High Bridge Middle School

High Bridge Middle School is one of the rural-scale middle-grades schools in HIGH BRIDGE, New Jersey, one of the schools within High Bridge Borough School District, with 130 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 78% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in High Bridge Borough School District (349 students total), High Bridge Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, High Bridge Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, High Bridge Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hunterdon County indicate median household earnings sit near $141,715, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. High Bridge Middle School is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).

The closest other public school is High Bridge Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, High Bridge Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. High Bridge Middle School's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 165 (now 130). Over the same period, the White share declined from 82% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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