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Enrollment
865
Middle
DISTRICT 932 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341638003073
Union Hill Middle School
3800 HUDSON AVE, UNION CITY, NJ 07087 · (201) 348-5936 · Hudson County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL865 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+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
14.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
722 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 7 | 430 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 435 | 50% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 40.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Union Hill Middle School
Union Hill Middle School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill Middle School this school | 865 | 83.5% | 42.0% |
| Emerson Middle School UNION CITY | 999 | 86.7% | 38.7% |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School PERTH AMBOY | 984 | 78.8% | 20.5% |
| West New York Middle School WEST NEW YORK | 1,087 | 91.4% | 32.7% |
| Lincoln School FAIRVIEW | 635 | 76.1% | 19.6% |
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School PERTH AMBOY | 941 | 73.3% | 23.2% |
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 Union Hill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #241 of 433 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #228 of 437 ▼ 15 | #6 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #159 of 437 ▼ 13 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 865 | #73 of 445 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #400 of 417 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.3% | #419 of 419 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #19 of 436 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #282 of 282 | #6 of 6 |
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
865
-30 (-3%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 865 | 59 | 14.7:1 | 83% (722) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 89% (805) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 91% (770) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 65 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 866 | 62.5 | 13.9:1 | 96% (832) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 95% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 96% (674) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Hill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (866 to 865); teachers down 6% (62.5 to 59).
About Union Hill Middle School
In UNION CITY, New Jersey, Union Hill Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school reports 865 students in grades 7 through 8. The school's enrollment is 50% larger than the 578 average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Union Hill Middle School is one of the 14 schools that make up Union City School District (11,519 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Union Hill Middle School is 98% Hispanic. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Union Hill Middle School's diversity index is 4%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 14.7 students per teacher and 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hudson County average 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Union Hill Middle School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Union Hill Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey are predicted to post 20.5%, so the school is 21.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Hudson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Hudson County is home to 130 public schools and about 86,216 public school students.
George Washington Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Union Hill Middle School. By average proficiency, Union Hill Middle School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Union Hill Middle School's enrollment declined 3%, to 865.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City School District
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
Other schools in UNION CITY
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
Other Union Hill Middle schools
One other US public school is named Union Hill Middle. Union Hill Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Union Hill MiddleGrass Valley, CA · 146 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Elementary School0.2 mi · 776
- Jefferson Elementary School0.2 mi · 272
- Weehawken High School0.2 mi · 604
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.4 mi · 871
- Theodore Roosevelt School0.4 mi · 337
- Daniel Webster School0.5 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Union Hill Middle SchoolHow large is Union Hill Middle School?
Union Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 865 students in grades 07-08.
Is Union Hill Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Hill Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Union Hill Middle School have?
Union Hill Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Union Hill Middle School?
Student demographics at Union Hill Middle School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Union Hill Middle School public or private?
Union Hill Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.