Enrollment
345
Middle
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINGWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341386004944
Martin J. Ryerson School
130 VALLEY ROAD, RINGWOOD, NJ 07456 · (973) 962-7500 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test 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
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
38 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 119 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ringwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 41.9% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% 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 Martin J. Ryerson School
Martin J. Ryerson School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin J. Ryerson School this school | 345 | 11.0% | 43.4% |
| Byram Intermediate School STANHOPE | 346 | 8.7% | 52.4% |
| Indian Mills Memorial School SHAMONG | 293 | 11.9% | 56.4% |
| Belhaven Middle School LINWOOD | 347 | 10.4% | 62.8% |
| Hardyston Township Middle School HAMBURG | 261 | 9.2% | 45.3% |
| Haines Sixth Grade Center MEDFORD | 299 | 7.4% | 64.3% |
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 Martin J. Ryerson School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #229 of 433 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #241 of 437 ▼ 41 | #9 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #253 of 437 ▼ 10 | #10 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #346 of 445 | #17 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #313 of 417 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #341 of 419 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #345 of 436 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #42 of 282 | #3 of 14 |
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
345
-44 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 345 | 29.1 | 11.9:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 39.2 | 9.4:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 37 | 10.5:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 38.1 | 11.4:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 7% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 40 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin J. Ryerson School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (435 to 345); teachers down 24% (38.1 to 29.1).
About Martin J. Ryerson School
Martin J. Ryerson School is classified as a middle school. It is located in RINGWOOD, New Jersey. The school's 345 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
Within Ringwood School District, Martin J. Ryerson School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 957 students.
By race and ethnicity, Martin J. Ryerson School is 76% White. The school is also 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% White share among all Passaic County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Martin J. Ryerson School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school has about 11.9 students per teacher and 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 11%. For comparison, public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Martin J. Ryerson School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Martin J. Ryerson School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.1%. The school's actual rate is 43.4%, 16.7 points lower.
Census estimates describe Passaic County this way: median household income is about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Passaic County number 155 and enroll about 83,237.
The shortest distance from Martin J. Ryerson School to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Eleanor G. Hewitt. The five-mile area around Martin J. Ryerson School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 56.5% proficiency; Martin J. Ryerson School posts 43.4%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Martin J. Ryerson School saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 10.5:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Martin J. Ryerson School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Ringwood School District
- Peter Cooper SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Eleanor G. HewittElementary · 208 students
- Robert Erskine SchoolElementary · 169 students
Other schools in RINGWOOD
- Peter Cooper SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Eleanor G. HewittElementary · 208 students
- Robert Erskine SchoolElementary · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Eleanor G. Hewitt1.3 mi · 208
- Robert Erskine School1.5 mi · 169
- Peter Cooper School3.1 mi · 235
- Lakeland Regional High School3.9 mi · 823
- Wanaque Elementary School4.3 mi · 506
- Joyce Kilmer School4.5 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Martin J. Ryerson SchoolHow large is Martin J. Ryerson School?
Martin J. Ryerson School enrolls approximately 345 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Martin J. Ryerson School serve?
Martin J. Ryerson School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin J. Ryerson School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin J. Ryerson School is approximately 11.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Martin J. Ryerson School?
Student demographics at Martin J. Ryerson School are roughly 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Martin J. Ryerson School public or private?
Martin J. Ryerson School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ringwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.