Thompson Middle School

Thompson Middle School, a moderately sized intermediate school in MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Middletown Township Public School District, serves 862 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Thompson Middle School sits 49% above that benchmark.

Thompson Middle School is one of 16 schools operated by Middletown Township Public School District, a district that serves 8,752 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thompson Middle School lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Thompson Middle School has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Thompson Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thompson Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Monmouth County shows median household earnings sit near $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Thompson Middle School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

The closest other public school is Nut Swamp Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thompson Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thompson Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thompson Middle School has ticked down 19%, going from 1,062 students in 2018 to 862 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 92% to 84%.

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