Enrollment
378
Middle
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINNELON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340804004286
Pearl R. Miller Middle School
117 KIEL AVENUE, KINNELON, NJ 07405 · (973) 838-5250 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
16 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 6 | 127 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 33% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Pearl R. Miller Middle School→Kinnelon High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kinnelon School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.7% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 65.2% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Pearl R. Miller Middle School
Pearl R. Miller Middle School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl R. Miller Middle School this school | 378 | 4.2% | 64.3% |
| Franklin Avenue Middle School Franklin Lakes | 369 | 3.3% | 61.5% |
| Holdrum Middle School RIVER VALE | 347 | 0.9% | 67.9% |
| Black River Middle School Chester | 352 | 5.7% | 64.4% |
| Mendham Township Middle School BROOKSIDE | 342 | 0.9% | 86.7% |
| Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township | 423 | 8.0% | 52.8% |
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 Pearl R. Miller Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #64 of 433 | #9 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #86 of 437 ▼ 22 | #9 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #63 of 437 ▼ 18 | #7 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #325 of 445 | #20 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #118 of 417 | #15 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #337 of 419 | #28 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.2% | #392 of 436 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #54 of 282 | #3 of 21 |
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
378
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 378 | 38 | 9.9:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 43.4 | 8.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 45.2 | 8.7:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 44 | 9.7:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 48.5 | 9.7:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 47 | 10.7:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl R. Miller Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (471 to 378); teachers down 22% (48.5 to 38).
About Pearl R. Miller Middle School
Pearl R. Miller Middle School is a small middle school located in KINNELON, New Jersey. The student body numbers 378 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Pearl R. Miller Middle School is part of a district of 4 schools: Kinnelon School District, with 1,617 students.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at Pearl R. Miller Middle School. Other groups include 11% Asian and 9% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Pearl R. Miller Middle School comes in at 40%.
Pearl R. Miller Middle School counts 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.9 students for each one. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. About 4% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Morris County report 19%.
Pearl R. Miller Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pearl R. Miller Middle School scores 64.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.8%.
Federal survey data for Morris County show that median household income is about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. A total of 156 public schools operate in Morris County, serving about 72,239 students.
Nearby, Kiel Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Pearl R. Miller Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 55.2% on proficiency, and Pearl R. Miller Middle School is above that at 64.3%.
NCES describes the area around Pearl R. Miller Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 427 to 378.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kinnelon School District
- Kinnelon High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- Kiel Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Stonybrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
Other schools in KINNELON
- Kinnelon High SchoolHigh · 507 students
- Kiel Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Stonybrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Kiel Elementary School0.1 mi · 374
- Kinnelon High School0.2 mi · 507
- Aaron Decker School1.2 mi · 383
- Apshawa Elementary School1.7 mi · 266
- Butler High School1.8 mi · 482
- Richard Butler School1.9 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl R. Miller Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pearl R. Miller Middle School?
Pearl R. Miller Middle School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pearl R. Miller Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pearl R. Miller Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pearl R. Miller Middle School have?
Pearl R. Miller Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Pearl R. Miller Middle School?
Student demographics at Pearl R. Miller Middle School are roughly 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pearl R. Miller Middle School in?
Pearl R. Miller Middle School is part of Kinnelon School District.
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