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J.P. Case Middle School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J.P. Case Middle School
Located at 301 CASE BOULEVARD, in FLEMINGTON, New Jersey, J.P. Case Middle School is an average-sized intermediate school that educates 730 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Flemington-Raritan Regional School District. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 578.
Flemington-Raritan Regional School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,224 students. J.P. Case Middle School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, J.P. Case Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 20% of students at J.P. Case Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J.P. Case Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.1%; this one delivers 48.5%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hunterdon County put the typical household earns roughly $141,715 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Hunterdon County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), of which J.P. Case Middle School is one.
The closest other public school is Barley Sheaf Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J.P. Case Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J.P. Case Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 767 students in 2018 compared to 730 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 77% to 59% over that span.
On this page, members of the J.P. Case Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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