Ethel Hoppock Middle School

Set in ASBURY, New Jersey, Ethel Hoppock Middle School is a minimally staffed middle-grades school, one of the schools within Bethlehem Township School District. It teaches 119 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Across the 2 schools in Bethlehem Township School District (377 students total), Ethel Hoppock Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ethel Hoppock Middle School lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. Compared to Hunterdon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at Ethel Hoppock Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hunterdon County (around 16%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ethel Hoppock Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hunterdon County indicate median household income runs about $141,715, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ethel Hoppock Middle School is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).

Thomas B. Conley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ethel Hoppock Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ethel Hoppock Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 147 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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