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Community Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
120 East Second Street
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
Phone
(732) 852-1131
District
Bound Brook School District
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
287
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Community Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
44%
38%
52%
23%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
35%
46%
52%
8%
19%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 138 48.1%
Grade 8 149 51.9%
Total 287 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.4% 11.8% 39.1%
Black 9.3% 8.8% 14.9%
Hispanic 81.1% 77.2% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 1.5% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 79.1% 75.9% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 69.0% 66.4% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.1% 9.4% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 12,023 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,237.1 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 40.9% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.7% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,712 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 13.5% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.9% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.7% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.3% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.1% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.1% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,328 $26,012,000 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,522 $5,322,000 11.1%
Staff $775 $1,636,000 3.4%
General Administration $593 $1,252,000 2.6%
School Administration $1,240 $2,616,000 5.4%
Operation $1,364 $2,878,000 6.0%
Transportation $215 $453,000 0.9%
Other $648 $1,368,000 2.8%
Total Support $7,358 $15,525,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,135 $6,614,000 13.7%
Total Expenditures $22,820 $48,151,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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