Hackettstown Middle School

As a medium-sized middle-grades school in HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Hackettstown Middle School caters to 507 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Hackettstown Public School District.

Across the 4 schools in Hackettstown Public School District (1,978 students total), Hackettstown Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hackettstown Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Hackettstown Middle School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hackettstown Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate the typical household earns roughly $100,869 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Warren County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), of which Hackettstown Middle School is one.

Hackettstown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hackettstown Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Hackettstown Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 507). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 27% to 38% over that span.

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