Union Township Middle School

Set in HAMPTON, New Jersey, Union Township Middle School is a cozy middle-grades school, part of Union Township School District. It instructs 246 students across grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Union Township School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 505 students. Union Township Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union Township Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Hunterdon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 6% of students at Union Township Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Hunterdon County's rate of about 16%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union Township Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 68.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hunterdon County) logs that median household earnings sit near $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Hunterdon County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), Union Township Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Union Township Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Township Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Township Middle School has ticked up 9%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 246 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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