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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLESEX BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341005003412
Von E. Mauger Middle School
FISHER AVENUE, MIDDLESEX, NJ 08846 · (732) 317-6000 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
220 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 172 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Von E. Mauger Middle School→Middlesex High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Middlesex Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 32.1% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Von E. Mauger Middle School
Von E. Mauger Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Von E. Mauger Middle School this school | 502 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
| Lincoln Middle School HAWTHORNE | 522 | 39.7% | 44.0% |
| Hoboken Middle School HOBOKEN | 438 | 43.4% | 51.5% |
| Somerville Middle School Somerville | 339 | 42.2% | 36.5% |
| Veterans Middle School North Arlington | 426 | 43.7% | 46.1% |
| Hopatcong Middle School Hopatcong | 435 | 40.0% | 30.8% |
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 Von E. Mauger Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #283 of 433 | #22 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #298 of 437 ▼ 22 | #24 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #305 of 437 ▲ 13 | #25 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #249 of 445 | #31 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #222 of 417 | #19 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #85 of 419 | #19 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #167 of 436 | #22 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.6% | #10 of 282 | #3 of 23 |
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
502
-257 (-34%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 502 | 45.8 | 11.0:1 | 44% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 48.5 | 10.3:1 | 39% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 48.7 | 9.7:1 | 33% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 69 | 11.0:1 | 35% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 63.2 | 12.5:1 | 35% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 68 | 12.0:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 21% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 13% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 31 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Von E. Mauger Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (792 to 502); teachers down 28% (63.2 to 45.8).
About Von E. Mauger Middle School
Von E. Mauger Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in MIDDLESEX, New Jersey, one of the schools in Middlesex Borough School District. The school serves 502 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Middlesex Borough School District runs 6 schools with a combined 2,027 students. Von E. Mauger Middle School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Von E. Mauger Middle School is Hispanic (44%). Other groups include 36% White, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Von E. Mauger Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Von E. Mauger Middle School, 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.0:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Roughly 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
The allk12 Grade for Von E. Mauger Middle School is C. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Von E. Mauger Middle School is 42.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.6%.
In Middlesex County (population about 871,290), median household income is about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Von E. Mauger Middle School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County, which together enroll about 129,255 students.
The closest public school to Von E. Mauger Middle School is Woodland Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 33.6% proficiency; Von E. Mauger Middle School posts 37.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Von E. Mauger Middle School went from 759 students to 502.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middlesex Borough School District
- Middlesex High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Woodland Intermediate SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Watchung Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Hazelwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Other schools in MIDDLESEX
- Middlesex High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Woodland Intermediate SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Watchung Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Hazelwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Intermediate School0.0 mi · 317
- Watchung Elementary School0.1 mi · 221
- Hazelwood Elementary School0.4 mi · 198
- Middlesex High School0.8 mi · 597
- Parker Elementary School1.1 mi · 192
- Community Middle School1.6 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Von E. Mauger Middle SchoolHow large is Von E. Mauger Middle School?
Von E. Mauger Middle School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Von E. Mauger Middle School serve?
Von E. Mauger Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Von E. Mauger Middle School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Von E. Mauger Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Von E. Mauger Middle School?
Student demographics at Von E. Mauger Middle School are roughly 36% White, 44% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Von E. Mauger Middle School in?
Von E. Mauger Middle School is part of Middlesex Borough School District.
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