Enrollment
318
Middle
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEANSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340786000027
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School
100 PALMER PLACE, KEANSBURG, NJ 07734 · (732) 787-2007 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
243 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 109 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School→Keansburg High School
Feeds from
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 13.7% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Joseph R. Bolger Middle School
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Bolger Middle School this school | 318 | 76.4% | 19.1% |
| Pine Hill Middle School PINE HILL | 323 | 76.8% | 23.0% |
| Jordan Road Elementary School Somers Point | 339 | 64.9% | 23.4% |
| Riverside Middle School RIVERSIDE | 316 | 68.0% | 16.4% |
| Samuel M Ridgway Middle School EDGEWATER PARK | 417 | 68.3% | 23.9% |
| Clayton Middle School CLAYTON | 299 | 64.2% | 29.6% |
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 Joseph R. Bolger Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #394 of 433 | #32 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #401 of 437 ▼ 10 | #34 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #398 of 437 ▼ 17 | #34 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #363 of 445 | #28 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #359 of 417 | #31 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #68 of 419 | #2 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #51 of 436 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #35 of 282 | #2 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
318
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 318 | 25.4 | 12.5:1 | 76% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 25.7 | 13.5:1 | 48% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 27.5 | 12.2:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 30 | 10.6:1 | 45% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 56 | 7.5:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 52 | 7.6:1 | 75% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 71% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 53 | 11.5:1 | 62% (379) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph R. Bolger Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (418 to 318); teachers down 55% (56 to 25.4).
About Joseph R. Bolger Middle School
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School, located in KEANSBURG, New Jersey, is a low-enrollment middle school. Its enrollment is 318 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Jersey enroll around 578, and this school is 45% below that mark.
Keansburg School District is the local district for Joseph R. Bolger Middle School. It runs 4 schools with 1,444 students.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Monmouth County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School reported 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 10.9:1 for middle schools in New Jersey. Roughly 76% of students at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 47 points.
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Joseph R. Bolger Middle School is 24.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.1%.
For Monmouth County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $124,845 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Monmouth County number 186, with about 91,053 students.
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School's nearest public school is Keansburg High School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Joseph R. Bolger Middle School ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Joseph R. Bolger Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 317 in 2020-21, 318 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
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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 Keansburg School District
- Joseph C. Caruso SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Keansburg High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Keansburg Early Learning CenterElementary · 152 students
Other schools in KEANSBURG
- Joseph C. Caruso SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Keansburg High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Keansburg Early Learning CenterElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Keansburg High School0.3 mi · 379
- Keansburg Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 152
- Joseph C. Caruso School0.6 mi · 595
- Ocean Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 283
- Lillian Drive School1.2 mi · 260
- Thorne Middle School1.2 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph R. Bolger Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School?
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Joseph R. Bolger Middle School serve?
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Joseph R. Bolger Middle School have?
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School?
Student demographics at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School are roughly 42% White, 31% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Joseph R. Bolger Middle School public or private?
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Keansburg School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.