Hopatcong Middle School

Located at 1 David Road, in Hopatcong, New Jersey, Hopatcong Middle School is a small middle-grades school that educates 435 students (grades 4 through 7), operated by Hopatcong Borough School District. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 578.

Across the 4 schools in Hopatcong Borough School District (1,442 students total), Hopatcong Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hopatcong Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Hopatcong Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sussex County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hopatcong Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 30.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sussex County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,186, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Hopatcong Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hopatcong High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hopatcong Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hopatcong Middle School's enrollment has edged up 28% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 435). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 73% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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