Enrollment
359
Middle
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEMAREST SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340381000334
Demarest Middle School
568 PIERMONT RD, DEMAREST, NJ 07627 · (201) 768-6060 · Bergen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest 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
10.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 5 | 84 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 26% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Demarest School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
78.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.1% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 74.5% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Demarest Middle School
Demarest Middle School's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demarest Middle School this school | 359 | 0.8% | 71.7% |
| Cresskill Middle School Cresskill | 421 | 4.0% | 58.6% |
| New Providence Middle School NEW PROVIDENCE | 396 | 2.0% | 72.3% |
| Charles DeWolf Middle School OLD TAPPAN | 370 | 0.8% | 76.0% |
| River Dell Middle School River Edge | 573 | 0.7% | 69.2% |
| Emil A. Cavallini Middle School UPPER SADDLE RIVER | 389 | 0.8% | 73.9% |
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 Demarest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #24 of 433 | #7 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #21 of 437 ▲ 4 | #6 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #41 of 437 ▲ 1 | #12 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #334 of 445 | #44 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #127 of 417 | #18 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #215 of 419 | #35 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.8% | #430 of 436 | #48 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #36 of 122 | #8 of 14 |
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
359
+46 (+15%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 359 | 35.6 | 10.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 36.4 | 9.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 35.2 | 9.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 35 | 8.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 32.4 | 9.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 31 | 10.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 3% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Demarest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (310 to 359); teachers up 10% (32.4 to 35.6).
About Demarest Middle School
Demarest Middle School serves students in DEMAREST, New Jersey, as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 359 students in grades 5 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 38% smaller than average.
Demarest School District has a total of 3 schools and 801 students, Demarest Middle School among them.
Demarest Middle School's enrollment is 58% White. Next come 33% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The White share in Bergen County as a whole is similar, at about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Demarest Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
At Demarest Middle School, 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.1:1. That ratio is under the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 1% of enrollment. It compares with 28% for public schools in Bergen County.
Demarest Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New Jersey, Demarest Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 71.7% actual against a predicted 65.7%.
In the county around the school, Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 291 public schools operate in Bergen County, serving about 133,883 students.
County Road School is the public school closest to Demarest Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Demarest Middle School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 313 in 2020-21 and 359 in 2024-25, a 15% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 8.9:1 to 10.1:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Demarest Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Demarest School District
- County Road SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Luther Lee Emerson SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other schools in DEMAREST
- Northern Valley Regional High School at DemarestHigh · 1,038 students
- Bergen County Institute for Science and TechnologyHigh · 290 students
- County Road SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Luther Lee Emerson SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- County Road School0.5 mi · 221
- Luther Lee Emerson School0.7 mi · 221
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest0.7 mi · 1,038
- Hillside Elementary School0.8 mi · 599
- Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology0.8 mi · 290
- Cresskill High School0.8 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Demarest Middle SchoolHow large is Demarest Middle School?
Demarest Middle School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 05-08.
Is Demarest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Demarest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Demarest Middle School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Demarest Middle School.
How diverse is Demarest Middle School?
Demarest Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 33% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Demarest Middle School?
Demarest Middle School is overseen by Demarest School District in Bergen County.
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