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Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERTH AMBOY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341293003417
Dual Language School
630 Amboy Avenue, Fords, NJ 08863 · (732) 376-6200 · Middlesex County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
293 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 4 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 30% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Dual Language School→Perth Amboy High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Perth Amboy Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
27.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 22.1% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Dual Language School
Dual Language School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Language School this school | 384 | 76.3% | 32.5% |
| Dover Middle School DOVER | 481 | 66.5% | 34.0% |
| Lincoln School FAIRVIEW | 635 | 76.1% | 19.6% |
| Freehold Intermediate School FREEHOLD | 498 | 80.5% | 28.5% |
| Washington Middle School HARRISON | 466 | 85.0% | 33.0% |
| Red Bank Middle School RED BANK | 600 | 83.3% | 35.4% |
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 Dual Language School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #320 of 433 | #27 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #323 of 437 ▲ 19 | #27 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #277 of 437 ▼ 6 | #22 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #324 of 445 | #35 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #415 of 417 | #39 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #418 of 419 | #40 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #52 of 436 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.2% | #13 of 122 | #3 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
384
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 76% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 74% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 25.8 | 17.8:1 | 81% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 88% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 22.4 | 13.2:1 | 87% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dual Language School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (295 to 384); teachers up 3% (22.4 to 23).
About Dual Language School
Dual Language School is a small middle school in New Jersey, located in Fords. It enrolls 384 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 4 through 8. That is 34% below the average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Dual Language School is in Perth Amboy Public School District, a district with 9,845 students across 12 schools.
At Dual Language School, 97% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show Middlesex County is about 24% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dual Language School scores 5%.
Dual Language School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. The gap from the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is 5.8 students per teacher. At Dual Language School, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 34 points.
Dual Language School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The model predicts 24.4% for a school in New Jersey with Dual Language School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Dual Language School posts 32.5%.
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, Dual Language School among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Fords Middle School, is the closest to Dual Language School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dual Language School. Its average proficiency rate of 32.5% is below the 33.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 397 in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25.
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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 Perth Amboy Public School District
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
Other schools in Fords
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Ford Avenue Elementary SchoolCombined
Other Dual Language schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dual Language. Dual Language School is the largest of the 3.
- Dual Language SchoolWaltham, MA · 222 students
- DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLSCHUYLER, NE · 82 students
Nearby schools
- Fords Middle School0.8 mi · 645
- James Monroe Elementary School1.0 mi · 537
- Herbert Hoover Middle School1.1 mi · 1,060
- Lafayette Estates Elementary School1.2 mi · 705
- Middlesex County STEM Charter School1.6 mi · 739
- James J. Flynn Elementary School1.7 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Dual Language SchoolHow many students attend Dual Language School?
Dual Language School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 04-08.
Is Dual Language School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dual Language School is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Dual Language School have?
Dual Language School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dual Language School?
At Dual Language School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Dual Language School public or private?
Dual Language School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perth Amboy Public School District.
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