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Enrollment
1,140
Middle
DISTRICT 1,135 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005524
William F. Halloran School No.22
612 Pulaski Street, ELIZABETH, NJ 07202 · (908) 436-4860 · Union County
GRADES 02–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,140 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.3:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
890 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 148 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 155 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 12% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
84.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.2% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 57.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+44.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 44 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 William F. Halloran School No.22
William F. Halloran School No.22's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William F. Halloran School No.22 this school | 1,140 | 78.1% | 67.8% |
| Terence C. Reilly School No 7 ELIZABETH | 1,130 | 78.5% | 69.5% |
| Long Branch Middle School LONG BRANCH | 1,142 | 81.6% | 22.6% |
| Hackensack Middle School Hackensack | 1,399 | 70.7% | 26.9% |
| Christopher Columbus Middle School CLIFTON | 1,092 | 74.1% | 32.2% |
| Franklin L. Williams School JERSEY CITY | 906 | 81.9% | 25.5% |
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 William F. Halloran School No.22 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #44 of 433 | #6 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #82 of 437 ▲ 25 | #9 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #34 of 437 ▼ 1 | #3 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,140 | #17 of 445 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #397 of 417 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #308 of 419 | #19 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #43 of 436 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #77 of 122 | #7 of 12 |
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
1,140
+85 (+8%) vs 2020
+231% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,140 | 79.5 | 14.3:1 | 78% (890) |
| 2023-24 | 1,145 | 77.5 | 14.8:1 | 74% (843) |
| 2022-23 | 1,089 | 77 | 14.1:1 | 70% (764) |
| 2020-21 | 1,055 | 74 | 14.3:1 | 62% (658) |
| 2017-18 | 1,084 | 60 | 18.1:1 | 70% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 66 | 12.9:1 | 76% (652) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 75% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 54% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William F. Halloran School No.22.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,084 to 1,140); teachers up 33% (60 to 79.5).
About William F. Halloran School No.22
Students in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, attend William F. Halloran School No.22, a large middle school. The school serves 1,140 students in grades 2 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in New Jersey is roughly 578 students; this school is 97% above that.
Across its 37 schools, Elizabeth Public Schools enrolls 27,580 students. William F. Halloran School No.22 is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 72% of enrollment at William F. Halloran School No.22. The remaining students are 14% Black, 11% White, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Union County is about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at William F. Halloran School No.22 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
The school reports 79.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.3 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 78% of students. Among public schools in Union County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for William F. Halloran School No.22 is A+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
William F. Halloran School No.22 beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 44.4 points (67.8% versus 23.4%), a top-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
In Union County (population about 579,290), median household income is about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 180 public schools operate in Union County, serving about 99,046 students.
Of nearby public schools, J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, William F. Halloran School No.22 ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
William F. Halloran School No.22 had 1,055 students in 2020-21 and 1,140 in 2024-25, an 8% rise.
Discussions about William F. Halloran School No.22 may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Elizabeth Public Schools
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
- Alexander Hamilton Preparatory AcademyHigh · 1,015 students
Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
- Alexander Hamilton Preparatory AcademyHigh · 1,015 students
Nearby schools
- J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy0.1 mi · 415
- Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy0.4 mi · 842
- Mabel G. Holmes School No. 50.4 mi · 767
- Christopher Columbus School No. 150.6 mi · 672
- Terence C. Reilly School No 70.7 mi · 1,130
- Sonia Sotomayor School No 250.8 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About William F. Halloran School No.22How many students attend William F. Halloran School No.22?
William F. Halloran School No.22 enrolls approximately 1,140 students in grades 02-08.
What age range does William F. Halloran School No.22 serve?
William F. Halloran School No.22 serves students from grade 02 through grade 08.
How many teachers does William F. Halloran School No.22 have?
William F. Halloran School No.22 employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at William F. Halloran School No.22?
At William F. Halloran School No.22, the student body is approximately 11% White, 72% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian.
Is William F. Halloran School No.22 public or private?
William F. Halloran School No.22 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools.
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