Middle · New Jersey

Avenel Middle School

Avenel Middle School, a public middle school in Avenel, New Jersey: grades 6–8, 629 students, 8.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Woodbridge Township School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
629
Teachers (FTE)
76.0
Students per teacher
8.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in New Jersey

Median 10.8 · 441 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 63% of middle schools in New Jersey

Median 544 · 443 schools compared

Larger than 62% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New Jersey: 54%

33%proficient

+7.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in New Jersey

Median 60% · 442 middle schools compared

601 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

New Jersey: 41%

22%proficient

+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 75% of middle schools in New Jersey

Median 37% · 442 middle schools compared

585 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Woodbridge Township School District.

Location

Address
Woodbine Avenue, Avenel, NJ 07001
Phone
(732)596-4210
City or town
Avenel

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–879411.063%47%
7–870112.249%14%
6–85139.225%15%
6–86289.849%37%
6–852811.571%48%
5–654011.245%25%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 341812005972