New Brunswick Middle School

New Brunswick Middle School is one of the average-sized middle-grades schools in NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, part of New Brunswick School District, with 829 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 578.

Across the 13 schools in New Brunswick School District (8,337 students total), New Brunswick Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, New Brunswick Middle School lists that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, New Brunswick Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.3%; this one delivers 16.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which New Brunswick Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Linwood School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Brunswick Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. New Brunswick Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,241 (now 829). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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