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North Brunswick Twp. Middle School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
About North Brunswick Twp. Middle School
Located at 100 Renaissance Blvd, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, North Brunswick Twp. Middle School is a moderately sized middle-grades school that educates 754 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within North Brunswick Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 578.
North Brunswick Township School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,705 students. North Brunswick Twp. Middle School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, North Brunswick Twp. Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 15% Asian, 13% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, North Brunswick Twp. Middle School logs 83 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. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, North Brunswick Twp. Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 33.2%.
In the broader community, census data for Middlesex County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 North Brunswick Twp. Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Arthur M. Judd, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Brunswick Twp. Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Middlesex County at a glance
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- Brunswick Acres Elementary School1.8 mi · 448
- North Brunswick Township High School2.0 mi · 1,876
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- Brooks Crossing Elementary School2.3 mi · 498
- John Adams2.4 mi · 561