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What's the biggest difference between Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
913
Middle
DISTRICT 868 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341467005678
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School
580 PARK AVENUE, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 322-4445 · Union County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest 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.
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
10.9:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
71 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 | 211 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 238 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School→Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Based on grade levels within Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 53.3% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School this school | 913 | 7.8% | 53.3% |
| Randolph Middle School RANDOLPH | 959 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
| Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School SUMMIT | 871 | 15.5% | 69.8% |
| Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School COLUMBUS | 735 | 16.7% | 49.8% |
| Terrill Middle School SCOTCH PLAINS | 822 | 1.9% | 59.4% |
| Moorestown Upper Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 869 | 8.9% | 65.5% |
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 Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #152 of 433 | #12 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #135 of 437 ▼ 5 | #11 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #119 of 437 ▼ 29 | #11 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #61 of 445 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #218 of 417 | #10 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #91 of 419 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.8% | #371 of 436 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #113 of 122 | #11 of 12 |
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
913
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+116% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 913 | 83.7 | 10.9:1 | 8% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 933 | 81.8 | 11.4:1 | 7% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 917 | 80.9 | 11.3:1 | 5% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 81 | 11.3:1 | 6% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 80.2 | 11.3:1 | 9% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 78 | 11.7:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 6% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 8% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 40 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (906 to 913); teachers up 4% (80.2 to 83.7).
About Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School
At 580 PARK AVENUE in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey, Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School operates as a large middle-grades school. It reports enrollment of 913 students in grades 5 through 8. The school is 58% larger than the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
District-wide, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District has 8 schools and 5,673 students.
Federal enrollment data show Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School is 52% White. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 83.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Of all students at Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School, 8% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School is -8.7 points: 53.3% actual, 61.9% predicted.
The school's county is Union County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School shares Union County with 179 other public schools.
School One Elementary is the nearest public school to Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 913, close to the 918 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
Nearby schools
- School One Elementary0.2 mi · 424
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School0.7 mi · 1,562
- Evergreen Elementary School0.8 mi · 449
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary School0.8 mi · 434
- Emerson Community School1.0 mi · 414
- College Achieve Central Charter School1.1 mi · 1,572
Frequently asked questions
About Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School?
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School serve?
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School have?
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School?
Student demographics at Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School are roughly 52% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School in?
Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School is part of Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.