Secaucus Middle School

Secaucus Middle School, a low-enrollment middle school in SECAUCUS, New Jersey, run under Secaucus School District, teaches 478 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Secaucus School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,128 students; Secaucus Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Secaucus Middle School records that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Asian, 23% White, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Hudson County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Secaucus Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 48.1%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hudson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Secaucus Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Secaucus High 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 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Secaucus Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.9%.

Secaucus Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Secaucus Middle School has stayed largely flat, going from 473 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 41% to 23% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.