Macopin Middle School

Macopin Middle School is one of the mid-sized junior highs in WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, operated by West Milford Township Public School District, with 675 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

West Milford Township Public School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,920 students; Macopin Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Macopin Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, Macopin Middle School reports 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Macopin Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.0%; this one comes in at 33.2%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Passaic County shows median household income runs about $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Macopin Middle School is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

The closest other public school is West Milford High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Macopin Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Macopin Middle School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Macopin Middle School has expanded 31%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 675 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 79%.

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