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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 868 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341467005680
Terrill Middle School
1301 TERRILL ROAD, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 322-5215 · Union County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-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.
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
11.0:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
16 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 | 210 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 197 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 219 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Terrill Middle School→Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Based on grade levels within Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
77.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 60.6% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Terrill Middle School
Terrill Middle School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrill Middle School this school | 822 | 1.9% | 59.4% |
| Thomas Edison Intermediate School Westfield | 800 | 2.6% | 64.3% |
| Chatham Middle School CHATHAM | 833 | 2.8% | 59.1% |
| Timberlane Middle School PENNINGTON | 803 | 6.6% | 57.0% |
| George Washington Middle School RIDGEWOOD | 644 | 1.9% | 69.6% |
| Moorestown Upper Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 869 | 8.9% | 65.5% |
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 Terrill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #104 of 433 | #10 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #66 of 437 ▲ 25 | #7 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #79 of 437 ▲ 35 | #8 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #83 of 445 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #225 of 417 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #212 of 419 | #13 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.9% | #419 of 436 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #273 of 282 | #11 of 13 |
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
822
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 822 | 74.7 | 11.0:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 72.4 | 11.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 71.4 | 11.7:1 | 1% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 71 | 11.8:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 73 | 11.4:1 | 3% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 71 | 11.8:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 40 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terrill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (830 to 822); teachers up 2% (73 to 74.7).
About Terrill Middle School
As a medium-sized middle school, Terrill Middle School serves students in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey. The school serves 822 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District counts 8 schools and 5,673 students, including Terrill Middle School.
Terrill Middle School's enrollment is 64% White. Next come 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 39% White among all Union County residents. By the diversity index, Terrill Middle School comes in at 55%.
The school reports 74.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 2% of students. The average for public schools in Union County is 52%.
allk12 grades Terrill Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Terrill Middle School is 65.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that median household income is about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 180 public schools operate in Union County, serving about 99,046 students.
Of nearby public schools, J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Terrill Middle School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Terrill Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 837 in 2020-21, 822 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Terrill Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
Nearby schools
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School0.3 mi · 526
- William J. McGinn Elementary School0.8 mi · 543
- Frederic W. Cook Elementary School1.0 mi · 198
- Academy For Allied Health Sciences1.2 mi · 308
- Union County Tech1.2 mi · 502
- Union County Career & Technical Institute1.2 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About Terrill Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Terrill Middle School?
Terrill Middle School enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 05-08.
Is Terrill Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Terrill Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Terrill Middle School have?
Terrill Middle School employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Terrill Middle School?
Student demographics at Terrill Middle School are roughly 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Terrill Middle School in?
Terrill Middle School is part of Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.