Enrollment
399
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUTHERFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341446000818
Union School
359 UNION AVE, RUTHERFORD, NJ 07070 · (201) 438-7675 · Bergen County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
27 students
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 190 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 209 | 52% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Union School→Rutherford High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rutherford School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.4% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 61.7% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Union School
Union School's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union School this school | 399 | 6.8% | 62.6% |
| Memorial Junior School Whippany | 419 | 5.7% | 60.0% |
| Pierrepont School RUTHERFORD | 569 | 6.3% | 65.7% |
| Fieldstone Middle School Montvale | 443 | 9.5% | 64.7% |
| East Hanover Middle School EAST HANOVER | 325 | 3.4% | 69.2% |
| Columbia Middle School BERKELEY HTS | 523 | 2.7% | 66.7% |
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 School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #80 of 433 | #23 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #65 of 437 ▲ 17 | #19 of 53 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #56 of 437 ▲ 13 | #18 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #313 of 445 | #40 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #137 of 417 | #21 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #111 of 419 | #14 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #379 of 436 | #34 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #121 of 122 | #14 of 14 |
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
399
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 399 | 39.3 | 10.2:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 39.3 | 9.8:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 39.4 | 9.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 39.4 | 10.1:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (398 to 399); teachers unchanged (39.4 to 39.3).
About Union School
Located in RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Union School is a small middle-grades school. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 399 students. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
The 5 schools of Rutherford School District, including Union School, enroll 2,544 students.
White students are the majority at Union School, with 51% of enrollment. It is also 25% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 55% White share among all Bergen County residents. Union School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 39.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.2:1. That is lower than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 7%. Public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Union School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Union School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.6% actual, 62.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bergen County, the median household income is $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 291 public schools in Bergen County, enrolling about 133,883 students in all.
Washington School is the public school closest to Union School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Union School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.6% against a local average of 52.1%.
Union School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 406 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 399.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rutherford School District
- Rutherford High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Pierrepont SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in RUTHERFORD
- Rutherford High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Pierrepont SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other Union schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Union. Union School is the largest of the 3.
- Union SchoolUnionville, CT · 305 students
- Union SchoolUnion, CT · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Washington School0.5 mi · 349
- Rutherford High School0.6 mi · 727
- Lincoln School0.7 mi · 500
- McKenzie School0.7 mi · 369
- Lincoln School0.8 mi · 178
- Alfred S. Faust Middle School0.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Union SchoolHow large is Union School?
Union School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Union School serve?
Union School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Union School have?
Union School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Union School?
Student demographics at Union School are roughly 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Union School public or private?
Union School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rutherford School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.