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What tradition at Valley Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341191000670
Valley Middle School
71 OAK ST, OAKLAND, NJ 07436 · (201) 337-8185 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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
9.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
38 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 162 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Oakland Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp 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 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.7% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 52.9% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Valley Middle School
Valley Middle School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Middle School this school | 446 | 8.5% | 63.9% |
| Memorial Middle School Cedar Grove | 468 | 9.4% | 54.9% |
| Stonebridge Middle School Allentown | 433 | 10.6% | 55.0% |
| Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township | 423 | 8.0% | 52.8% |
| Pequannock Valley School Pompton Plains | 476 | 5.3% | 62.1% |
| Readington Middle School WHITEHOUSE STATION | 466 | 13.1% | 53.9% |
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 Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #71 of 433 | #20 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #153 of 437 ▼ 20 | #35 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #64 of 437 ▼ 15 | #19 of 53 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #289 of 445 | #34 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #81 of 417 | #12 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #367 of 419 | #50 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #364 of 436 | #33 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #52 of 282 | #4 of 35 |
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
446
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 446 | 47.4 | 9.4:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 49.2 | 9.1:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 45.5 | 9.7:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 49 | 8.6:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 52.5 | 10.6:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 34 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (556 to 446); teachers down 10% (52.5 to 47.4).
About Valley Middle School
OAKLAND, New Jersey, is home to Valley Middle School, a small middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 446 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Federal data list 5 schools in Oakland Public School District, with 1,300 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Valley Middle School, with 80% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Bergen County overall, about 55% of residents are White. Valley Middle School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Valley Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 9%. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
Valley Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Valley Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 61.5%. Valley Middle School scores 63.9%, 2.4 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Bergen County show that median household income is about $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 291 public schools operate in Bergen County, serving about 133,883 students.
Dogwood Hill Elementary School is the public school closest to Valley Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Valley Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Valley Middle School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.9% against a local average of 61.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 446 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 419.
Discussions about Valley Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Oakland Public School District
- Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Manito Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
- Dogwood Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood LearningElementary · 22 students
Other schools in OAKLAND
- Indian Hills High SchoolHigh · 668 students
- Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Manito Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
- Dogwood Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood LearningElementary · 22 students
Other Valley Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Valley Middle. Valley Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Valley MiddleCarlsbad, CA · 807 students
- VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLGrand Forks, ND · 508 students
- Valley Middle SchoolLucasville, OH · 302 students
- VALLEY MIDDLERIBERA, NM · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Dogwood Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 234
- Indian Hills High School0.8 mi · 668
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood Learning1.1 mi · 22
- Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 343
- Colonial Road School1.4 mi · 231
- Manito Elementary School1.9 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Valley Middle School?
Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Valley Middle School serve?
Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Valley Middle School have?
Valley Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Valley Middle School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Valley Middle School?
Valley Middle School is overseen by Oakland Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.