Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School

Set in HILLSIDE, New Jersey, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is a small 6-8 campus, run under Hillside Public School District. It works with 323 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Hillside Public School District, a district that works with 2,957 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School records that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Union County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.2%; this one delivers 17.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School has edged down 20%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 22% to 40%.

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