Enrollment
369
Middle
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340537000117
Franklin Avenue Middle School
755 Franklin Avenue, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 · (201) 891-0202 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test 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
7.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
12 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 | 126 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Based on grade levels within Franklin Lakes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
82.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.2% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 59.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Franklin Avenue Middle School
Franklin Avenue Middle School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Avenue Middle School this school | 369 | 3.3% | 61.5% |
| Pearl R. Miller Middle School KINNELON | 378 | 4.2% | 64.3% |
| Black River Middle School Chester | 352 | 5.7% | 64.4% |
| Holdrum Middle School RIVER VALE | 347 | 0.9% | 67.9% |
| Mendham Township Middle School BROOKSIDE | 342 | 0.9% | 86.7% |
| Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township | 423 | 8.0% | 52.8% |
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 Franklin Avenue Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #90 of 433 | #26 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #68 of 437 ▲ 29 | #21 of 53 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #45 of 437 ▲ 58 | #14 of 53 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #330 of 445 | #43 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.1:1 | #5 of 417 | #2 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #331 of 419 | #48 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.3% | #401 of 436 | #39 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #141 of 282 | #16 of 35 |
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
369
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 369 | 52 | 7.1:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 53 | 7.1:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 56 | 6.9:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 53 | 7.8:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 53.4 | 7.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 58 | 7.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Avenue Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (415 to 369); teachers down 3% (53.4 to 52).
About Franklin Avenue Middle School
Franklin Avenue Middle School is the name of a low-enrollment middle school in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. It teaches 369 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 36% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
The district, Franklin Lakes School District, operates 4 schools serving 1,165 students.
About 76% of the student body at Franklin Avenue Middle School is White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 55% of Bergen County residents are White. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Franklin Avenue Middle School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Franklin Avenue Middle School, there are about 7.1 students; the school has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 12 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 3% of enrollment. It compares with 28% for public schools in Bergen County.
On the allk12 Grade, Franklin Avenue Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Franklin Avenue Middle School is 2.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.5% versus 64.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Bergen County has 291 public schools with about 133,883 students, including Franklin Avenue Middle School.
Woodside Avenue School sits about 1.1 miles from Franklin Avenue Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Franklin Avenue Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Franklin Avenue 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.
In 2020-21, Franklin Avenue Middle School enrolled 412 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 369.
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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 Franklin Lakes School District
- High Mountain Road SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Woodside Avenue SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Colonial Road SchoolElementary · 231 students
Other schools in Franklin Lakes
- Ramapo High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- High Mountain Road SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Woodside Avenue SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Colonial Road SchoolElementary · 231 students
Nearby schools
- Woodside Avenue School1.1 mi · 264
- Colonial Road School1.1 mi · 231
- Manito Elementary School1.2 mi · 255
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood Learning1.3 mi · 22
- Indian Hills High School1.5 mi · 668
- Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Avenue Middle SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Avenue Middle School?
Franklin Avenue Middle School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Franklin Avenue Middle School serve?
Franklin Avenue Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Avenue Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Avenue Middle School is approximately 7.1:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Franklin Avenue Middle School?
Franklin Avenue Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Avenue Middle School in?
Franklin Avenue Middle School is part of Franklin Lakes School District.
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