Enrollment
304
Middle
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340612005216
Green Brook Middle School
132 Jefferson Avenue, Green Brook, NJ 08812 · (732) 968-1051 · Somerset County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-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
8.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
60 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 5 | 69 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 28% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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 Green Brook Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.3% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 44.9% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Green Brook Middle School
Green Brook Middle School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Middle School this school | 304 | 19.7% | 48.1% |
| Wood-Ridge Intermediate School WOOD-RIDGE | 256 | 19.5% | 60.8% |
| West Brook Middle School PARAMUS | 500 | 15.0% | 58.4% |
| Hasbrouck Heights Middle School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 417 | 21.8% | 54.6% |
| David E. Owens Middle School NEW MILFORD | 523 | 20.7% | 54.6% |
| Hillside Intermediate School Bridgewater | 568 | 15.0% | 55.4% |
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 Green Brook Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #199 of 433 | #13 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #179 of 437 ▲ 2 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #220 of 437 ▲ 36 | #13 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #368 of 445 | #19 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #33 of 417 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #47 of 419 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #283 of 436 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #25 of 282 | #2 of 17 |
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
304
-66 (-18%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 304 | 35.5 | 8.6:1 | 20% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 38.5 | 8.3:1 | 18% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 41.5 | 8.3:1 | 12% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 45 | 8.2:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 42 | 10.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 45 | 12.4:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 4% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 124 | 14 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Brook Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (424 to 304); teachers down 15% (42 to 35.5).
About Green Brook Middle School
Green Brook Middle School is a public low-enrollment middle-grades school in Green Brook, New Jersey. It teaches 304 students in grades 5 through 8. That is 47% below the average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Green Brook Middle School is one of the 2 schools that make up Green Brook Township Public School District (708 students in total).
The largest racial or ethnic group at Green Brook Middle School is White, with 42% of students. Next come 26% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 52% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Green Brook Middle School scores 70%.
Green Brook Middle School lists 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is 2.3 students per teacher. About 20% of students at Green Brook Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Green Brook Middle School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Green Brook Middle School, the prediction is 55.4% and the result is 48.1%.
The school's county is Somerset County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Somerset County's 84 public schools enroll about 51,276 students and include Green Brook Middle School.
Jefferson Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Green Brook Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 48.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Green Brook Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 66 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Green Brook Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Green Brook Township Public School District
- Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Green Brook
- Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 383
- Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies0.7 mi · 357
- Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School0.7 mi · 404
- Dunellen High School0.8 mi · 409
- Lincoln Middle School0.8 mi · 333
- West End School1.1 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Green Brook Middle SchoolHow many students attend Green Brook Middle School?
Green Brook Middle School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Green Brook Middle School serve?
Green Brook Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Green Brook Middle School?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at Green Brook Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Green Brook Middle School?
At Green Brook Middle School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Green Brook Middle School?
Green Brook Middle School is overseen by Green Brook Township Public School District in Somerset County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.