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Enrollment
1,294
Middle
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYREVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341464003582
Sayreville Middle School
800 WASHINGTON ROAD, PARLIN, NJ 08859 · (732) 525-5290 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,294 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.6:1
122 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
600 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 431 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 423 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 440 | 34% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Sayreville Middle School→Sayreville War Memorial High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sayreville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 35.8% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sayreville Middle School
Sayreville Middle School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayreville Middle School this school | 1,294 | 46.4% | 38.6% |
| Alder Avenue Middle School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 919 | 50.1% | 34.2% |
| Fernwood Avenue Middle School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 811 | 52.8% | 34.8% |
| John A. Carusi Middle School CHERRY HILL | 859 | 38.5% | 38.1% |
| Lawrence Intermediate School LAWRENCEVILLE | 775 | 38.2% | 40.7% |
| Melvin H. Kreps Middle School EAST WINDSOR | 1,160 | 48.2% | 39.2% |
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 Sayreville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #271 of 433 | #21 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #266 of 437 ▼ 24 | #22 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #269 of 437 ▼ 12 | #20 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,294 | #5 of 445 | #3 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #188 of 417 | #14 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #3 of 419 | #1 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #153 of 436 | #18 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #169 of 282 | #14 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
1,294
-92 (-7%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,252
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 1,294 | 122 | 10.6:1 | 46% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 1,335 | 124 | 10.8:1 | 40% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 1,349 | 122 | 11.1:1 | 38% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 1,386 | 123 | 11.3:1 | 37% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 1,420 | 114.8 | 12.4:1 | 38% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 1,380 | 119 | 11.6:1 | 39% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 1,323 | 98 | 13.5:1 | 30% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 1,748 | 108 | 16.2:1 | 18% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 1,252 | 84 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sayreville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,420 to 1,294); teachers up 6% (114.8 to 122).
About Sayreville Middle School
Sayreville Middle School is a middle school with a street address in PARLIN, New Jersey. Total enrollment is 1,294 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. That is 124% above the average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Sayreville Middle School reports to Sayreville School District, which has 9 schools and 6,215 students.
The biggest share of students at Sayreville Middle School, 36%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 15% Asian, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sayreville Middle School scores 75%.
Staffing at Sayreville Middle School comes to 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is similar, at 10.9:1. Sayreville Middle School counts 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Sayreville Middle School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In New Jersey, Sayreville Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.6% actual against a predicted 40.8%.
Middlesex County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Middlesex County's 214 public schools enroll about 129,255 students and include Sayreville Middle School.
Sayreville War Memorial High School sits about 0.3 miles from Sayreville Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Sayreville Middle School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Sayreville Middle School is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,294, down from 1,386 in 2020-21.
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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 Sayreville School District
- Sayreville War Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,764 students
- Samsel Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Emma Arleth Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Harry S. Truman Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in PARLIN
- Sayreville War Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,764 students
- Samsel Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Emma Arleth Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Harry S. Truman Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Madison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Sayreville War Memorial High School0.3 mi · 1,764
- Center for Lifelong Learning0.7 mi · 183
- Madison Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 328
- Emma Arleth Elementary School1.0 mi · 485
- Harry S. Truman Elementary School1.1 mi · 425
- Samsel Upper Elementary School1.3 mi · 870
Frequently asked questions
About Sayreville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sayreville Middle School?
Sayreville Middle School enrolls approximately 1,294 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sayreville Middle School serve?
Sayreville Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sayreville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sayreville Middle School is approximately 10.6:1 (122 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sayreville Middle School?
At Sayreville Middle School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sayreville Middle School?
Sayreville Middle School is overseen by Sayreville School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.