Summary:
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District list includes one middle school, Timberlane Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 803 students. In 2025–2026, Timberlane’s average proficiency across grades 6–8 was 80% in English language arts (ELA), compared with 53% statewide, and 41% in math, compared with 34% statewide. The most important exception to this strong state comparison is grade 8 math, where 20% were proficient, 2 percentage points below New Jersey’s 23%.
Timberlane is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this list because it is the only one; the list cannot show how schools compare with one another. Its strongest comparisons with the state were in Geometry end-of-course proficiency, at 94% versus 52% (42 points higher), and Algebra I end-of-course proficiency, at 79% versus 40% (40 points higher). Grade 8 science was also well above the state, at 39% versus 19% (20 points higher). Math performance was less consistent by grade: grades 6 and 7 were 17 and 7 points above the state, while grade 8 was below it. These results show that the school’s strong overall standing does not apply equally to every subject and grade.
Recent results show a clear difference between ELA and math trends. Timberlane’s ELA average rose 5 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average fell 3 points; the school’s advantage widened from 18 to 27 points. Its math average fell 5 points as the state average rose 1 point, narrowing the school’s lead from 13 to 7 points; grade 7 math had the largest school decline, down 9 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 157th of 743 schools (79th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 124th of 743 (83rd percentile) in 2025–2026. As context, Timberlane’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 9.7, 7% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 6%, compared with 14% statewide.
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