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How has Hazlet Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
376
Middle
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLET TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341368003840
Hazlet Middle School
1639 UNION AVENUE, HAZLET, NJ 07730 · (732) 264-0940 · Monmouth County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
9.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
94 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 7 | 188 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 188 | 50% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Hazlet Middle School→Raritan High School
Based on grade levels within Hazlet Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 28.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hazlet Middle School
Hazlet Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlet Middle School this school | 376 | 25.0% | 34.7% |
| Great Meadows Regional Middle School GREAT MEADOWS | 361 | 21.9% | 48.2% |
| Caroline L. Reutter School FRANKLINVILLE | 388 | 26.5% | 42.8% |
| Northfield Community Middle School NORTHFIELD | 397 | 25.9% | 53.4% |
| Ocean City Intermediate School OCEAN CITY | 326 | 29.8% | 50.4% |
| Joyce Kilmer School Milltown | 444 | 21.8% | 39.3% |
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 Hazlet Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #301 of 433 | #28 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #270 of 437 ▲ 33 | #29 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #270 of 437 ▲ 36 | #29 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #326 of 445 | #26 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #120 of 417 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #338 of 419 | #20 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #258 of 436 | #14 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #61 of 282 | #7 of 32 |
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
376
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 376 | 37.8 | 9.9:1 | 25% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 35.8 | 10.9:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 37.7 | 10.7:1 | 19% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 38 | 10.4:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 42.3 | 11.0:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 45 | 10.6:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 47 | 11.0:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazlet Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (465 to 376); teachers down 11% (42.3 to 37.8).
About Hazlet Middle School
Hazlet Middle School runs as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in HAZLET, New Jersey. The latest federal count shows 376 students in grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 35% smaller than average.
Hazlet Township Public School District, which runs Hazlet Middle School, has 8 schools and 2,657 students.
A majority of students at Hazlet Middle School, 76%, are White. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 74% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Hazlet Middle School comes in at 40%.
At Hazlet Middle School, 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.9:1. That ratio is under the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 25% of enrollment.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Hazlet Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 52.5%. Hazlet Middle School posts 34.7%, 17.7 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Monmouth County census figures show that median household income is about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hazlet Middle School is among the 186 public schools in Monmouth County.
Nearest public school: Middle Road School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Hazlet Middle School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 395 in 2020-21 and 376 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hazlet Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hazlet Township Public School District
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Other schools in HAZLET
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Middle Road School0.6 mi · 285
- Cove Road School0.6 mi · 175
- Memorial School0.7 mi · 630
- Lillian Drive School0.8 mi · 260
- Raritan High School0.8 mi · 781
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School0.8 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Hazlet Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hazlet Middle School?
Hazlet Middle School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Hazlet Middle School serve?
Hazlet Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hazlet Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazlet Middle School is approximately 9.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hazlet Middle School?
At Hazlet Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hazlet Middle School public or private?
Hazlet Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hazlet Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.