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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 664 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341011003982
Thompson Middle School
1001 MIDDLETOWN LINCROFT ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, NJ 07748 · (732) 671-2212 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B-Beats 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
12.3:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
42 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 310 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 32% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp 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 65 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 61.5% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Thompson Middle School
Thompson Middle School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Middle School this school | 862 | 4.9% | 62.7% |
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School VERONA | 702 | 1.9% | 58.1% |
| Orange Avenue School CRANFORD | 750 | 0.8% | 70.0% |
| Sparta Middle School SPARTA | 762 | 7.9% | 51.3% |
| Medford Memorial Middle School MEDFORD | 644 | 7.5% | 52.2% |
| Haddonfield Middle School HADDONFIELD | 631 | 1.6% | 69.4% |
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 Thompson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #78 of 433 | #7 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #80 of 437 ▲ 3 | #10 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #77 of 437 ▲ 52 | #10 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #74 of 445 | #7 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #345 of 417 | #28 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #386 of 419 | #27 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.9% | #389 of 436 | #29 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #64 of 282 | #8 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
862
-77 (-8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 862 | 69.8 | 12.3:1 | 5% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 75.8 | 11.3:1 | 3% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 76.5 | 11.5:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 78 | 12.0:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 1,062 | 81.8 | 13.0:1 | 3% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 73 | 14.1:1 | 5% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 952 | 49 | 19.4:1 | 2% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 0% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 53 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,062 to 862); teachers down 15% (81.8 to 69.8).
About Thompson Middle School
Located in MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey, Thompson Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. The latest federal count shows 862 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 49% higher.
Middletown Township Public School District runs Thompson Middle School along with 15 other schools, enrolling 8,752 students in total.
About 84% of the student body at Thompson Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Monmouth County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Thompson Middle School, 69.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.3:1. That is higher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Roughly 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 24 points higher.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Thompson Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Thompson Middle School scores 62.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Monmouth County, the median household income is $124,845, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Thompson Middle School is one of 186 public schools in the county.
Nut Swamp Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 62.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Thompson Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 862, an 8% decrease from 939 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Thompson Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Middletown Township Public School District
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- Thorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bayshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Lincroft Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
Other schools in MIDDLETOWN
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Nut Swamp Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Middletown Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
Other Thompson Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thompson Middle. Thompson Middle School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Thompson MiddleMurrieta, CA · 1,565 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolAlabaster, AL · 1,444 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolSaint Charles, IL · 1,364 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 585 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolNorth Grosvenordale, CT · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Nut Swamp Elementary School0.1 mi · 464
- Middletown High School South0.7 mi · 1,406
- River Plaza Elementary School1.9 mi · 268
- Fairview Elementary School1.9 mi · 291
- Middletown Village Elementary School2.1 mi · 426
- Red Bank Primary School2.5 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Thompson Middle School?
Thompson Middle School enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thompson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thompson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Thompson Middle School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Thompson Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thompson Middle School?
At Thompson Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Thompson Middle School public or private?
Thompson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Middletown Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.