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If you had an hour of school board time for Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
701
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAHWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341353005636
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy
1157 KLINE PLACE, RAHWAY, NJ 07065 · (732) 396-1025 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
437 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 260 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 46% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy→Rahway High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rahway Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 16.4% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy this school | 701 | 62.3% | 24.9% |
| Myles J. McManus MIddle School Linden | 711 | 67.5% | 23.7% |
| Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus Somerset | 592 | 57.6% | 24.9% |
| Joseph E. Soehl Middle School Linden | 710 | 75.2% | 22.1% |
| Richard C Crockett Middle School HAMILTON | 834 | 64.7% | 30.5% |
| Neptune Middle School NEPTUNE | 595 | 71.6% | 27.9% |
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 Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #367 of 433 | #18 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #372 of 437 ▲ 6 | #18 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #296 of 437 ▲ 47 | #16 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #134 of 445 | #14 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #337 of 417 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #129 of 419 | #8 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #94 of 436 | #10 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.0% | #34 of 122 | #1 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
701
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 701 | 57.5 | 12.2:1 | 62% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 59% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 48% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 60 | 12.2:1 | 51% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 52.5 | 11.4:1 | 56% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 51 | 11.0:1 | 57% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 59% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 872 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 47% (410) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 36 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (599 to 701); teachers up 10% (52.5 to 57.5).
About Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy
Families in RAHWAY, New Jersey, are served by Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy, a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 701 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey have about 578 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
A total of 6 schools make up Rahway Public School District, with 4,090 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up 50% of enrollment at Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy, the largest share of any group. Next come 32% Black, 12% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all Union County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
With 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.2:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 62% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Union County average 52%.
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of New Jersey public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.9%; the prediction is 32.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Union County show that median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 180, with about 99,046 students.
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is about 0.3 miles from Rahway High School, its nearest public school. Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.9% against a local average of 36.1%.
In the federal locale system, Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 Rahway Public School District
- Rahway High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other schools in RAHWAY
- Rahway High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Rahway High School0.3 mi · 1,286
- Madison Elementary School0.3 mi · 384
- Franklin Elementary School0.7 mi · 658
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 608
- Valley Road School0.8 mi · 390
- Carl H. Kumpf School1.0 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Rahway 7th & 8th Grade AcademyHow large is Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy?
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy enrolls approximately 701 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy serve?
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy?
At Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy, the student body is approximately 12% White, 50% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy public or private?
Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rahway Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.