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Enrollment
970
Middle
DISTRICT 932 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWELL TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340756000097
Howell Township Middle School North
501 SQUANKUM YELLOWBROOK ROAD, FARMINGDALE, NJ 07727 · (732) 919-0095 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.4:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
310 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 6 | 303 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 334 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 333 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.8% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 37.3% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Howell Township Middle School North
Howell Township Middle School North's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howell Township Middle School North this school | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Howell Township Middle School South HOWELL | 893 | 28.0% | 45.1% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
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 Howell Township Middle School North ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #179 of 433 | #21 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #171 of 437 ▲ 61 | #19 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #186 of 437 ▲ 4 | #22 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #40 of 445 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #350 of 417 | #29 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #178 of 419 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #220 of 436 | #10 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #99 of 282 | #18 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
970
-146 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,251
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 970 | 78 | 12.4:1 | 32% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 1,024 | 84.8 | 12.1:1 | 25% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 1,030 | 86.7 | 11.9:1 | 20% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 1,116 | 94 | 11.9:1 | 18% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 1,133 | 98.9 | 11.5:1 | 20% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 99 | 11.8:1 | 19% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 59 | 10.1:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 1,251 | 90 | 13.9:1 | 10% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howell Township Middle School North.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,133 to 970); teachers down 21% (98.9 to 78).
About Howell Township Middle School North
Howell Township Middle School North is a large middle school. Its address is in FARMINGDALE, New Jersey. The student body numbers 970 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Howell Township Middle School North is one school in a 12-school district, Howell Township Public School District, which enrolls 6,047 students.
A majority of students at Howell Township Middle School North, 58%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Monmouth County, the White share is about 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at Howell Township Middle School North belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Howell Township Middle School North employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, lower than at this school. Howell Township Middle School North's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 32%. Across public schools in Monmouth County, the average is about the same, 29%.
Howell Township Middle School North is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.7%.
Monmouth County census figures show that median household income is about $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 186 public schools operate in Monmouth County, serving about 91,053 students.
The nearest other public school, Howell High School, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Howell Township Middle School North is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Howell Township Middle School North as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students dropped from 1,116 to 970 over 4 years.
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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 Howell Township Public School District
- Howell Township Middle School SouthMiddle · 893 students
- Land O'Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Ramtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Aldrich Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Edith M. Griebling Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in FARMINGDALE
- Howell High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edith M. Griebling Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Ardena Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Farmingdale ElementaryElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- Howell High School0.4 mi · 1,775
- Farmingdale Elementary0.7 mi · 160
- Ardena Elementary School1.6 mi · 374
- Memorial Elementary School2.2 mi · 414
- Adelphia Early Learning Center2.3 mi · 357
- Land O'Pines Elementary School2.7 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Howell Township Middle School NorthHow large is Howell Township Middle School North?
Howell Township Middle School North enrolls approximately 970 students in grades 06-08.
Is Howell Township Middle School North an elementary, middle, or high school?
Howell Township Middle School North is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howell Township Middle School North?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howell Township Middle School North is approximately 12.4:1 (78 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Howell Township Middle School North?
Howell Township Middle School North reports a student body of 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Howell Township Middle School North?
Howell Township Middle School North is overseen by Howell Township Public School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.