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If you could change one rule at Iselin Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
794
Middle
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003682
Iselin Middle School
900 WOODRUFF STREET, ISELIN, NJ 08830 · (732) 602-8450 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A-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
11.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
287 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 285 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 255 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 51.3% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Iselin Middle School
Iselin Middle School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iselin Middle School this school | 794 | 36.1% | 52.3% |
| Central Middle School Parsippany | 755 | 25.2% | 57.6% |
| Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
| Herbert Hoover Middle School EDISON | 1,060 | 44.3% | 40.1% |
| Lewis F. Cole Middle School FORT LEE | 1,227 | 25.1% | 63.6% |
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 Iselin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #159 of 433 | #9 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #162 of 437 ▼ 18 | #10 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #206 of 437 ▲ 4 | #12 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #95 of 445 | #17 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #233 of 417 | #21 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #187 of 419 | #26 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #203 of 436 | #24 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #44 of 122 | #6 of 14 |
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
794
-66 (-8%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 794 | 72 | 11.0:1 | 36% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 71 | 12.2:1 | 36% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 70 | 12.1:1 | 31% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 69 | 12.5:1 | 30% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 63.5 | 11.2:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 64 | 10.8:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 33% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 18% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 42 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iselin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (713 to 794); teachers up 13% (63.5 to 72).
About Iselin Middle School
Families in ISELIN, New Jersey, are served by Iselin Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. The school reports 794 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students.
Iselin Middle School is among 24 schools run by Woodbridge Township School District, which serves 13,869 students.
Iselin Middle School is 61% Asian by enrollment. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 15% White, and 6% Black. County-wide, 26% of Middlesex County residents are Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 72 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.0:1. That is close to the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Iselin Middle School is 36%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Iselin Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Iselin Middle School is 6.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.3% actual, 46.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Middlesex County has these Census figures: the median household income is $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Middlesex County has 214 public schools and roughly 129,255 students.
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Iselin Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Iselin Middle School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Iselin Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 66 students since 2020-21, to 794. Students per teacher fell from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 11.0 in 2024-25.
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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 Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Ross Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in ISELIN
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Indiana Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Oak Tree Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Robert Mascenik Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Kennedy Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High School0.2 mi · 1,405
- Indiana Avenue Elementary School0.5 mi · 485
- Robert Mascenik Elementary School0.6 mi · 288
- Oak Tree Road Elementary School0.9 mi · 425
- Mawbey Street Elementary School1.1 mi · 304
- Kennedy Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Iselin Middle SchoolHow large is Iselin Middle School?
Iselin Middle School enrolls approximately 794 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Iselin Middle School serve?
Iselin Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Iselin Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Iselin Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (72 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Iselin Middle School?
Iselin Middle School reports a student body of 15% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 61% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Iselin Middle School?
Iselin Middle School is overseen by Woodbridge Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.