Mendham Township Middle School

Mendham Township Middle School is a 6-8 campus of close-knit scale in BROOKSIDE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Mendham Township School District, caters to 342 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Within Mendham Township School District, which oversees 2 schools and 808 students, Mendham Township Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mendham Township Middle School shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 1% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Morris County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mendham Township Middle School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.7%; actual is 86.7%, +21.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Morris County reports that median household earnings sit near $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mendham Township Middle School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

Mendham Township Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mendham Township Middle School. On composite proficiency, Mendham Township Middle School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 334 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 2% to 7% over that span.

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