Red Bank Middle School

Red Bank Middle School, a mid-tier middle school in RED BANK, New Jersey, operated by Red Bank Borough Public School District, teaches 600 students, covering grades 4 through 8.

Red Bank Borough Public School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,143 students; Red Bank Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Red Bank Middle School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White, 6% Black. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Red Bank Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Red Bank Middle School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 20.6%; actual is 35.4%, +14.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Red Bank Middle School is one.

Red Bank Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Red Bank Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 614 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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