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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 729 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341314005606
Hubbard Middle School
661 W EIGHTH ST, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07060 · (908) 731-4320 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest 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
11.2:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
637 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 263 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 247 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 31% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
21.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 13.8% |
% 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Hubbard Middle School
Hubbard Middle School's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard Middle School this school | 737 | 86.4% | 19.7% |
| Clara Parker Intermediate School Trenton | 583 | 88.2% | 9.2% |
| Red Bank Middle School RED BANK | 600 | 83.3% | 35.4% |
| Grace A Dunn Middle School TRENTON | 703 | 77.1% | 7.0% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School TRENTON | 668 | 78.0% | 5.7% |
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 Hubbard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #392 of 433 | #22 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #382 of 437 ▲ 7 | #19 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #410 of 437 ▲ 5 | #25 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #117 of 445 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #243 of 417 | #12 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #398 of 419 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #13 of 436 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #260 of 282 | #8 of 13 |
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
737
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 737 | 66 | 11.2:1 | 86% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 89% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 91% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 79% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 44 | 17.0:1 | 87% (652) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 85% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 89% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 79% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 415 | 37 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hubbard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (749 to 737); teachers up 50% (44 to 66).
About Hubbard Middle School
In PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, part of Union County, Hubbard Middle School is a middle school. The school's enrollment of 737 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 28% higher than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
Across its 15 schools, Plainfield Public School District enrolls 8,522 students. Hubbard Middle School is one of those schools.
The student body at Hubbard Middle School is 88% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black. By comparison, Union County residents are about 35% Hispanic. Hubbard Middle School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 66 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.2:1. That matches the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey fairly closely. Around 86% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Union County is 34 points.
Hubbard Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hubbard Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.7% is within a point of the 18.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Union County show that the median household income is $103,202, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Hubbard Middle School, Union County has 179 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Cresthaven Academy Charter School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Hubbard Middle School ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 19.7% versus a 21.0% average.
Hubbard Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's size has been steady, with 746 students in 2020-21 and 737 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.2:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
Discussions about Hubbard Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield Public School District
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Washington Community SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Other schools in PLAINFIELD
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- College Achieve Central Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Cresthaven Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 621 students
Other Hubbard Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hubbard Middle. Hubbard Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Hubbard Middle SchoolTYLER, TX · 869 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolHubbard, OH · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School0.3 mi · 621
- Washington Community School0.3 mi · 557
- The Queen City Academy Charter School0.3 mi · 378
- Union County TEAMS Charter School0.4 mi · 304
- Cedarbrook Elementary School0.5 mi · 671
- Charles H. Stillman Elementary School0.7 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Hubbard Middle SchoolHow large is Hubbard Middle School?
Hubbard Middle School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hubbard Middle School serve?
Hubbard Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hubbard Middle School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Hubbard Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hubbard Middle School?
At Hubbard Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Hubbard Middle School public or private?
Hubbard Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plainfield Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.