Monroe Township Middle School

As a high-enrollment middle school in MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Monroe Township Middle School serves 1,681 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Monroe Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 191% bigger than the state mean of about 578.

Monroe Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 6,701 students; Monroe Township Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Monroe Township Middle School shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 58% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 29% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Monroe Township Middle School has 135 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Monroe Township Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monroe Township Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Monroe Township Middle School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Monroe Township High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monroe Township Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,662 students in 2018 compared to 1,681 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 29% over that span.

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