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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERGENFIELD BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340150000278
Roy W. Brown Middle School
130 S WASHINGTON AVE, BERGENFIELD, NJ 07621 · (201) 385-8847 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.7:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
330 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 250 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Roy W. Brown Middle School→Bergenfield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bergenfield Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 43.7% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Roy W. Brown Middle School
Roy W. Brown Middle School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy W. Brown Middle School this school | 761 | 43.4% | 47.7% |
| Slocum Skewes School RIDGEFIELD | 654 | 49.2% | 48.8% |
| Melvin H. Kreps Middle School EAST WINDSOR | 1,160 | 48.2% | 39.2% |
| Fords Middle School FORDS | 645 | 56.9% | 30.1% |
| Secaucus Middle School SECAUCUS | 478 | 37.2% | 48.1% |
| North Brunswick Twp. Middle School North Brunswick | 754 | 59.9% | 33.2% |
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 Roy W. Brown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #202 of 433 | #40 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #197 of 437 ▼ 9 | #39 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #180 of 437 ▼ 15 | #40 of 53 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #103 of 445 | #6 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #306 of 417 | #40 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #172 of 419 | #27 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #172 of 436 | #16 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #165 of 282 | #22 of 35 |
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
761
-94 (-11%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 761 | 64.9 | 11.7:1 | 43% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 64.9 | 12.2:1 | 36% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 65.4 | 12.8:1 | 35% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 855 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 32% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 63.7 | 13.1:1 | 42% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 64 | 12.3:1 | 38% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 59 | 13.7:1 | 31% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 63 | 13.8:1 | 15% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 38 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy W. Brown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (836 to 761); teachers up 2% (63.7 to 64.9).
About Roy W. Brown Middle School
Roy W. Brown Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Bergenfield Borough School District, located in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey. The school enrolls 761 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Bergenfield Borough School District has 7 schools; together they serve 3,600 students.
Roy W. Brown Middle School's enrollment is 59% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 22% Asian, 8% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Bergen County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Roy W. Brown Middle School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 11.7:1 comes from the school's 64.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 43% of students at Roy W. Brown Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Roy W. Brown Middle School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Roy W. Brown Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.7%; the prediction is 42.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roy W. Brown Middle School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County, which together enroll about 133,883 students.
The closest public school to Roy W. Brown Middle School is Washington Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.5% proficiency; Roy W. Brown Middle School posts 47.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 761 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 855. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bergenfield Borough School District
- Bergenfield High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in BERGENFIELD
- Bergenfield High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.3 mi · 253
- Franklin Elementary School0.5 mi · 352
- Bergenfield High School0.5 mi · 1,239
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 443
- Hoover Elementary School0.7 mi · 261
- Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roy W. Brown Middle School?
Roy W. Brown Middle School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Roy W. Brown Middle School serve?
Roy W. Brown Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Roy W. Brown Middle School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Roy W. Brown Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Roy W. Brown Middle School?
Student demographics at Roy W. Brown Middle School are roughly 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Roy W. Brown Middle School in?
Roy W. Brown Middle School is part of Bergenfield Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.