Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School

As a rural-scale middle school in JAMESBURG, New Jersey, Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School teaches 217 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Jamesburg Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 578.

Jamesburg Public School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 694 students; Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 66% of students at Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.9%.

In the broader community, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is John F. Kennedy Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School has edged up 8%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 60% across the same window.

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