Roselle Park Middle School

As a low-enrollment middle school in ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey, Roselle Park Middle School works with 438 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Roselle Park Public School District. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Roselle Park Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,007 students; Roselle Park Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Roselle Park Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 13% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roselle Park Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 34.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roselle Park Middle School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Robert Gordon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roselle Park Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

Roselle Park Middle School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.