Great Meadows Regional Middle School

Great Meadows Regional Middle School is a modestly sized junior high in GREAT MEADOWS, New Jersey, one of the schools within Great Meadows Regional School District. The school works with 361 students in grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Great Meadows Regional School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 710 students; Great Meadows Regional Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Great Meadows Regional Middle School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Great Meadows Regional Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Great Meadows Regional Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Warren County (around 36%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Great Meadows Regional Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Warren County) records that the typical household earns roughly $100,869 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Great Meadows Regional Middle School is one of 41 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Meadows Regional Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

Great Meadows Regional Middle School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Meadows Regional Middle School has edged up 37%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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