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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Crossroads North Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
935
Middle
DISTRICT 874 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341521000196
Crossroads North Middle School
635 GEORGES ROAD, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ 08852 · (732) 329-4191 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.3:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
177 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 301 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 321 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Crossroads North Middle School→South Brunswick High School
Based on grade levels within South Brunswick School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
76.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 63.7% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Crossroads North Middle School
Crossroads North Middle School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads North Middle School this school | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
| Thomas R Grover Middle School West Windsor | 1,183 | 8.6% | 66.0% |
| Montgomery Upper Middle School Skillman | 760 | 5.8% | 75.5% |
| Community Middle School PLAINSBORO | 1,029 | 8.7% | 70.2% |
| Montgomery Lower Middle School Skillman | 680 | 7.2% | 75.5% |
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 Crossroads North Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #89 of 433 | #7 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #77 of 437 ▼ 5 | #7 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #85 of 437 ▼ 30 | #6 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 935 | #53 of 445 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #267 of 417 | #25 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #216 of 419 | #28 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #288 of 436 | #34 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #145 of 282 | #11 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
935
+92 (+11%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 1,229
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 935 | 82.4 | 11.3:1 | 19% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 961 | 80 | 12.0:1 | 15% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 917 | 85 | 10.8:1 | 13% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 77 | 10.9:1 | 11% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 1,046 | 75.8 | 13.8:1 | 10% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 1,013 | 78 | 13.0:1 | 10% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 1,054 | 72 | 14.6:1 | 9% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 1,229 | 81 | 15.2:1 | 6% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crossroads North Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,046 to 935); teachers up 9% (75.8 to 82.4).
About Crossroads North Middle School
Among the schools in MONMOUTH JUNCTION, New Jersey, is Crossroads North Middle School, a large middle school. Federal data show 935 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 578.
South Brunswick School District (12 schools, 7,589 students) runs Crossroads North Middle School.
The student body at Crossroads North Middle School is 64% Asian. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 26%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 19%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 23 points.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Crossroads North Middle School outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
In New Jersey, Crossroads North Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.6% actual against a predicted 55.8%.
For Middlesex County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 129,255, Crossroads North Middle School among them.
The closest school to Crossroads North Middle School is Crossroads South Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. Crossroads North Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Crossroads North Middle School ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 61.6% versus a 66.1% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 92 students, from 843 to 935.
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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 South Brunswick School District
- South Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,666 students
- Crossroads South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Brooks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Constable Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Indian Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Brunswick Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other schools in MONMOUTH JUNCTION
- South Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,666 students
- Crossroads South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Brooks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Monmouth Junction Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Deans Elementary SchoolElementary · 75 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads South Middle School0.3 mi · 812
- Deans Elementary School1.0 mi · 75
- Brooks Crossing Elementary School1.0 mi · 498
- Dayton Elementary School1.4 mi · 110
- Monmouth Junction Elementary School1.5 mi · 301
- Indian Fields Elementary School1.6 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Crossroads North Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crossroads North Middle School?
Crossroads North Middle School enrolls approximately 935 students in grades 06-08.
Is Crossroads North Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crossroads North Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Crossroads North Middle School have?
Crossroads North Middle School employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crossroads North Middle School?
At Crossroads North Middle School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 64% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Crossroads North Middle School in?
Crossroads North Middle School is part of South Brunswick School District.
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