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Enrollment
675
Middle
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341752005002
Macopin Middle School
70 HIGHLANDER DRIVE, WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480 · (973) 697-1702 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
150 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 237 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 34% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Macopin Middle School→West Milford High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Milford Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 21.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Macopin Middle School
Macopin Middle School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macopin Middle School this school | 675 | 22.2% | 33.2% |
| Thorne Middle School PORT MONMOUTH | 597 | 24.8% | 45.3% |
| Glen Meadow Middle School VERNON | 617 | 25.4% | 37.5% |
| Stafford Intermediate School Manahawkin | 657 | 28.3% | 47.1% |
| J. Mason Tomlin Elementary School MANTUA | 558 | 21.3% | 49.3% |
| Bayshore Middle School LEONARDO | 534 | 18.2% | 55.1% |
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 Macopin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #313 of 433 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #293 of 437 ▲ 52 | #14 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #294 of 437 ▲ 7 | #14 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #141 of 445 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #256 of 417 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #359 of 419 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #268 of 436 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.1% | #12 of 122 | N/A |
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
675
-84 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 675 | 59.9 | 11.3:1 | 22% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 59.1 | 11.6:1 | 18% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 63.4 | 11.8:1 | 19% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 64 | 11.9:1 | 16% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 50 | 10.3:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 7% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 50 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Macopin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (515 to 675); teachers up 20% (50 to 59.9).
About Macopin Middle School
Macopin Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of WEST MILFORD, New Jersey. It has an enrollment of 675 students in grades 6 through 8.
Macopin Middle School is part of West Milford Township Public School District, where 7 schools serve 2,920 students.
At Macopin Middle School, 79% of students are White. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Passaic County is about 41% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
Staffing at Macopin Middle School comes to 59.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. On the income side, 22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Macopin Middle School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Macopin Middle School is 54.0%. It actually posts 33.2%, which is 20.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Looking at the county, Passaic County, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Passaic County has 155 public schools with about 83,237 students, including Macopin Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, West Milford High School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Macopin Middle School ranks 8th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 675, down from 759 in 2020-21.
The Macopin Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Milford Township Public School District
- West Milford High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Maple Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Marshall Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Apshawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Paradise Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Other schools in WEST MILFORD
- West Milford High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Maple Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Marshall Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Apshawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Westbrook Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- West Milford High School0.2 mi · 947
- Maple Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Apshawa Elementary School4.0 mi · 266
- Marshall Hill Elementary School4.3 mi · 283
- Paradise Knoll Elementary School4.4 mi · 196
- Walter T. Bergen Middle School4.6 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About Macopin Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Macopin Middle School?
Macopin Middle School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Macopin Middle School serve?
Macopin Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Macopin Middle School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Macopin Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Macopin Middle School?
Student demographics at Macopin Middle School are roughly 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Macopin Middle School in?
Macopin Middle School is part of West Milford Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.