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Enrollment
760
Middle
DISTRICT 720 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341059006031
Montgomery Upper Middle School
375 Burnt Hill Road, Skillman, NJ 08558 · (609) 466-7603 · Somerset County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
44 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 7 | 367 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 393 | 52% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Montgomery Upper Middle School→Montgomery High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Montgomery Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
87.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.5% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 90.2% | 82.6% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Montgomery Upper Middle School
Montgomery Upper Middle School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Upper Middle School this school | 760 | 5.8% | 75.5% |
| Montgomery Lower Middle School Skillman | 680 | 7.2% | 75.5% |
| Millburn Middle School MILLBURN | 1,106 | 2.4% | 76.9% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
| Pond Road Middle School ROBBINSVILLE | 1,022 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
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 Montgomery Upper Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #9 of 433 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #14 of 437 ▼ 8 | #3 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #16 of 437 ▼ 11 | #1 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #107 of 445 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #274 of 417 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #202 of 419 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.8% | #383 of 436 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #179 of 282 | #12 of 17 |
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
760
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
+222% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 760 | 66.7 | 11.4:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 68.1 | 11.1:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 74.7 | 10.6:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 76 | 10.2:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 75.5 | 10.9:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 77 | 10.6:1 | 5% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 59 | 15.2:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 927 | 56 | 16.6:1 | 1% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 16 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Upper Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (826 to 760); teachers down 12% (75.5 to 66.7).
About Montgomery Upper Middle School
Montgomery Upper Middle School, located in Skillman, New Jersey, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Enrollment totals 760 students across grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 578.
Montgomery Township School District operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,397 students.
More than half of enrollment at Montgomery Upper Middle School is Asian: 60%. Next come 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Asian. The diversity index for Montgomery Upper Middle School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Montgomery Upper Middle School comes to 66.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.4:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. On the income side, 6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Somerset County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Montgomery Upper Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 75.5%; the prediction is 63.0%.
In the surrounding county, Somerset County, the median household earns about $140,374 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Somerset County has 84 public schools with about 51,276 students, including Montgomery Upper Middle School.
Montgomery Lower Middle School is the nearest public school to Montgomery Upper Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Montgomery Upper Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 77.1% proficiency; Montgomery Upper Middle School posts 75.5%.
In the federal locale system, Montgomery Upper Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Montgomery Upper Middle School was 776 in 2020-21 and 760 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.2:1 to 11.4:1.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery Township School District
- Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Montgomery Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 680 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other schools in Skillman
- Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Montgomery Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 680 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Lower Middle School0.0 mi · 680
- Orchard Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 755
- Village Elementary School1.1 mi · 591
- Montgomery High School2.1 mi · 1,611
- Princeton Charter School3.9 mi · 423
- Princeton Middle School4.5 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Upper Middle SchoolHow large is Montgomery Upper Middle School?
Montgomery Upper Middle School enrolls approximately 760 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Montgomery Upper Middle School serve?
Montgomery Upper Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery Upper Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Montgomery Upper Middle School.
How diverse is Montgomery Upper Middle School?
Montgomery Upper Middle School reports a student body of 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 60% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Montgomery Upper Middle School?
Montgomery Upper Middle School is overseen by Montgomery Township School District in Somerset County.
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