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Enrollment
941
Middle
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERTH AMBOY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341293003548
Samuel E. Shull Middle School
380 HALL AVENUE, PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861 · (732) 376-6060 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL941 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
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
13.0:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
690 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 293 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 317 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 331 | 35% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Samuel E. Shull Middle School→Perth Amboy High School
Based on grade levels within Perth Amboy Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 11.6% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Samuel E. Shull Middle School
Samuel E. Shull Middle School's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School this school | 941 | 73.3% | 23.2% |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School PERTH AMBOY | 984 | 78.8% | 20.5% |
| Grace A Dunn Middle School TRENTON | 703 | 77.1% | 7.0% |
| Lincoln School FAIRVIEW | 635 | 76.1% | 19.6% |
| Union Hill Middle School UNION CITY | 865 | 83.5% | 42.0% |
| Maxson Middle School PLAINFIELD | 721 | 76.7% | 16.8% |
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 Samuel E. Shull Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #375 of 433 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #397 of 437 ▲ 2 | #37 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #387 of 437 ▼ 12 | #36 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 941 | #49 of 445 | #10 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #376 of 417 | #35 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #405 of 419 | #36 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #63 of 436 | #7 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #14 of 282 | #6 of 23 |
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
941
-469 (-33%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 971
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 941 | 72.5 | 13.0:1 | 73% (690) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 77.5 | 11.2:1 | 81% (703) |
| 2022-23 | 1,310 | 88 | 14.9:1 | 81% (1,055) |
| 2020-21 | 1,410 | 95 | 14.8:1 | 85% (1,205) |
| 2017-18 | 1,397 | 108 | 12.9:1 | 88% (1,236) |
| 2015-16 | 1,469 | 106 | 13.9:1 | 80% (1,180) |
| 2010-11 | 1,386 | 82 | 16.9:1 | 61% (845) |
| 2000-01 | 1,387 | 89 | 15.6:1 | 83% (1,156) |
| 1990-91 | 971 | 66 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel E. Shull Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (1,397 to 941); teachers down 33% (108 to 72.5).
About Samuel E. Shull Middle School
Samuel E. Shull Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school. Its address is in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey. It reported 941 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in New Jersey enroll about 578 students on average.
Perth Amboy Public School District has 9,845 students spread across 12 schools.
Hispanic students are 92% of those enrolled at Samuel E. Shull Middle School. Other reported shares: 5% Black. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Middlesex County residents. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at Samuel E. Shull Middle School are from different groups.
The school has 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Of all students at Samuel E. Shull Middle School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Samuel E. Shull Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Samuel E. Shull Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.2%) and its predicted rate (26.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
In the wider Middlesex County area, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
The closest school to Samuel E. Shull Middle School is Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Samuel E. Shull Middle School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.2% against a local average of 20.9%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 941 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,410. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perth Amboy Public School District
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Robert N. Wilentz Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
Other schools in PERTH AMBOY
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary · 739 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School0.1 mi · 259
- Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 577
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary School0.5 mi · 793
- Edward J. Patten Elementary School0.5 mi · 649
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School0.7 mi · 632
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School0.7 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolHow large is Samuel E. Shull Middle School?
Samuel E. Shull Middle School enrolls approximately 941 students in grades 06-08.
Is Samuel E. Shull Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Samuel E. Shull Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel E. Shull Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel E. Shull Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Samuel E. Shull Middle School?
At Samuel E. Shull Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Samuel E. Shull Middle School in?
Samuel E. Shull Middle School is part of Perth Amboy Public School District.
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