Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341509005288
Somerville Middle School
51 West Cliff Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 · (908) 218-4107 · Somerset County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
143 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 109 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Somerville Middle School→Somerville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Somerville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
33.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 33.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 27.3% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Somerville Middle School
Somerville Middle School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Middle School this school | 339 | 42.2% | 36.5% |
| Highland Park Middle School HIGHLAND PARK | 349 | 46.1% | 34.9% |
| Von E. Mauger Middle School MIDDLESEX | 502 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
| Memorial Middle School Woodland Park | 374 | 47.9% | 40.2% |
| Hopatcong Middle School Hopatcong | 435 | 40.0% | 30.8% |
| Hoboken Middle School HOBOKEN | 438 | 43.4% | 51.5% |
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 Somerville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #290 of 433 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #288 of 437 ▲ 27 | #14 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #280 of 437 ▲ 34 | #14 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #350 of 445 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #44 of 417 | #5 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #60 of 419 | #6 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #178 of 436 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #132 of 282 | #9 of 17 |
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
339
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 339 | 39.1 | 8.7:1 | 42% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 39.3 | 8.7:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 37.1 | 9.2:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 39 | 8.3:1 | 39% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 35.4 | 10.8:1 | 43% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 40% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 25 | 12.7:1 | 41% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 42% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 24 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (384 to 339); teachers up 10% (35.4 to 39.1).
About Somerville Middle School
Somerville Middle School is a middle school in Somerville, New Jersey, and it is part of Somerville Public School District. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 339 students. The typical figure for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students.
The district for Somerville Middle School is Somerville Public School District, with 3 schools and 2,156 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Somerville Middle School is Hispanic (42%). Other groups make up 35% White, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Somerset County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Somerville Middle School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Somerville Middle School's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 42%. The rate at public schools in Somerset County averages 28%, lower than here.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Somerville Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Somerville Middle School is -6.6 points: 36.5% actual, 43.1% predicted.
Across Somerset County, median household income is about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Somerville Middle School is among the 84 public schools in Somerset County.
Somerville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Somerville Middle School at 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Somerville Middle School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for Somerville Middle School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerville Public School District
- Somerville High SchoolHigh · 1,072 students
- Van Derveer Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
Other schools in Somerville
- Somerville High SchoolHigh · 1,072 students
- Van Derveer Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
Nearby schools
- Somerville High School0.4 mi · 1,072
- Van Derveer Elementary School0.9 mi · 745
- Somerset County Vocational Technical High School1.2 mi · 332
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School1.6 mi · 1,220
- Adamsville Primary School1.7 mi · 461
- Bridgewater-Raritan High School1.8 mi · 2,673
Frequently asked questions
About Somerville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Somerville Middle School?
Somerville Middle School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Somerville Middle School serve?
Somerville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Somerville Middle School have?
Somerville Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Somerville Middle School?
Student demographics at Somerville Middle School are roughly 35% White, 42% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Somerville Middle School in?
Somerville Middle School is part of Somerville Public School District.
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