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Which teacher or staff member at Conackamack Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341305003556
Conackamack Middle School
5205 WITHERSPOON STREET, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 · (732) 699-1577 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
11.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
158 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 166 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 31% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Conackamack Middle School→Piscataway Township High School
Based on grade levels within Piscataway Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 49.5% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Conackamack Middle School
Conackamack Middle School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conackamack Middle School this school | 466 | 33.9% | 50.5% |
| Theodore Schor Middle School PISCATAWAY | 563 | 47.4% | 44.7% |
| Quibbletown Middle School PISCATAWAY | 467 | 53.5% | 41.7% |
| Academy I JERSEY CITY | 415 | 53.7% | 72.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School EDISON | 954 | 45.6% | 39.9% |
| Leonia Middle School Leonia | 661 | 21.2% | 62.7% |
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 Conackamack Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #174 of 433 | #12 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #169 of 437 ▼ 11 | #12 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #143 of 437 ▲ 24 | #8 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #279 of 445 | #33 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #235 of 417 | #22 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #10 of 419 | #5 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #213 of 436 | #26 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #265 of 282 | #20 of 23 |
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
466
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 466 | 42.1 | 11.1:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 42.8 | 10.6:1 | 26% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 40.9 | 11.7:1 | 28% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 44.2 | 10.7:1 | 30% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 14% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conackamack Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (472 to 466); teachers down 5% (44.2 to 42.1).
About Conackamack Middle School
Conackamack Middle School is a small middle school based in PISCATAWAY, New Jersey. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 466 students enrolled.
Piscataway Township School District is the district for Conackamack Middle School. It has 11 schools and 7,289 students.
Of every 100 students at Conackamack Middle School, about 39 are Asian, the largest group. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 20% Hispanic, 14% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Middlesex County is about 26% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The school reported 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Middlesex County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Conackamack Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Test results at Conackamack Middle School are 3.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.5% actual, 47.6% predicted).
Census data for Middlesex County show the median household earns about $111,549 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Conackamack Middle School, Middlesex County has 214 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Martin Luther King Elementary School, is the closest to Conackamack Middle School. Conackamack Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Conackamack Middle School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Conackamack Middle School as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 493 to 466.
The discussion board for Conackamack Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Piscataway Township School District
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other schools in PISCATAWAY
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Elementary School0.1 mi · 488
- Knollwood Elementary School0.6 mi · 460
- NuView Academy0.9 mi · 46
- Piscataway Township High School0.9 mi · 2,144
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner1.1 mi · 616
- Randolphville Elementary School1.6 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Conackamack Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Conackamack Middle School?
Conackamack Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
Is Conackamack Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Conackamack Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Conackamack Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Conackamack Middle School is approximately 11.1:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Conackamack Middle School?
Student demographics at Conackamack Middle School are roughly 14% White, 20% Hispanic, 23% Black, 39% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Conackamack Middle School in?
Conackamack Middle School is part of Piscataway Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.