Community Middle School

Community Middle School is an intermediate school of modestly sized scale in Bound Brook, New Jersey, run under Bound Brook School District, instructing 291 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Bound Brook School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,917 students. Community Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Community Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Community Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Community Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.5%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household earnings sit near $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Community Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lafayette Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Community Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Community Middle School's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 291). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 73% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.