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Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School

Public Grades 7-8

649^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 14% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School is a public middle school located in Hillside, New Jersey, serving grades 7-8 with a student population of 309. The school is part of the Hillside Public School District, which is ranked 474 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 39.3% of 7th graders and 28.2% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 57% and 57.1% statewide, respectively. In mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 10.8% of 7th graders and 6.5% of 8th graders meeting or exceeding the standards, compared to 38.8% and 20.7% statewide. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 20.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby Hillside Innovation Academy, which is also part of the Hillside Public School District, significantly outperforms Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School in academic achievement. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 90.9% of 7th graders and 90.2% of 8th graders at Hillside Innovation Academy were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to only 39.3% and 28.2% at Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School. While the school's overall mathematics performance is low, it stands out in Algebra I, where 69.2% of students were proficient or better in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to only 38.2% statewide.

323

Students ?

10.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,834

Per pupil spending ?

73.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

145 Hillside Ave
Hillside, NJ 07205-1858

(908) 352-7664

District: Hillside Public School District

Students who attend Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School usually attend:

High:

Hillside High School

Feeder schools for Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School:

Elementary:	Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center
	Deanna G. Taylor Academy
	Hurden Looker Elementary School
	Ola Edwards Community School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.1%

Hispanic:

39.6%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2014 → 14th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (32% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg24%

New Jersey avg41%

649^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

474^th of 609Hillside Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	649 of 752	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	669 of 743	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	664 of 748	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	558 of 745	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.1	572 of 745	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	584 of 716	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.6	565 of 712	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.4	593 of 713	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.9	595 of 713	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	35.6	504 of 717	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	34.2	514 of 704	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.5	518 of 677	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.8	522 of 684	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	24.0	546 of 677	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	33.9	504 of 664	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.5	531 of 640	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	17.6	538 of 631	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	16.6	523 of 615	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.9	516 of 599	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	11.5	508 of 588	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	7.4	511 of 574	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	29.9	256 of 359	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.6	214 of 352	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.1	283 of 361	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.3	153 of 356	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.0	143 of 326	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.9	159 of 326	51.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	297 of 343	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	257 of 320	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	205 of 288	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.1	143 of 270	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.4	124 of 227	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.8	74 of 202	63.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	599 of 728	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	605 of 717	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	639 of 720	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.3	483 of 726	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.5	518 of 703	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.2	547 of 680	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	476 of 608	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	548 of 589	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.4	496 of 587	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.1	349 of 591	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.6	272 of 524	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.8	401 of 504	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	525 of 613	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	499 of 584	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	434 of 568	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.3	359 of 549	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.1	267 of 541	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.1	365 of 522	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	626 of 726	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	658 of 719	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	625 of 718	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	546 of 730	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	542 of 697	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.6	564 of 675	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2022	24.1	445 of 535	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	372 of 492	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	419 of 471	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	20.1	430 of 504	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.0	408 of 497	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)29th percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2022)17th percentile-8 vs school

White (2019)15th percentile-9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile~ school

Male (2025)14th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)13th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I72%+26 vs state

Science70%+51 vs state

English Language Arts34%-23 vs state

Mathematics9%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School	Public	7-8	145 Hillside Ave	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	323	30	10.7	73.1%	15 (4.6%)	178 (55.1%)	128 (39.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.3	649^th of 752 public middle schools	13.7%		13.8	669^th of 743 public middle schools	10.0%	20		0.7					39.3	28.2					10.8	6.5		75.0	69.2			$8,834		$8,834
Hillside Innovation Academy	Public	7-8	195 Virginia St-1100 Woodruff	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(908) 352-7664	97	6	16.1	67.0%	8 (8.2%)	60 (61.9%)	25 (25.8%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56.3	299^th of 752 public middle schools	60.2%		71.6	184^th of 743 public middle schools	75.2%	115		7.8					90.9	90.2					21.7	12.5	42.9	56.3	48.6
Union Avenue Middle School	Public	6-8	427 Union Ave	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6885	735	47	15.8	79.9%	1 (0.1%)	495 (67.3%)	232 (31.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	15	658^th of 752 public middle schools	12.5%		16.1	644^th of 743 public middle schools	13.3%	14		3.3				33.3	32.0	27.5				10.0	13.2	3.1		100.0	100.0			$9,597	$204	$9,393
Kawameeh Middle School	Public	5-8	490 David Terrace	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 851-6570	729	57	12.7	43.2%	138 (18.9%)	251 (34.4%)	257 (35.3%)	57 (7.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.2%)	56	301^st of 752 public middle schools	60.0%		51.5	331^st of 743 public middle schools	55.5%	30		19.9				71.8	56.7	71.1				36.4	35.8	11.3		75.0	75.0			$9,597		$9,597
University Middle School	Public	6-8	255 Myrtle Ave	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6879	719	60	11.9	76.8%	3 (0.4%)	443 (61.6%)	269 (37.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9.5	717^th of 752 public middle schools	4.7%		10.7	700^th of 743 public middle schools	5.8%	17		1.3				18.1	18.8	24.6				3.8	10.2	3.9		54.2	54.2			$9,378	$185	$9,193
Burnet Middle School	Public	5-8	1000 Caldwell Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6490	970	76	12.8	57.5%	106 (10.9%)	484 (49.9%)	266 (27.4%)	78 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.4%)	32.8	483^rd of 752 public middle schools	35.8%		35.1	462^nd of 743 public middle schools	37.8%	21		12.0				50.2	45.4	39.2				26.6	28.2	10.7		66.7	66.7			$8,436	$264	$8,172
Jefferson Elementary	Public	5	155 Hilton Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6560	564	41	13.7	52.7%	93 (16.5%)	243 (43.1%)	164 (29.1%)	42 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.4%)								(n/a)	22.4				43.5						27.2									$9,285	$268	$9,017
Roselle Park Middle School	Public	6-8	57 W Grant Ave	Roselle Park	07204	Union County	Roselle Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 245-1634	438	41	10.8	54.3%	109 (24.9%)	57 (13.0%)	242 (55.3%)	20 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.6%)	33.8	479^th of 752 public middle schools	36.3%		37.3	441^st of 743 public middle schools	40.6%	38		5.2				52.1	51.4	47.4				36.2	16.8	10.9	87.8	54.2	73.7	75.7	75.7	$7,441		$7,441
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