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Alumni: what's one memory from Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,221
Middle
DISTRICT 1,651 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003298
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School
200 RUES LANE, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 613-6892 · Middlesex County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,221 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.3:1
119 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
306 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 569 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 652 | 53% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 63.2% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School this school | 1,221 | 25.1% | 59.5% |
| Hillsborough Township Middle School Hillsborough | 1,246 | 16.5% | 60.7% |
| Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Bridgewater | 1,220 | 15.6% | 56.6% |
| Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Churchill Junior High School EAST BRUNSWICK | 2,080 | 25.8% | 51.2% |
| Lewis F. Cole Middle School FORT LEE | 1,227 | 25.1% | 63.6% |
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 Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #103 of 433 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #90 of 437 ▼ 16 | #8 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #164 of 437 ▼ 68 | #9 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,221 | #10 of 445 | #4 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #149 of 417 | #10 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #50 of 419 | #13 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #256 of 436 | #31 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #101 of 122 | #12 of 14 |
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
1,221
-76 (-6%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 1,221 | 118.7 | 10.3:1 | 25% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 1,312 | 123.2 | 10.7:1 | 20% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 1,314 | 118.7 | 11.1:1 | 22% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 1,297 | 106 | 12.2:1 | 18% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 1,200 | 115 | 10.4:1 | 16% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,292 | 117 | 11.0:1 | 15% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 1,389 | 102 | 13.6:1 | 11% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 1,461 | 96 | 15.2:1 | 5% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 980 | 79 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,200 to 1,221); teachers up 3% (115 to 118.7).
About Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School is a middle school in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, reachable at (732) 613-6892. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,221 students in grades 5 through 6. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 111% higher.
Besides Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School, East Brunswick Township School District runs 10 other schools. The district enrolls 8,096 students.
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 40%. After that, the student body is 34% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 41% White share among all Middlesex County residents. Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 118.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School and a ratio of 10.3:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 25% of students. For comparison, public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.5%, compared with a predicted 52.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Middlesex County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School is among the 214 public schools in Middlesex County.
East Brunswick Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students dropped from 1,297 to 1,221 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 10.3 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.
The Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Brunswick Township School District
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lawrence Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- East Brunswick Magnet School0.6 mi · 745
- Irwin Elementary School0.6 mi · 305
- Frost Elementary School0.7 mi · 383
- East Brunswick High School0.9 mi · 2,124
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary School1.1 mi · 235
- Central Elementary School1.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolHow large is Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School?
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,221 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School serve?
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (119 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School?
At Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 34% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School?
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School is overseen by East Brunswick Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.