Park Middle School
580 Park Ave
Scotch Plains NJ, 07076, Union County
Phone: 908-322-4445
Ranking: (440 out of 1,847, top 24%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 82 | 72 | 72 | 59 | 58 | 69 | 51 | |||||||
Total Students: | 939 | 932 | 919 | 924 | 875 | 823 | 796 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 232 | 24.7% | 231 | 24.8% | 234 | 25.5% | 231 | 25.0% | 213 | 24.3% | 224 | 27.2% | 221 | 27.8% |
Grade 6: | 226 | 24.1% | 239 | 25.6% | 224 | 24.4% | 217 | 23.5% | 223 | 25.5% | 225 | 27.3% | 197 | 24.7% |
Grade 7: | 243 | 25.9% | 223 | 23.9% | 223 | 24.3% | 232 | 25.1% | 232 | 26.5% | 194 | 23.6% | 175 | 22.0% |
Grade 8: | 230 | 24.5% | 235 | 25.2% | 237 | 25.8% | 234 | 25.3% | 199 | 22.7% | 170 | 20.7% | 203 | 25.5% |
Ungraded: | 8 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 10 | 1.1% | 8 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.2% | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 473 | 50.4% | 453 | 48.6% | 457 | 49.7% | 468 | 50.6% | 437 | 49.9% | 409 | 49.7% | 403 | 50.6% |
Female: | 466 | 49.6% | 479 | 51.4% | 462 | 50.3% | 456 | 49.4% | 438 | 50.1% | 414 | 50.3% | 389 | 48.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 79 | 8.4% | 80 | 8.6% | 67 | 7.3% | 75 | 8.1% | 64 | 7.3% | 58 | 7.0% | 59 | 7.4% |
Hispanic: | 63 | 6.7% | 62 | 6.7% | 65 | 7.1% | 65 | 7.0% | 59 | 6.7% | 60 | 7.3% | 53 | 6.7% |
Black: | 107 | 11.4% | 121 | 13.0% | 113 | 12.3% | 115 | 12.4% | 113 | 12.9% | 102 | 12.4% | 110 | 13.8% |
White: | 662 | 70.5% | 651 | 69.8% | 661 | 71.9% | 656 | 71.0% | 635 | 72.6% | 600 | 72.9% | 573 | 72.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 24 | 2.6% | 13 | 1.4% | 8 | 0.9% | 8 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 45 | 4.8% | 49 | 5.3% | 32 | 3.5% | 32 | 3.5% | 26 | 3.0% | 19 | 2.3% | 19 | 2.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 3.4% | 25 | 2.7% | 27 | 2.9% | 22 | 2.4% | 23 | 2.6% | 25 | 3.0% | 12 | 1.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.47 | 12.88 | 12.74 | 15.71 | 15.09 | 10.30 | 15.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 97.4% | 96.3% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 77.3% | 78.9% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 77.6% | 83.1% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.8% | 76.4% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 79.9% | 82.4% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78.1% | 81.5% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.0% | 72.1% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 94.8% | 94.1% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.8% | 89.9% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 91.5% | 92.5% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 83.8% | 88.3% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 89.3% | 91.7% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.3% | 93.7% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.8% | 92.9% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 89.5% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 75.8% | 79.2% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 86.8% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 79.8% | 85.9% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 81.8% | 83.2% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 86.7% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 92.1% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83.4% | 87.7% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 87.5% | 87.5% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 86.8% | 87.8% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 90.0% | 88.3% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 90.0% | 92.4% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 91.5% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 73.4% | 81.1% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 88.5% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 85.2% | 88.7% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 79.1% | 81.6% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 76.8% | 78.5% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 88.3% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 70.6% | 78.7% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 67.0% | 78.1% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 82.8% | 87.6% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 78.0% | 83.0% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74.3% | 80.5% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 76.3% | 78.2% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 88.1% | 88.1% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 92.2% | 92.3% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 92.4% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 95.9% | 96.9% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 93.2% | 94.4% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 91.1% | 93.0% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 91.6% | 90.7% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 78.2% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 83.9% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 84.2% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85.2% | 86.7% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.1% | 84.9% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.3% | 82.5% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 89.2% | 90.9% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 89.8% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 91.2% | 93.2% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 93.0% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 92.0% | 92.4% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 88.6% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 89.0% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.2% | 86.1% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 77.4% | 83.3% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.1% | 86.3% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 87.0% | 88.9% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.7% | 80.3% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85.1% | 86.9% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.8% | 83.5% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.6% | 82.6% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 85.7% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 88.1% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 86.9% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85.1% | 87.5% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 89.5% | 91.0% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.5% | 88.7% | 78.9% |
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* Park Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.