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Enrollment
835
Middle
DISTRICT 559 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATAWAN-ABERDEEN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340975003962
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School
469 MATAWAN AVENUE, CLIFFWOOD, NJ 07721 · (732) 705-5400 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- A-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
10.5:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
288 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 273 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School→Matawan Regional High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 43.7% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School this school | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Delran Middle School DELRAN | 662 | 31.7% | 40.0% |
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 Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #170 of 433 | #20 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #195 of 437 ▼ 6 | #22 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #138 of 437 ▲ 35 | #16 of 35 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #78 of 445 | #8 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #166 of 417 | #23 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #121 of 419 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #211 of 436 | #9 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #195 of 282 | #27 of 32 |
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
835
-62 (-7%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 835 | 79.8 | 10.5:1 | 34% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 86.5 | 9.2:1 | 23% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 84.2 | 10.1:1 | 23% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 897 | 77 | 11.7:1 | 31% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 78.7 | 11.3:1 | 29% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 73 | 12.2:1 | 28% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 830 | 77 | 10.8:1 | 23% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 877 | 60 | 14.6:1 | 20% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 46 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (891 to 835); teachers up 1% (78.7 to 79.8).
About Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in CLIFFWOOD, New Jersey. The school has 835 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is the district for Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School. It has 7 schools and 3,912 students.
The share of White students at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School is 53%, a majority. After that, the student body is 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Monmouth County is about 74% White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School are from different groups.
With 79.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.5:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, 34% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.2% and a predicted 47.3%.
The county, Monmouth County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $124,845 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Monmouth County has 186 public schools with about 91,053 students, including Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School.
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Cliffwood Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 51.2% is above the 44.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Matawan-Aberdeen Middle 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.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 62 students, from 897 to 835. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.7:1 to 10.5:1.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
- Matawan Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,038 students
- Lloyd Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Strathmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Ravine Drive Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Cliffwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Cambridge Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Cliffwood Elementary School0.3 mi · 358
- Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School1.0 mi · 216
- Ravine Drive Elementary School1.1 mi · 395
- Memorial Elementary School1.2 mi · 388
- Matawan Regional High School1.7 mi · 1,038
- Keyport Central School1.8 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Matawan-Aberdeen Middle SchoolHow many students attend Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School?
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades 06-08.
Is Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School have?
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School?
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School reports a student body of 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School?
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School is overseen by Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.