Samuel E. Shull Middle School

Located at 380 HALL AVENUE, in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, Samuel E. Shull Middle School is a substantial junior high that caters to 941 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Perth Amboy Public School District. That puts it 63% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Perth Amboy Public School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,845 students; Samuel E. Shull Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Samuel E. Shull Middle School records that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Samuel E. Shull Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 23.2%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Samuel E. Shull Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Samuel E. Shull Middle School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 20.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Samuel E. Shull Middle School's enrollment has decreased 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,397 (now 941).

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