Enrollment
238
Middle
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340186004758
Walter T. Bergen Middle School
225 GLENWILD AVENUE, BLOOMINGDALE, NJ 07403 · (973) 838-4835 · Passaic County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
94 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 5 | 70 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 25% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 T. Bergen Middle School
Walter T. Bergen Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter T. Bergen Middle School this school | 238 | 39.5% | 44.3% |
| Richard Butler School BUTLER | 291 | 34.4% | 48.3% |
| Spotswood Memorial Middle School SPOTSWOOD | 269 | 30.9% | 31.3% |
| Mullica Township Middle School ELWOOD | 262 | 47.7% | 36.9% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School ROCKAWAY | 299 | 32.4% | 48.7% |
| Lakeside School POMPTON LAKES | 370 | 34.9% | 47.9% |
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 Walter T. Bergen Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #223 of 433 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #257 of 437 ▼ 77 | #11 of 21 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #279 of 437 ▼ 86 | #13 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #407 of 445 | #19 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #205 of 417 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #211 of 419 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #186 of 436 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #233 of 282 | #12 of 14 |
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
238
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 238 | 22.1 | 10.8:1 | 39% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 21.2 | 10.5:1 | 38% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 22 | 10.2:1 | 21% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 21% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 20.6 | 11.9:1 | 22% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 18% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 10% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 12% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter T. Bergen Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (245 to 238); teachers up 7% (20.6 to 22.1).
About Walter T. Bergen Middle School
Located in BLOOMINGDALE, New Jersey, Walter T. Bergen Middle School is a small middle school. Students in grades 5 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 238 students. That compares with an average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School falls under Bloomingdale School District, which has 3 schools enrolling 677 students.
The largest group at Walter T. Bergen Middle School is White students, at 57%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Passaic County residents are about 41% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Walter T. Bergen Middle School scores 55%.
Its ratio of 10.8:1 is based on 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 39%. On average, public schools in Passaic County report 61%.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.3%, compared with a predicted 44.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Passaic County, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Passaic County, 155 public schools serve about 83,237 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Martha B. Day Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Walter T. Bergen Middle School is 7th among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Walter T. Bergen Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School had 241 students in 2020-21 and 238 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomingdale School District
- Samuel R. Donald Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Martha B. Day Elementary SchoolElementary · 207 students
Other schools in BLOOMINGDALE
- Samuel R. Donald Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Martha B. Day Elementary SchoolElementary · 207 students
Nearby schools
- Martha B. Day Elementary School1.0 mi · 207
- Samuel R. Donald Elementary School1.1 mi · 232
- Aaron Decker School1.4 mi · 383
- Butler High School1.5 mi · 482
- Richard Butler School1.7 mi · 291
- Apshawa Elementary School1.7 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Walter T. Bergen Middle SchoolHow many students attend Walter T. Bergen Middle School?
Walter T. Bergen Middle School enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 05-08.
Is Walter T. Bergen Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walter T. Bergen Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walter T. Bergen Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walter T. Bergen Middle School is approximately 10.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walter T. Bergen Middle School?
At Walter T. Bergen Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Walter T. Bergen Middle School public or private?
Walter T. Bergen Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloomingdale School District.
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