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Does Hillsborough Township Middle School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,246
Middle
DISTRICT 1,179 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340723005224
Hillsborough Township Middle School
260 Triangle Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 · (908) 431-6600 · Somerset County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,246 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+Beats 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
11.2:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
205 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 589 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 657 | 53% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Hillsborough Township Middle School→Hillsborough High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hillsborough Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 63.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Hillsborough Township Middle School
Hillsborough Township Middle School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough Township Middle School this school | 1,246 | 16.5% | 60.7% |
| Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Bridgewater | 1,220 | 15.6% | 56.6% |
| Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 1,221 | 25.1% | 59.5% |
| Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany | 925 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
| Marlboro Memorial Middle School MORGANVILLE | 761 | 15.0% | 64.3% |
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 Hillsborough Township Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #97 of 433 | #8 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #83 of 437 ▼ 12 | #7 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #99 of 437 ▲ 5 | #6 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,246 | #8 of 445 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #249 of 417 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #75 of 419 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #306 of 436 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #87 of 122 | N/A |
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
1,246
+38 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,072
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 1,246 | 111.3 | 11.2:1 | 16% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 1,230 | 104.3 | 11.8:1 | 12% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 1,193 | 103 | 11.6:1 | 10% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 1,208 | 107 | 11.3:1 | 9% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 1,196 | 103.1 | 11.6:1 | 9% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 110 | 10.8:1 | 9% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 1,197 | 85 | 14.1:1 | 8% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 1,788 | 131 | 13.7:1 | 5% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 1,072 | 84 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsborough Township Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,196 to 1,246); teachers up 8% (103.1 to 111.3).
About Hillsborough Township Middle School
Hillsborough Township Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Hillsborough, New Jersey. The school counted 1,246 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8. The school is 116% above the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Hillsborough Township Middle School is among 9 schools run by Hillsborough Township Public School District, which serves 7,191 students.
About 42% of students at Hillsborough Township Middle School are White, the largest single group. It is also 36% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 7% Black. Somerset County's residents are about 52% White, 10 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Hillsborough Township Middle School are from different groups.
Based on 111.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hillsborough Township Middle School has a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is similar, at 10.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 16%. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County is 12 points.
Hillsborough Township Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.2%.
Census data for Somerset County show median household income comes to about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 84 public schools and about 51,276 students.
Triangle Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Hillsborough Township Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.2% on proficiency, and Hillsborough Township Middle School is above that at 60.7%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 38 students, from 1,208 to 1,246.
The Hillsborough Township Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsborough Township Public School District
- Hillsborough High SchoolHigh · 2,377 students
- Auten Road Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Sunnymead Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Hillsborough Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Woods Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Amsterdam Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Hillsborough
- Hillsborough High SchoolHigh · 2,377 students
- Auten Road Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Sunnymead Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Hillsborough Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Woods Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Amsterdam Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Triangle Elementary School0.2 mi · 362
- Auten Road Intermediate School0.8 mi · 1,112
- Hillsborough Township Elementary School1.0 mi · 467
- Hillsborough High School1.5 mi · 2,377
- Sunnymead Elementary School2.1 mi · 530
- Weston Elementary School3.0 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsborough Township Middle SchoolHow large is Hillsborough Township Middle School?
Hillsborough Township Middle School enrolls approximately 1,246 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Hillsborough Township Middle School serve?
Hillsborough Township Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hillsborough Township Middle School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Hillsborough Township Middle School.
How diverse is Hillsborough Township Middle School?
Hillsborough Township Middle School reports a student body of 42% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 36% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hillsborough Township Middle School in?
Hillsborough Township Middle School is part of Hillsborough Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.