William Annin Middle School

William Annin Middle School, a roomy intermediate school in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, part of Bernards Township School District, educates 1,122 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 94% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Bernards Township School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,645 students. William Annin Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, William Annin Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 40% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, William Annin Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 73.4%, a residual of +8.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household income runs about $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), William Annin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Cedar Hill School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Annin Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. William Annin Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,341 (now 1,122). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 62% to 45%.

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