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Long Branch Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

633^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 16% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Long Branch Middle School is a public middle school serving 1,122 students in grades 6-8 in Long Branch, New Jersey, which is part of the Long Branch Public School District. Despite the school's high-poverty student population, with 77.8% to 81.61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school consistently ranks in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools, performing significantly below state averages on standardized assessments.

Long Branch Middle School's academic performance is a major concern, with only 30.8% of 6th graders, 32% of 7th graders, and 31.2% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 56.1%, 57%, and 57.1% respectively. The math proficiency rates are even lower, ranging from 9.4% to 18.4% across the grades, well below the state averages of 20.7% to 39.8%. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools for all major subgroups.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Forrestdale School in the Rumson Borough School District and Markham Place School in the Little Silver Boro School District, the performance gap is stark, with these higher-performing schools consistently ranking in the top 1% of New Jersey middle schools and significantly outperforming Long Branch Middle School across all subject areas and grade levels.

1,142

Students ?

10.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,016

Per pupil spending ?

81.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

350 Indiana Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740-6192

(732) 229-5533

District: LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.5%

White:

19.5%

African American:

11.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (23% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg20%

New Jersey avg44%

633^rd of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

584^th of 609LONG BRANCH 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	17.2	633 of 752	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	646 of 743	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	628 of 748	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	647 of 745	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	541 of 652	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	603 of 745	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	543 of 716	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.9	559 of 712	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.4	541 of 713	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	21.5	563 of 713	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	16.1	602 of 717	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	20.9	567 of 704	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	24.9	548 of 677	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.0	545 of 684	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.3	518 of 677	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.0	524 of 664	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	28.6	498 of 640	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	28.4	501 of 631	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	18.7	511 of 615	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	18.2	499 of 599	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	11.4	509 of 588	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	12.2	499 of 574	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	284 of 359	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	267 of 352	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.3	272 of 361	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	283 of 356	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	207 of 291	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	223 of 326	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.0	185 of 326	43.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	243 of 343	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	237 of 320	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	215 of 288	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	222 of 270	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.5	157 of 197	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.7	146 of 227	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.0	122 of 202	39.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	591 of 728	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	614 of 717	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	614 of 720	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	649 of 726	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.2	510 of 625	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	574 of 703	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	525 of 680	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	486 of 608	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	495 of 589	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	491 of 587	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	505 of 591	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	399 of 480	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	397 of 524	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.2	335 of 504	33.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	465 of 613	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	451 of 584	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.5	412 of 568	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	421 of 549	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.9	344 of 467	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	355 of 541	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.4	279 of 522	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	628 of 726	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	634 of 719	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	607 of 718	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	620 of 730	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	525 of 635	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	566 of 697	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	511 of 675	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	408 of 507	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.8	407 of 510	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	385 of 505	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.3	388 of 535	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.9	251 of 401	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.0	413 of 492	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	401 of 471	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	462 of 502	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	489 of 510	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	476 of 509	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	487 of 512	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	425 of 435	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	466 of 504	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	428 of 497	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)21st percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)19th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

White (2025)8th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Geometry76%+15 vs state

Algebra I74%+27 vs state

English Language Arts31%-25 vs state

Mathematics14%-21 vs state

Science3%-16 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 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 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
Long Branch Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Indiana Avenue	Long Branch	07740	Monmouth County	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 229-5533	1,142	107	10.6	81.6%	223 (19.5%)	126 (11.0%)	748 (65.5%)	10 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (2.9%)	17.2	633^rd of 752 public middle schools	15.8%		15.9	646^th of 743 public middle schools	13.1%	13		2.9			30.8	32.0	31.2			18.4	14.0	9.4	69.2	79.2	74.0	76.2	76.2	$11,016	$289	$10,727
Frank Antonides School	Public	5-8	135 Locust Avenue	West Long Branch	07764	Monmouth County	West Long Branch School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 222-5900	220	30	7.4	24.5%	151 (68.6%)	3 (1.4%)	55 (25.0%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.7%)	75.1	158^th of 752 public middle schools	79.0%		80.8	118^th of 743 public middle schools	84.1%	40	52.6	32.5		62.7	56.4	63.5	82.5		57.7	54.8	55.3	69.7			100.0			$11,358	$187	$11,171
Maple Place Middle School	Public	5-8	Maple Place	Oceanport	07757	Monmouth County	Oceanport School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 229-0267	256	27	9.3	8.2%	223 (87.1%)	6 (2.3%)	19 (7.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	82.8	102^nd of 752 public middle schools	86.4%		80.2	121^st of 743 public middle schools	83.7%	19	41.6	30.9		75.0	87.5	85.9	76.5		58.3	57.8	68.5	28.2	100.0	78.2	84.8			$17,151	$302	$16,849
Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	7 Grant Avenue	Eatontown	07724	Monmouth County	Eatontown Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 542-5013	270	30	9.0	50.0%	106 (39.3%)	31 (11.5%)	90 (33.3%)	20 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.5%)	48.2	369^th of 752 public middle schools	50.9%		58.3	289^th of 743 public middle schools	61.1%	80		10.0			47.5	69.6	52.9			31.3	40.0	25.0		95.2	95.2			$17,722	$703	$17,019
Markham Place School	Public	5-8	95 Markham Place	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-7112	309	39	7.9		279 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	95.2	6^th of 752 public middle schools	99.2%		95.4	11^th of 743 public middle schools	98.5%	5	62.0	56.1		92.4	96.6	98.9	91.6		78.5	93.2	92.9	77.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$9,993	$183	$9,810
Township of Ocean Intermediate School	Public	5-8	1200 West Park Avenue	Ocean	07712	Monmouth County	Township of Ocean School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 531-5630	889	94	9.4	37.3%	515 (57.9%)	91 (10.2%)	206 (23.2%)	48 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.8%)	46.2	389^th of 752 public middle schools	48.3%		52.5	325^th of 743 public middle schools	56.3%	64	37.5	20.9		60.6	44.9	66.8	52.4		57.6	28.7	33.9	11.3		79.7	80.0	100.0	100.0	$9,710	$169	$9,541
Knollwood School	Public	4-8	224 Hance Road	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-0320	502	57	8.7	0.6%	473 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	89.9	48^th of 752 public middle schools	93.6%		90.2	40^th of 743 public middle schools	94.6%	8	55.4	42.2	84.8	76.8	84.5	88.6	84.5	74.8	78.8	72.2	77.9	38.7	100.0	93.4	95.4	95.0	95.0	$10,199		$10,199
Red Bank Middle School	Public	4-8	101 Harding Road	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Red Bank Borough Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 758-1515	600	65	9.1	83.3%	38 (6.3%)	33 (5.5%)	517 (86.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	41.2	432^nd of 752 public middle schools	42.6%		37.3	442^nd of 743 public middle schools	40.5%	10	22.6	4.6	34.9	48.7	50.9	58.6	50.0	29.0	28.7	40.6	35.1	9.0		73.2	73.2			$15,373	$911	$14,462
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Middle School	Public	7-8	1200 Bangs Avenue	Asbury Park	07712	Monmouth County	Asbury Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 776-2559	195	29	6.8	77.4%	5 (2.6%)	93 (47.7%)	97 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.2	708^th of 752 public middle schools	5.9%		7.7	731^st of 743 public middle schools	1.6%	23		0.0				12.2	12.9				8.3	8.2						$22,456	$414	$22,042
Forrestdale School	Public	4-8	60 Forrest Avenue	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 842-0383	498	62	8.0		453 (91.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	95	9^th of 752 public middle schools	98.8%		96.4	6^th of 743 public middle schools	99.2%	3	73.8	55.6	84.8	89.9	95.4	96.5	91.7	89.8	88.1	80.7	87.1	75.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$10,265	$277	$9,988

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Is Long Branch Middle School a good school?

Long Branch Middle School ranks in the bottom 15.8% of New Jersey middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Long Branch Middle School?

Students at Long Branch Middle School are 65% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% African American, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Long Branch Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,142 students attended Long Branch Middle School.

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LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District

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