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Warren Middle School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Warren Middle School
As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Warren, New Jersey, Warren Middle School works with 547 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Warren Township School District.
Warren Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,663 students. Warren Middle School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Warren Middle School logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Roughly 8% of students at Warren Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Warren Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 63.7%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Warren Middle School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).
Nearest neighbor: Central School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Warren Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.
Warren Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Warren Middle School has decreased 18%, going from 666 students in 2018 to 547 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 52% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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