Enrollment
396
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW PROVIDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341131006097
New Providence Middle School
35 PIONEER DRIVE, NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ 07974 · (908) 464-9161 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
8 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 198 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 50% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
New Providence Middle School→New Providence High School
Based on grade levels within New Providence School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
87.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
77.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.2% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 70.9% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Providence Middle School
New Providence Middle School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Providence Middle School this school | 396 | 2.0% | 72.3% |
| Emil A. Cavallini Middle School UPPER SADDLE RIVER | 389 | 0.8% | 73.9% |
| Columbia Middle School BERKELEY HTS | 523 | 2.7% | 66.7% |
| Fieldstone Middle School Montvale | 443 | 9.5% | 64.7% |
| Demarest Middle School DEMAREST | 359 | 0.8% | 71.7% |
| Cresskill Middle School Cresskill | 421 | 4.0% | 58.6% |
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 New Providence Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #20 of 433 | #2 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #25 of 437 ▲ 11 | #2 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #17 of 437 ▲ 12 | #1 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #317 of 445 | #24 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #199 of 417 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #162 of 419 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.0% | #417 of 436 | #22 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #96 of 122 | #10 of 12 |
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
396
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 396 | 37 | 10.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 32.6 | 12.8:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 31.5 | 12.6:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 30.8 | 12.5:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 2% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Providence Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (386 to 396); teachers up 20% (30.8 to 37).
About New Providence Middle School
New Providence Middle School is a small middle school found in NEW PROVIDENCE, New Jersey. Enrollment stands at 396 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 31% below the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
New Providence School District has 2,264 students spread across 4 schools.
More than half of enrollment at New Providence Middle School is White: 55%. The remaining shares are 26% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Providence Middle School scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Providence Middle School is 10.7:1, based on 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch program data show 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Union County is 52%.
New Providence Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, New Providence Middle School's results are 7.2 points above predicted: 72.3% against 65.1%.
For the population of Union County, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. New Providence Middle School shares Union County with 179 other public schools.
The closest school to New Providence Middle School is New Providence High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, New Providence Middle School is behind the 75.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
Locale data from NCES put New Providence Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 396, close to the 397 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.0:1 to 10.7:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Providence School District
- New Providence High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Allen W. Roberts SchoolElementary · 641 students
- Salt Brook SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in NEW PROVIDENCE
- New Providence High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Allen W. Roberts SchoolElementary · 641 students
- Salt Brook SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Developmental Learning Center New ProvidenceCombined · 91 students
Other New Providence Middle schools
One other US public school is named New Providence Middle. New Providence Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- New Providence MiddleClarksville, TN · 1,012 students
Nearby schools
- New Providence High School0.0 mi · 644
- Allen W. Roberts School0.7 mi · 641
- Developmental Learning Center New Providence0.8 mi · 91
- Salt Brook School1.1 mi · 583
- Governor Livingston High School1.5 mi · 849
- William Woodruff School1.5 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About New Providence Middle SchoolHow large is New Providence Middle School?
New Providence Middle School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does New Providence Middle School serve?
New Providence Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New Providence Middle School?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at New Providence Middle School.
What is the student diversity at New Providence Middle School?
Student demographics at New Providence Middle School are roughly 55% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 26% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is New Providence Middle School in?
New Providence Middle School is part of New Providence School District.
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