10.1:1 | 42% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 77 | 10.4:1 | 39% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 908 | 76.2 | 11.9:1 | 34% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 906 | 72 | 12.6:1 | 30% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 1,038 | 70 | 14.8:1 | 21% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 1,089 | 83 | 13.1:1 | 12% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (908 to 665); teachers down 14% (76.2 to 65.5).
About Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Federal records list Christa McAuliffe Middle School as a middle school in Jackson, New Jersey. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 665 students.
Jackson Township School District has 7,627 students spread across 10 schools.
The student body at Christa McAuliffe Middle School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 44%. Enrollment also includes 43% White, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 11% share among Ocean County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Teacher count: 65.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.2:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Roughly 58% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Ocean County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Christa McAuliffe Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.5%. Christa McAuliffe Middle School scores 36.6%.
In Ocean County, home to about 654,362 people, median household income comes to about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ocean County's 117 public schools enroll about 66,051 students and include Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
Christa McAuliffe Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Jackson Liberty High School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Christa McAuliffe Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 36.6% is above the 27.7% average for nearby schools.
Christa McAuliffe Middle 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.
Enrollment decreased 17% over 4 years, reaching 665 in 2024-25.
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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 Jackson Township School District
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other Christa McAuliffe Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Christa McAuliffe Middle. Christa McAuliffe Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 1,079 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 806 students
- Christa McAuliffe MiddleStockton, CA · 734 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolBAY CITY, MI · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Liberty High School0.8 mi · 1,012
- Ocean Academy Charter School2.6 mi · 551
- Spruce Street Elementary School2.8 mi · 554
- Lucy N. Holman Elementary School2.8 mi · 547
- Oak Street Elem School2.8 mi · 513
- Clifton Ave Grade School2.9 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolHow large is Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Christa McAuliffe Middle School serve?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
How diverse is Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 44% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Christa McAuliffe Middle School?
Christa McAuliffe Middle School is overseen by Jackson Township School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.