Enrollment
323
Middle
DISTRICT 210 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340729005546
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School
145 HILLSIDE AVE, HILLSIDE, NJ 07205 · (908) 352-7664 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest 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
10.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
236 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 7 | 174 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 46% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School→Hillside High School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 6.2% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School this school | 323 | 73.1% | 17.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School Trenton | 329 | 78.4% | 2.7% |
| Ezra L. Nolan School JERSEY CITY | 250 | 84.0% | 6.0% |
| Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation ORANGE | 397 | 65.7% | 30.7% |
| Grace Wilday Junior High School ROSELLE | 482 | 73.4% | 20.9% |
| Arthur J. Holland Middle School Trenton | 474 | 82.7% | 6.5% |
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 Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #398 of 433 | #23 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #404 of 437 ▲ 13 | #24 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #373 of 437 ▲ 20 | #21 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #358 of 445 | #25 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #206 of 417 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #229 of 419 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #64 of 436 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #43 of 282 | #1 of 13 |
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
323
-145 (-31%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 323 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 73% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 31 | 10.0:1 | 71% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 43 | 8.7:1 | 60% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 54% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 66% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 53 | 12.5:1 | 68% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 56% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 57% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 27 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (406 to 323); teachers down 17% (36 to 30).
About Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is one of the public schools in HILLSIDE, New Jersey. It is a small middle-grades school. It offers grades 7 through 8 and has 323 students enrolled. It has 44% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
Hillside Public School District has 2,957 students in 7 schools, and Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is 55% Black. The remaining shares are 40% Hispanic and 5% White. Union County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. It is about the same as the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 73%. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is higher.
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of New Jersey public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 17.8% actual against 26.2% predicted.
The school's county is Union County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School shares Union County with 179 other public schools.
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.8% against a local average of 23.5%.
Locale data from NCES put Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
A 31% drop took enrollment from 468 in 2020-21 to 323 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.0:1 to 10.8:1.
This page is set up for the Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillside Public School District
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Hurden Looker Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Deanna G. Taylor AcademyElementary · 202 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Other schools in HILLSIDE
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Hurden Looker Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Deanna G. Taylor AcademyElementary · 202 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 625
- Hurden Looker Elementary School0.6 mi · 408
- Ola Edwards Community School0.6 mi · 391
- Hillside Innovation Academy0.7 mi · 97
- Weequahic High School0.7 mi · 592
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark0.7 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle SchoolHow many students attend Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School?
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades 07-08.
Is Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School?
Student demographics at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School are roughly 5% White, 40% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School?
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is overseen by Hillside Public School District in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.