University Middle School

University Middle School operates as a medium-sized 6-8 campus in IRVINGTON, New Jersey, operated by Irvington Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 719 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so University Middle School sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Within Irvington Public School District, which oversees 12 schools and 7,659 students, University Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, University Middle School logs that Black students make up the majority at 62%; the rest is composed of 37% Hispanic. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, University Middle School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at University Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, University Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.1%, the actual is 14.4%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Across the wider county, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which University Middle School is one.

University Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), University Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 17.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. University Middle School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 719). The Black share of enrollment fell from 83% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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