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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the New Brunswick Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
829
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341122002936
New Brunswick Middle School
1125 Livingston Avenue, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901 · (732) 745-5300 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
8.3:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
786 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 226 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 374 | 45% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
10.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 8.8% |
% 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
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 New Brunswick Middle School
New Brunswick Middle School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick Middle School this school | 829 | 94.8% | 16.3% |
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 Passaic | 742 | 100.0% | 56.8% |
| West New York Middle School WEST NEW YORK | 1,087 | 91.4% | 32.7% |
| Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 Passaic | 613 | 99.7% | 12.0% |
| Emerson Middle School UNION CITY | 999 | 86.7% | 38.7% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
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 New Brunswick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #403 of 433 | #39 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #409 of 437 ▲ 3 | #38 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #401 of 437 ▼ 2 | #38 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #81 of 445 | #15 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #26 of 417 | #2 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #411 of 419 | #38 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #4 of 436 | #1 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #13 of 282 | #5 of 23 |
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
829
-428 (-34%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,147
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 829 | 99.3 | 8.3:1 | 95% (786) |
| 2023-24 | 1,139 | 100.3 | 11.3:1 | 57% (649) |
| 2022-23 | 1,259 | 93.3 | 13.5:1 | 88% (1,104) |
| 2020-21 | 1,257 | 92 | 13.7:1 | 98% (1,229) |
| 2017-18 | 1,241 | 100 | 12.4:1 | 48% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 1,410 | 106 | 13.3:1 | 52% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 1,147 | 84 | 13.7:1 | 80% (918) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Brunswick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (1,241 to 829); teachers down 1% (100 to 99.3).
About New Brunswick Middle School
In NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, New Brunswick Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 829 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in New Jersey enroll about 578 students on average.
New Brunswick Middle School belongs to New Brunswick School District, a district of 13 schools and 8,337 students.
A large majority of enrollment at New Brunswick Middle School is Hispanic, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. The diversity index for New Brunswick Middle School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
New Brunswick Middle School reports a ratio of 8.3 students per teacher, from 99.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at New Brunswick Middle School, 95% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, lower than here.
New Brunswick Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 14.3%. New Brunswick Middle School scores 16.3%.
The county, Middlesex County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 214, with about 129,255 students.
Among nearby public schools, North Brunswick Twp Early Childhood Center is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, New Brunswick Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for New Brunswick Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 829, from 1,257 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.7 to 8.3 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at New Brunswick Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Brunswick School District
- New Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,443 students
- Blanquita B. Valenti Community SchoolElementary · 810 students
- A Chester Redshaw SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Paul Robeson Community School for the ArtsElementary · 624 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mckinley Community SchoolElementary · 524 students
Other schools in NEW BRUNSWICK
- New Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,443 students
- Blanquita B. Valenti Community SchoolElementary · 810 students
- A Chester Redshaw SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Paul Robeson Community School for the ArtsElementary · 624 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mckinley Community SchoolElementary · 524 students
Nearby schools
- North Brunswick Twp Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 106
- Linwood School0.5 mi · 761
- Pathways Middle School0.5 mi · 262
- Livingston Park0.6 mi · 494
- Greater Brunswick Charter School0.6 mi · 397
- Parsons0.6 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About New Brunswick Middle SchoolHow large is New Brunswick Middle School?
New Brunswick Middle School enrolls approximately 829 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does New Brunswick Middle School serve?
New Brunswick Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New Brunswick Middle School?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at New Brunswick Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Brunswick Middle School?
At New Brunswick Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees New Brunswick Middle School?
New Brunswick Middle School is overseen by New Brunswick School District in Middlesex County.
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