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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Theodore Schor Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
563
Middle
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341305003560
Theodore Schor Middle School
243 NORTH RANDOLPHVILLE RD, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 · (732) 752-4457 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- A-Beats 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
12.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
267 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 6 | 200 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 35% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Theodore Schor Middle School→Piscataway Township High School
Based on grade levels within Piscataway Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 42.2% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Theodore Schor Middle School
Theodore Schor Middle School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Schor Middle School this school | 563 | 47.4% | 44.7% |
| Quibbletown Middle School PISCATAWAY | 467 | 53.5% | 41.7% |
| Middle School # 4 JERSEY CITY | 755 | 55.5% | 50.8% |
| Conackamack Middle School PISCATAWAY | 466 | 33.9% | 50.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School EDISON | 954 | 45.6% | 39.9% |
| Academy I JERSEY CITY | 415 | 53.7% | 72.4% |
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 Theodore Schor Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #218 of 433 | #14 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #224 of 437 ▼ 26 | #16 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #225 of 437 ▼ 16 | #15 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #208 of 445 | #26 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #324 of 417 | #28 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #7 of 419 | #2 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #151 of 436 | #17 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #268 of 282 | #23 of 23 |
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
563
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 563 | 46.8 | 12.0:1 | 47% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 48.8 | 11.3:1 | 41% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 44.3 | 12.9:1 | 36% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 41% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 53.1 | 10.7:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 52 | 11.2:1 | 40% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 26% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 39 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Theodore Schor Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (569 to 563); teachers down 12% (53.1 to 46.8).
About Theodore Schor Middle School
Federal records list Theodore Schor Middle School as a middle school in PISCATAWAY, New Jersey. Its enrollment is 563 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
The district, Piscataway Township School District, has 7,289 students enrolled across 11 schools.
The biggest share of students at Theodore Schor Middle School, 33%, is Asian. Next come 29% Hispanic, 25% Black, 10% White, and 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Teacher count: 46.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.0:1. The gap from the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is 1.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%.
Theodore Schor 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 64% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.2% for Theodore Schor Middle School. The school posts 44.7%, 4.5 points above the prediction.
Census data for Middlesex County show median household income comes to about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 214 public schools and about 129,255 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Grandview Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Theodore Schor Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (575) to 2024-25 (563).
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piscataway Township School District
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in PISCATAWAY
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Grandview Elementary School0.5 mi · 579
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School0.7 mi · 513
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner1.0 mi · 616
- Quibbletown Middle School1.0 mi · 467
- John P. Faber Elementary School1.2 mi · 621
- Piscataway Township High School1.2 mi · 2,144
Frequently asked questions
About Theodore Schor Middle SchoolHow many students attend Theodore Schor Middle School?
Theodore Schor Middle School enrolls approximately 563 students in grades 06-08.
Is Theodore Schor Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Theodore Schor Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Theodore Schor Middle School have?
Theodore Schor Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Theodore Schor Middle School?
At Theodore Schor Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 29% Hispanic, 25% Black, 33% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Theodore Schor Middle School?
Theodore Schor Middle School is overseen by Piscataway Township School District in Middlesex County.
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