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How has Stonebridge Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER FREEHOLD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341656003098
Stonebridge Middle School
1252 Yardville-Allentown Road, Allentown, NJ 08501 · (609) 259-7292 · Monmouth County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test 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
10.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
46 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 5 | 105 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 27% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Stonebridge Middle School→Allentown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Upper Freehold Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 54.5% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Stonebridge Middle School
Stonebridge Middle School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonebridge Middle School this school | 433 | 10.6% | 55.0% |
| Memorial Middle School Cedar Grove | 468 | 9.4% | 54.9% |
| Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township | 423 | 8.0% | 52.8% |
| Valley Middle School OAKLAND | 446 | 8.5% | 63.9% |
| Clinton Township Middle School CLINTON | 405 | 10.9% | 63.1% |
| Readington Middle School WHITEHOUSE STATION | 466 | 13.1% | 53.9% |
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 Stonebridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #136 of 433 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #136 of 437 ▼ 16 | #17 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #150 of 437 ▲ 3 | #20 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #298 of 445 | #24 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #211 of 417 | #26 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #351 of 419 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.6% | #348 of 436 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #78 of 282 | #11 of 32 |
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
433
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 433 | 39.9 | 10.8:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 38.7 | 11.5:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 41.6 | 10.8:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 43 | 10.9:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 49.1 | 10.5:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 48 | 10.8:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 5% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stonebridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (518 to 433); teachers down 19% (49.1 to 39.9).
About Stonebridge Middle School
Stonebridge Middle School runs as a low-enrollment middle school in Allentown, New Jersey. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 433 students. The school is 25% below the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Besides Stonebridge Middle School, Upper Freehold Regional School District runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 2,014 students.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at Stonebridge Middle School. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Monmouth County, where about 74% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
A staff of 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.8:1. It is about the same as the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Stonebridge Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Stonebridge Middle School is 5.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Monmouth County show that the median household earns about $124,845 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Monmouth County has 186 public schools with about 91,053 students, including Stonebridge Middle School.
Of the public schools around it, Stonebridge Middle School is closest to Allentown High School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Stonebridge Middle School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Stonebridge Middle School as Rural: Fringe.
The school shrank from 470 students in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Freehold Regional School District
- Allentown High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Newell Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
Other schools in Allentown
- Allentown High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Newell Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Allentown High School1.1 mi · 1,033
- Newell Elementary School1.2 mi · 548
- Richard C Crockett Middle School2.8 mi · 834
- Yardville Elementary School2.8 mi · 312
- Sharon School3.0 mi · 1,005
- Sunnybrae Elementary School3.4 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Stonebridge Middle SchoolHow large is Stonebridge Middle School?
Stonebridge Middle School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Stonebridge Middle School serve?
Stonebridge Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stonebridge Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stonebridge Middle School is approximately 10.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Stonebridge Middle School?
Student demographics at Stonebridge Middle School are roughly 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Stonebridge Middle School in?
Stonebridge Middle School is part of Upper Freehold Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.