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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACKETTSTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340630005816

Hackettstown Middle School

500 WASHINGTON STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ 07840 · (908) 852-8554 · Warren County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Enrollment
507
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 578
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
233 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 513727%
Grade 613026%
Grade 711823%
Grade 812224%
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
26151%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
19438%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
173%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
184%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
153%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
26753%
Female
24047%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Hackettstown Middle School→Hackettstown High School
Feeds from
Willow Grove Elementary School02–04
Based on grade levels within Hackettstown Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
54.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2554.5%37.6%
2023-2453.3%38.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
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 Hackettstown Middle School

Hackettstown Middle School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hackettstown Middle School this school50746.0%41.8%
Hopatcong Middle School
Hopatcong
43540.0%30.8%
Manchester Township Middle School
MANCHESTER
58652.6%37.8%
Lyndhurst Middle School
Lyndhurst
61038.7%42.3%
Veterans Middle School
North Arlington
42643.7%46.1%
John Hill School
BOONTON
55640.1%51.6%
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 Hackettstown Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Warren County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.8%#242 of 433#5 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
37.6%#239 of 437
▼ 14
#5 of 7
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
54.5%#264 of 437
▼ 18
#4 of 7
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
507#245 of 445#2 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.5:1#287 of 417#6 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
58.5%#179 of 419#3 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.0%#158 of 436#2 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+14.7%#37 of 122N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
507
+50 (+11%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255074411.5:146% (233)
2023-244834510.7:142% (203)
2022-234754311.1:136% (169)
2020-214574410.4:135% (160)
2017-1844235.512.4:135% (153)
2015-163993411.7:130% (120)
2010-114072814.5:126% (105)
2000-015173116.7:17% (37)
1990-913822813.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hackettstown Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 15% (442 to 507); teachers up 24% (35.5 to 44).

About Hackettstown Middle School

In HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Hackettstown Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Its grade span covers grades 5 through 8, with 507 students on the rolls.

Hackettstown Middle School is one school in a 4-school district, Hackettstown Public School District, which enrolls 1,978 students.

About 51% of the student body at Hackettstown Middle School is White. The remaining students are 38% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Warren County, the White share is about 77%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.

Hackettstown Middle School reports a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher, from 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch program data show 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 36% average for public schools in Warren County.

In New Jersey, Hackettstown Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.8% actual against a predicted 41.0%.

Looking at the county, Warren County, the median household earns about $100,869 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Warren County has 41 public schools with about 15,462 students, including Hackettstown Middle School.

Hackettstown Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Hackettstown High School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Hackettstown Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Hackettstown Middle School's average proficiency of 41.8% compares with 52.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Hackettstown Middle School had a net gain of 50 students, or 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.4:1 to 11.5:1 over the same years.

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Warren County at a glance

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Population
110,849
Census ACS
Median income
$100,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,462 students

Quick facts

School name
Hackettstown Middle School
District
Hackettstown Public School District
Address
500 WASHINGTON STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ 07840
Phone
(908) 852-8554
County
Warren County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
507
Teachers (FTE)
44
Student–teacher ratio
11.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
233 (46%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
340630005816
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hackettstown Middle School
How large is Hackettstown Middle School?
Hackettstown Middle School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 05-08.
Is Hackettstown Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hackettstown Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Hackettstown Middle School have?
Hackettstown Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Hackettstown Middle School?
Student demographics at Hackettstown Middle School are roughly 51% White, 38% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hackettstown Middle School in?
Hackettstown Middle School is part of Hackettstown Public School District.
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