Terrill Middle School

Terrill Middle School, a moderately sized intermediate school in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey, operated by Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, teaches 822 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,673 students. Terrill Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Terrill Middle School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Terrill Middle School has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 2% of students at Terrill Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Union County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Terrill Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.1%; this one delivers 59.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Terrill Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Terrill Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Terrill Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 72.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 830 students in 2018 compared to 822 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 70% to 64% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for Terrill Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.