Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy

Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is a moderately sized intermediate school in RAHWAY, New Jersey, overseen by Rahway Public School District. The school enrolls 701 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Rahway Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,090 students. Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% Black, 12% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Union County) records that median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Rahway High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy. On composite proficiency, Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 17%: 599 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 50% across the same window.

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