Enrollment
119
Middle
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340171002958
Ethel Hoppock Middle School
280 ASBURY WEST PORTAL RD, ASBURY, NJ 08802 · (908) 479-6336 · Hunterdon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
5 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 6 | 30 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 39% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 Bethlehem Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 48.5% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Ethel Hoppock Middle School
Ethel Hoppock Middle School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel Hoppock Middle School this school | 119 | 4.2% | 49.9% |
| Eugene A. Tighe Middle School MARGATE | 140 | 7.1% | 72.8% |
| Mountain View School MENDHAM | 208 | 3.4% | 80.5% |
| Old Turnpike School CALIFON | 217 | 3.2% | 65.4% |
| Woodcliff Middle School WOODCLIFF LAKE | 238 | 1.7% | 73.5% |
| Stewartsville Middle School STEWARTSVILLE | 210 | 11.0% | 58.1% |
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 Ethel Hoppock Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #176 of 433 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #163 of 437 no change | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #208 of 437 ▲ 70 | #6 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #440 of 445 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.2% | #394 of 436 | #9 of 10 |
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
119
+40 (+51%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 6.1:1
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 | 119 | 16 | 7.4:1 | 4% (5) |
| 2023-24 | 134 | 15 | 8.9:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 130 | 13 | 10.0:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 79 | 13 | 6.1:1 | 4% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 14 | 10.5:1 | 3% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 162 | 17 | 9.5:1 | 4% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 186 | 14 | 13.3:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 2% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 163 | 16 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel Hoppock Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (147 to 119); teachers up 14% (14 to 16).
About Ethel Hoppock Middle School
Located in ASBURY, New Jersey, Ethel Hoppock Middle School is a very small middle-grades school. It had 119 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New Jersey enroll about 578 students on average.
Bethlehem Township School District has 377 students spread across 2 schools.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Ethel Hoppock Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. That is in line with Hunterdon County, where about 81% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.4:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 10.9:1. About 4% of students at Ethel Hoppock Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 16% average among public schools in Hunterdon County.
Ethel Hoppock Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of New Jersey public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ethel Hoppock Middle School is 14.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 49.9%. Predicted: 63.9%.
In Hunterdon County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $141,715 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hunterdon County number 55, with about 18,056 students.
Thomas B. Conley Elementary School, about 2.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ethel Hoppock Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Ethel Hoppock Middle School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Federal records list enrollment at Ethel Hoppock Middle School as 79 in 2020-21 and 119 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.4:1) than in 2020-21 (6.1:1).
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Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethlehem Township School District
- Thomas B. Conley Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas B. Conley Elementary School2.5 mi · 258
- Bloomsbury Borough School2.9 mi · 98
- Union Township Middle School4.0 mi · 246
- Union Township Elementary School4.3 mi · 259
- Stewartsville Middle School4.4 mi · 210
- Franklin Township School4.4 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Ethel Hoppock Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ethel Hoppock Middle School?
Ethel Hoppock Middle School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ethel Hoppock Middle School serve?
Ethel Hoppock Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ethel Hoppock Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ethel Hoppock Middle School is approximately 7.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ethel Hoppock Middle School?
At Ethel Hoppock Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ethel Hoppock Middle School in?
Ethel Hoppock Middle School is part of Bethlehem Township School District.
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