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What tradition at Millburn Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,106
Middle
DISTRICT 735 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLBURN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341020002150
Millburn Middle School
25 OLD SHORT HILLS RD, MILLBURN, NJ 07041 · (973) 379-2600 · Essex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,106 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
27 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 | 390 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 31% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Millburn Middle School→Millburn High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Millburn Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
86.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.9% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.5% | 79.6% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Millburn Middle School
Millburn Middle School's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn Middle School this school | 1,106 | 2.4% | 76.9% |
| Heritage Middle School LIVINGSTON | 994 | 2.3% | 71.8% |
| Pond Road Middle School ROBBINSVILLE | 1,022 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| William Annin Middle School Basking Ridge | 1,122 | 2.6% | 73.4% |
| Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany | 925 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
| Tenafly Middle School TENAFLY | 916 | 4.8% | 73.9% |
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 Millburn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #7 of 433 | #3 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #7 of 437 ▲ 2 | #2 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #22 of 437 ▲ 2 | #4 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,106 | #22 of 445 | #1 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #175 of 417 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #124 of 419 | #12 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.4% | #411 of 436 | #24 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #240 of 282 | #14 of 16 |
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
1,106
-91 (-8%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 1,106 | 105.1 | 10.5:1 | 2% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 1,119 | 107.4 | 10.4:1 | 3% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 1,133 | 104 | 10.9:1 | 1% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 1,197 | 109 | 11.0:1 | 1% (10) |
| 2017-18 | 1,137 | 103.7 | 11.0:1 | 1% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 1,125 | 102 | 11.0:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 1,154 | 88 | 13.1:1 | 1% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 42 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millburn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,137 to 1,106); teachers up 1% (103.7 to 105.1).
About Millburn Middle School
Millburn Middle School is a large middle school found in MILLBURN, New Jersey. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 1,106 students enrolled. It has 91% more students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
Millburn Township School District counts 8 schools and 4,538 students, including Millburn Middle School.
The student body at Millburn Middle School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 50%. The next largest groups are 33% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The school's Asian share is 44 points above the 6% share among Essex County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Millburn Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 105.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is similar, at 10.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 2%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Essex County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Millburn Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 97% of New Jersey public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Millburn Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.9%; the prediction is 64.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Essex County show that the median household earns about $80,789 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Essex County has 249 public schools with about 145,473 students, including Millburn Middle School.
Millburn Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Washington School, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Millburn Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 76.9% against a local average of 74.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,197 to 1,106, an 8% decline.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Millburn Township School District
- Millburn High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Hartshorn SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Washington SchoolMiddle · 363 students
- Deerfield SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Wyoming SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Glenwood SchoolElementary · 315 students
Other schools in MILLBURN
- Millburn High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Washington SchoolMiddle · 363 students
- Wyoming SchoolElementary · 346 students
- South Mountain SchoolElementary · 278 students
Other Millburn Middle schools
One other US public school is named Millburn Middle. Millburn Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Millburn Middle SchoolLindenhurst, IL · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Washington School0.5 mi · 363
- Millburn High School0.5 mi · 1,380
- South Mountain School0.8 mi · 278
- Wyoming School1.0 mi · 346
- James Caldwell Elementary School1.1 mi · 276
- Glenwood School1.2 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Millburn Middle SchoolHow large is Millburn Middle School?
Millburn Middle School enrolls approximately 1,106 students in grades 06-08.
Is Millburn Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Millburn Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Millburn Middle School have?
Millburn Middle School employs 105 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Millburn Middle School?
Student demographics at Millburn Middle School are roughly 33% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 50% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Millburn Middle School?
Millburn Middle School is overseen by Millburn Township School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.