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Which teacher or staff member at Linwood School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341149003486
Linwood School
25 LINWOOD PLACE, NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ 08902 · (732) 289-3600 · Middlesex County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.0:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
477 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 5 | 394 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 367 | 48% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Based on grade levels within North Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 25.4% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Linwood School
Linwood School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood School this school | 761 | 62.7% | 27.9% |
| North Brunswick Twp. Middle School North Brunswick | 754 | 59.9% | 33.2% |
| Avenel Middle School AVENEL | 629 | 59.5% | 23.7% |
| Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus Somerset | 787 | 55.8% | 30.8% |
| Richard C Crockett Middle School HAMILTON | 834 | 64.7% | 30.5% |
| Fords Middle School FORDS | 645 | 56.9% | 30.1% |
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 Linwood School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #349 of 433 | #32 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #351 of 437 ▼ 27 | #34 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #367 of 437 ▼ 37 | #32 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #106 of 445 | #19 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #56 of 417 | #3 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #53 of 419 | #14 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #93 of 436 | #10 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.1% | #3 of 282 | #1 of 23 |
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
761
-102 (-12%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 761 | 84.5 | 9.0:1 | 63% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 81 | 9.2:1 | 57% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 81.5 | 9.3:1 | 42% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 76 | 11.4:1 | 44% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 1,362 | 112 | 12.2:1 | 44% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 1,328 | 107 | 12.4:1 | 42% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 1,330 | 81 | 16.4:1 | 32% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 1,235 | 82 | 15.1:1 | 18% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 47 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linwood School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (1,362 to 761); teachers down 25% (112 to 84.5).
About Linwood School
Linwood School is a medium-sized middle school located in NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. The grade span is 5 through 6, and enrollment is 761 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
North Brunswick Township School District (8 schools, 5,705 students) runs Linwood School.
The most common group at Linwood School is Hispanic students, at 48%. Other groups include 21% Black, 14% Asian, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Linwood School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1 at Linwood School, with 84.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 63%. Among public schools in Middlesex County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Linwood School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New Jersey, Linwood School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.9% actual against a predicted 31.9%.
In Middlesex County (population about 871,290), the median household income is $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 214 public schools in Middlesex County, enrolling about 129,255 students in all.
North Brunswick Twp Early Childhood Center is the public school closest to Linwood School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Linwood School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Linwood School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 102 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.4:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 North Brunswick Township School District
- North Brunswick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Arthur M. JuddElementary · 587 students
- ParsonsElementary · 566 students
- John AdamsElementary · 561 students
- Livingston ParkElementary · 494 students
Other schools in NORTH BRUNSWICK
- North Brunswick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Arthur M. JuddElementary · 587 students
- ParsonsElementary · 566 students
- John AdamsElementary · 561 students
- Livingston ParkElementary · 494 students
Other Linwood schools
One other US public school is named Linwood. Linwood School is the largest of the 2.
- Linwood SchoolVAUGHAN, MS · 178 students
Nearby schools
- North Brunswick Twp Early Childhood Center0.0 mi · 106
- Parsons0.4 mi · 566
- New Brunswick Middle School0.5 mi · 829
- Livingston Park0.7 mi · 494
- Greater Brunswick Charter School0.8 mi · 397
- Pathways Middle School0.9 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Linwood SchoolHow many students attend Linwood School?
Linwood School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Linwood School serve?
Linwood School serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Linwood School have?
Linwood School employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Linwood School?
Student demographics at Linwood School are roughly 13% White, 48% Hispanic, 21% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Linwood School in?
Linwood School is part of North Brunswick Township School District.
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