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Enrollment
966
Middle
DISTRICT 930 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003096
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School
2145 YARDVILLE HAMILTON SQ, HAMILTON, NJ 08690 · (609) 631-4162 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
13.7:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
408 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 320 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 315 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 331 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 31.2% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Emily C. Reynolds Middle School
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily C. Reynolds Middle School this school | 966 | 42.2% | 34.7% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Lake Riviera Middle School BRICK | 893 | 42.4% | 39.6% |
| Toms River Intermediate School South BEACHWOOD | 1,044 | 49.8% | 31.6% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
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 Emily C. Reynolds Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #300 of 433 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #302 of 437 ▼ 21 | #8 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #339 of 437 ▲ 7 | #10 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #43 of 445 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #387 of 417 | #15 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #116 of 419 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #177 of 436 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #70 of 122 | #6 of 8 |
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
966
+26 (+3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 966 | 70.5 | 13.7:1 | 42% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 75.5 | 12.7:1 | 38% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 74.5 | 12.6:1 | 32% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 73 | 12.9:1 | 31% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 77.5 | 11.7:1 | 29% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 77 | 13.1:1 | 26% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 1,099 | 64 | 17.2:1 | 22% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 1,071 | 64 | 16.7:1 | 14% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 919 | 62 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emily C. Reynolds Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (906 to 966); teachers down 9% (77.5 to 70.5).
About Emily C. Reynolds Middle School
This page covers Emily C. Reynolds Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school in HAMILTON, New Jersey. It serves 966 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Hamilton Township Public School District runs Emily C. Reynolds Middle School along with 22 other schools, enrolling 12,355 students in total.
White students form the largest group at Emily C. Reynolds Middle School, 49% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share in Mercer County as a whole is similar, at about 46%. Emily C. Reynolds Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 70.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%.
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School scores 34.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.0%.
Federal survey data for Mercer County show that median household income is about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
Hamilton East - Steinert is located about 0.2 miles from Emily C. Reynolds Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 34.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Emily C. Reynolds Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 940 to 966 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Emily C. Reynolds Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Township Public School District
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- George E. Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- George E. Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton East - Steinert0.2 mi · 1,437
- Alexander Elementary School0.5 mi · 302
- Langtree Elementary School0.9 mi · 339
- Sayen Elementary School1.0 mi · 254
- Richard C Crockett Middle School1.2 mi · 834
- Morgan Elementary School1.9 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Emily C. Reynolds Middle School?
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Emily C. Reynolds Middle School serve?
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Emily C. Reynolds Middle School have?
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Emily C. Reynolds Middle School?
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Emily C. Reynolds Middle School in?
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.