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Enrollment
523
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341128000632
David E. Owens Middle School
470 MARION AVENUE, NEW MILFORD, NJ 07646 · (201) 265-8661 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
108 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 30% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
David E. Owens Middle School→New Milford High School
Based on grade levels within New Milford Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 49.1% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 David E. Owens Middle School
David E. Owens Middle School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David E. Owens Middle School this school | 523 | 20.7% | 54.6% |
| Memorial Middle School FAIR LAWN | 655 | 25.6% | 60.0% |
| Hasbrouck Heights Middle School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 417 | 21.8% | 54.6% |
| Maywood Avenue School MAYWOOD | 561 | 25.3% | 61.9% |
| John H. Walker Middle School NUTLEY | 637 | 17.9% | 56.3% |
| Colonia Middle School COLONIA | 628 | 30.7% | 39.4% |
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 David E. Owens Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #139 of 433 | #34 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #188 of 437 ▼ 26 | #36 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #100 of 437 ▲ 7 | #28 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #236 of 445 | #27 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #380 of 417 | #49 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #48 of 419 | #1 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #277 of 436 | #23 of 52 |
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
523
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 523 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 44 | 11.5:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 40.1 | 13.0:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 14% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David E. Owens Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (523 to 523); teachers down 3% (40.1 to 39).
About David E. Owens Middle School
David E. Owens Middle School is a middle school located in NEW MILFORD, New Jersey, in Bergen County. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 523 students.
Within New Milford Public School District, David E. Owens Middle School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 1,998 students.
No group is above 50% at David E. Owens Middle School; the largest is White, at 42%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 7% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. Bergen County's residents are about 55% White, 13 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
For every teacher at David E. Owens Middle School, there are about 13.4 students; the school has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 21%.
David E. Owens Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The model predicts 54.9% for a school in New Jersey with David E. Owens Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. David E. Owens Middle School posts 54.6%.
The county, Bergen County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 291 public schools and about 133,883 students.
David E. Owens Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Lincoln Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, David E. Owens Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put David E. Owens Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 11.5 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Milford Public School District
- New Milford High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Berkley Street SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other schools in NEW MILFORD
- New Milford High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Berkley Street SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 172
- New Milford High School0.6 mi · 584
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School0.6 mi · 476
- Franklin Elementary School0.8 mi · 352
- Dumont High School0.9 mi · 704
- Bergenfield High School0.9 mi · 1,239
Frequently asked questions
About David E. Owens Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at David E. Owens Middle School?
David E. Owens Middle School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades 06-08.
Is David E. Owens Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
David E. Owens Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at David E. Owens Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at David E. Owens Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at David E. Owens Middle School?
At David E. Owens Middle School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is David E. Owens Middle School public or private?
David E. Owens Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Milford Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.