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Enrollment
1,022
Middle
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBBINSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341710000146
Pond Road Middle School
150 POND ROAD, ROBBINSVILLE, NJ 08691 · (609) 632-0940 · Mercer County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,022 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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
12.5:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
103 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 86 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 218 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 227 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 26% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Pond Road Middle School→Robbinsville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Robbinsville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 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 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 69.6% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pond Road Middle School
Pond Road Middle School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Road Middle School this school | 1,022 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany | 925 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
| Heritage Middle School LIVINGSTON | 994 | 2.3% | 71.8% |
| Millburn Middle School MILLBURN | 1,106 | 2.4% | 76.9% |
| Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough | 1,112 | 14.9% | 62.4% |
| Tenafly Middle School TENAFLY | 916 | 4.8% | 73.9% |
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 Pond Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #69 of 433 | #3 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #29 of 437 ▲ 12 | #2 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #155 of 437 ▲ 3 | #4 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,022 | #30 of 445 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #354 of 417 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #143 of 419 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.1% | #354 of 436 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #243 of 282 | #7 of 8 |
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
1,022
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+123% since 2000-01, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 1,022 | 82 | 12.5:1 | 10% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 92 | 10.5:1 | 6% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 992 | 87.8 | 11.3:1 | 5% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 1,023 | 87 | 11.8:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 1,049 | 95.3 | 11.0:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 99 | 9.7:1 | 3% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 1,117 | 85 | 13.1:1 | 3% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 42 | 10.9:1 | 3% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pond Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,049 to 1,022); teachers down 14% (95.3 to 82).
About Pond Road Middle School
Pond Road Middle School is a public middle-grades school run by Robbinsville Public School District in ROBBINSVILLE, New Jersey. A federal count lists 1,022 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578, so this school runs 77% bigger than that.
Pond Road Middle School reports to Robbinsville Public School District, which has 3 schools and 3,073 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Pond Road Middle School. The largest is Asian students, at 47%. The remaining shares are 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Mercer County's population at about 12%. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 82 full-time equivalents, or about 12.5 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 10%. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 48%.
Pond Road Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pond Road Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.2%) and its predicted rate (60.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Mercer County has these Census figures: the median household income is $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mercer County is home to 110 public schools and about 58,647 public school students.
Robbinsville High School is the public school closest to Pond Road Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.5% on proficiency, and Pond Road Middle School is above that at 64.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,023 to 1,022.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Robbinsville Public School District
- Robbinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Sharon SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
Other schools in ROBBINSVILLE
- Robbinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Sharon SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
Nearby schools
- Robbinsville High School0.4 mi · 1,046
- Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy1.8 mi · 137
- MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino1.8 mi · 96
- Alexander Elementary School2.0 mi · 302
- Joseph F. Cappello School2.1 mi · 97
- Regional Day School2.1 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Pond Road Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pond Road Middle School?
Pond Road Middle School enrolls approximately 1,022 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Pond Road Middle School serve?
Pond Road Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pond Road Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pond Road Middle School is approximately 12.5:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pond Road Middle School?
At Pond Road Middle School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 47% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pond Road Middle School in?
Pond Road Middle School is part of Robbinsville Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.