David Brearley Middle/High School

As a small 9-12 campus in Kenilworth, New Jersey, David Brearley Middle/High School works with 774 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Kenilworth School District.

David Brearley Middle/High School is one of 2 schools operated by Kenilworth School District, a district that enrolls 1,433 students overall.

On demographics, David Brearley Middle/High School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting David Brearley Middle/High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, David Brearley Middle/High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.0%; actual is 28.9%, a gap of -19.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), David Brearley Middle/High School is one campus in the mix.

Warren G. Harding Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David Brearley Middle/High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), David Brearley Middle/High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at David Brearley Middle/High School has edged up 3%, going from 755 students in 2018 to 774 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 28% to 40%.

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