South Hunterdon Regional Middle School

South Hunterdon Regional Middle School serves grades 5–8 in Lambertville, within the South Hunterdon Regional School District; its listed enrollment is 0, so the figure does not provide a usable student count. The clearest academic concern is English language arts (ELA) in grades 7 and 8: in 2025–2026, proficiency was 40% in grade 7 versus 56% statewide, and 39% in grade 8 versus 53% statewide, leaving the school well below state levels in both grades.

Algebra I is the strongest result against the state, while upper-grade ELA is a local weakness. Algebra I end-of-course proficiency was 83%, compared with 40% statewide and 26% in the district; the grade 8 Algebra I result was also 83%, versus 75% statewide, though it ranked fourth among seven nearby schools. In contrast, South Hunterdon ranked sixth of seven nearby schools for grade 7 ELA and fifth of seven for grade 8 ELA. Results vary by grade: grade 5 ELA was close to the state level at 51% versus 52%, grade 7 math was nearly even with the state at 38% versus 38%, and grade 5 science was above it at 30% versus 27%. Grade 8 science was weaker at 12% versus 19% statewide.

There is not enough history to tell whether scores are rising or falling: the available test results cover 2025–2026 only. SchoolDigger ranks the school 458th of 743 statewide, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars; the district is at the 39th percentile, and South Hunterdon’s school percentile is lower than Lawrence, Montgomery, J.P. Case, and Timberlane among the nearby schools compared. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students was at the 17th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 38th percentile; its Hispanic Students ranking was at the 20th percentile. The school’s student-teacher ratio is blank and no low-income measure is reported, so neither can be compared for South Hunterdon; nearby schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible rates ranged from 6% to 83% in 2024–2025.