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What's something Frelinghuysen Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,078
Middle
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341081004372
Frelinghuysen Middle School
WEST HANOVER AVENUE, MORRISTOWN, NJ 07960 · (973) 292-2200 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,078 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.5:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
487 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 363 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 388 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Frelinghuysen Middle School→Morristown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Morris School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp 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 36 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 32.8% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Frelinghuysen Middle School
Frelinghuysen Middle School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frelinghuysen Middle School this school | 1,078 | 45.2% | 42.1% |
| Emily C. Reynolds Middle School HAMILTON | 966 | 42.2% | 34.7% |
| Toms River Intermediate School North TOMS RIVER | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
| Toms River Intermediate School South BEACHWOOD | 1,044 | 49.8% | 31.6% |
| Lake Riviera Middle School BRICK | 893 | 42.4% | 39.6% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
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 Frelinghuysen Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #240 of 433 | #29 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #262 of 437 ▲ 9 | #31 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #214 of 437 ▼ 13 | #25 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,078 | #26 of 445 | #2 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #168 of 417 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #144 of 419 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #165 of 436 | #3 of 32 |
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
1,078
-41 (-4%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 1,078 | 103 | 10.5:1 | 45% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 1,026 | 104.5 | 9.8:1 | 43% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 1,069 | 100.5 | 10.6:1 | 37% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 1,119 | 108 | 10.4:1 | 38% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 99 | 10.9:1 | 34% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 1,147 | 89 | 12.9:1 | 32% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 1,027 | 72 | 14.3:1 | 27% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 968 | 79 | 12.3:1 | 24% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 64 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frelinghuysen Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,078 to 1,078); teachers up 4% (99 to 103).
About Frelinghuysen Middle School
Frelinghuysen Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school for students in MORRISTOWN, New Jersey. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,078 students. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 87% higher.
Morris School District has 5,138 students spread across 10 schools.
Hispanic students account for 46% of enrollment at Frelinghuysen Middle School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 41% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 16% of Morris County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Frelinghuysen Middle School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 103 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.5:1. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. It compares with 19% for public schools in Morris County.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Frelinghuysen Middle School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Frelinghuysen Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.1%) and its predicted rate (41.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
For the population of Morris County, median household income comes to about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morris County counts 156 public schools with about 72,239 students.
Central Park School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Frelinghuysen Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Frelinghuysen Middle School had a net loss of 41 students, or 4%.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morris School District
- Morristown High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Normandy Park SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Alfred Vail SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Sussex Avenue SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Woodland SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Thomas Jefferson SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other schools in MORRISTOWN
- Morristown High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Normandy Park SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Sussex Avenue SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Thomas Jefferson SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Unity Charter SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Alexander HamiltonElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Central Park School0.2 mi · 22
- Morris Plains Borough School1.0 mi · 398
- Sussex Avenue School1.0 mi · 327
- Alfred Vail School1.1 mi · 342
- Mountain Way School1.2 mi · 201
- Alexander Hamilton1.5 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Frelinghuysen Middle SchoolHow large is Frelinghuysen Middle School?
Frelinghuysen Middle School enrolls approximately 1,078 students in grades 06-08.
Is Frelinghuysen Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frelinghuysen Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frelinghuysen Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frelinghuysen Middle School is approximately 10.5:1 (103 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Frelinghuysen Middle School?
Frelinghuysen Middle School reports a student body of 41% White, 46% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Frelinghuysen Middle School?
Frelinghuysen Middle School is overseen by Morris School District in Morris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.