Montgomery Lower Middle School

Located at 373 Burnt Hill Road, in Skillman, New Jersey, Montgomery Lower Middle School is an average-sized 6-8 campus that educates 680 students (grades 5 through 6), one of the schools within Montgomery Township School District.

Within Montgomery Township School District, which oversees 5 schools and 4,397 students, Montgomery Lower Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Montgomery Lower Middle School records that the largest single group is Asian, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Montgomery Lower Middle School shows 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Montgomery Lower Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.2%; this one delivers 75.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Somerset County put the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which Montgomery Lower Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Montgomery Upper Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montgomery Lower Middle School. On composite proficiency, Montgomery Lower Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 77.1%.

Montgomery Lower Middle School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Montgomery Lower Middle School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 680). White enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.