Enrollment
349
Middle
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND PARK BORO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340717006118
Highland Park Middle School
330 WAYNE STREET, HIGHLAND PARK, NJ 08904 · (732) 572-2400 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
161 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 6 | 105 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 36% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Highland Park Middle School→Highland Park High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Highland Park Boro School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp 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 30 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Highland Park Middle School
Highland Park Middle School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Middle School this school | 349 | 46.1% | 34.9% |
| Somerville Middle School Somerville | 339 | 42.2% | 36.5% |
| Memorial Middle School EATONTOWN | 270 | 50.0% | 44.5% |
| Hoboken Middle School HOBOKEN | 438 | 43.4% | 51.5% |
| Memorial Middle School LITTLE FERRY | 353 | 45.3% | 38.4% |
| Von E. Mauger Middle School MIDDLESEX | 502 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
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 Highland Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #298 of 433 | #24 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #312 of 437 ▲ 4 | #25 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #266 of 437 ▲ 57 | #19 of 39 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #340 of 445 | #36 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #156 of 417 | #12 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #9 of 419 | #4 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #156 of 436 | #19 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #244 of 282 | #17 of 23 |
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
349
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 349 | 33.5 | 10.4:1 | 46% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 34.6 | 10.0:1 | 45% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 28.4 | 12.4:1 | 42% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 38% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 32.8 | 10.9:1 | 34% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 38% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 34% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (358 to 349); teachers up 2% (32.8 to 33.5).
About Highland Park Middle School
The public middle-grades school Highland Park Middle School is located in HIGHLAND PARK, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 349 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 40% lower.
Highland Park Boro School District (4 schools, 1,573 students) runs Highland Park Middle School.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Highland Park Middle School, at 34%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Highland Park Middle School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 10.4 students per teacher and 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 46%.
allk12 grades Highland Park Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.9% at Highland Park Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Middlesex County, the median household income is $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 214 public schools in Middlesex County, enrolling about 129,255 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Highland Park High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Highland Park Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Highland Park Middle School had 364 students, to 2024-25, when it had 349. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.6:1 to 10.4:1 over the same years.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at Highland Park Middle School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Highland Park Boro School District
- Highland Park High SchoolHigh · 493 students
- Bartle Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Irving Primary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND PARK
- Highland Park High SchoolHigh · 493 students
- Bartle Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Irving Primary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other Highland Park Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Highland Park Middle. Highland Park Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Highland Park Middle SchoolDALLAS, TX · 939 students
- Highland Park Middle SchoolSAINT PAUL, MN · 811 students
- Highland Park Middle SchoolBeaverton, OR · 600 students
- Highland Park Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Park High School0.0 mi · 493
- Irving Primary School0.4 mi · 326
- Bartle Elementary School0.5 mi · 405
- John Marshall Elementary School0.8 mi · 762
- Lindeneau Elementary School0.9 mi · 446
- Lord Stirling Community School1.2 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Park Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Park Middle School?
Highland Park Middle School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Highland Park Middle School serve?
Highland Park Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Highland Park Middle School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Highland Park Middle School.
How diverse is Highland Park Middle School?
Highland Park Middle School reports a student body of 34% White, 33% Hispanic, 9% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Highland Park Middle School public or private?
Highland Park Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Highland Park Boro School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.