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Enrollment
2,080
Middle
DISTRICT 1,651 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003296
Churchill Junior High School
18 NORTON ROAD, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 353-0915 · Middlesex County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,080 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest 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
12.9:1
162 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
537 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 713 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 680 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 687 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Churchill Junior High School→East Brunswick High School
Based on grade levels within East Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 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 down 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 | 66.3% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 52.5% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Churchill Junior High School
Churchill Junior High School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Junior High School this school | 2,080 | 25.8% | 51.2% |
| Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 1,221 | 25.1% | 59.5% |
| Hillsborough Township Middle School Hillsborough | 1,246 | 16.5% | 60.7% |
| Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Bridgewater | 1,220 | 15.6% | 56.6% |
| Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Lewis F. Cole Middle School FORT LEE | 1,227 | 25.1% | 63.6% |
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 Churchill Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #171 of 433 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #155 of 437 ▼ 18 | #9 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #178 of 437 ▼ 59 | #10 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,080 | #1 of 445 | #1 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #374 of 417 | #33 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #74 of 419 | #18 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #245 of 436 | #30 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.6% | #3 of 122 | #1 of 14 |
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
2,080
+744 (+56%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 1,100
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 2,080 | 161.6 | 12.9:1 | 26% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 2,007 | 163 | 12.3:1 | 22% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 2,002 | 160.7 | 12.5:1 | 21% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 1,336 | 110 | 12.2:1 | 20% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 1,337 | 116 | 11.5:1 | 16% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 1,389 | 116 | 12.0:1 | 17% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 1,474 | 102 | 14.4:1 | 13% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 1,330 | 101 | 13.2:1 | 5% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 1,100 | 91 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Churchill Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (1,337 to 2,080); teachers up 39% (116 to 161.6).
About Churchill Junior High School
As a high-enrollment middle school, Churchill Junior High School serves students in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. It is open to students in grades 7 through 9 and enrolls 2,080 students. It has 260% more students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
East Brunswick Township School District has 11 schools; together they serve 8,096 students.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at Churchill Junior High School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 35% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Middlesex County residents are about 41% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Churchill Junior High School lists 161.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 26% of the student body. The average for public schools in Middlesex County is 42%.
Churchill Junior High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Churchill Junior High School would score about 52.0%. It scores 51.2%, within a point of that figure.
Middlesex County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Churchill Junior High School shares Middlesex County with 213 other public schools.
About 0.5 miles separate Churchill Junior High School from the closest public school, Lawrence Brook Elementary School. The five-mile area around Churchill Junior High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Churchill Junior High School's average proficiency of 51.2% compares with 47.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21 count was 1,336 students and the 2024-25 count was 2,080. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves.
This page collects posts and questions about Churchill Junior High School, such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Brunswick Township School District
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lawrence Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other Churchill Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Churchill Junior High. Churchill Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Churchill Jr HighSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence Brook Elementary School0.5 mi · 362
- Parkview School1.3 mi · 338
- Central Elementary School1.7 mi · 349
- Joyce Kilmer School1.7 mi · 444
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School1.8 mi · 351
- South River Primary School1.8 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Churchill Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Churchill Junior High School?
Churchill Junior High School enrolls approximately 2,080 students in grades 07-09.
Is Churchill Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Churchill Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Churchill Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Churchill Junior High School is approximately 12.9:1 (162 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Churchill Junior High School?
Student demographics at Churchill Junior High School are roughly 43% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 35% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Churchill Junior High School?
Churchill Junior High School is overseen by East Brunswick Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.