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Samuel E. Shull Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

645^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 14% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Samuel E. Shull Middle School is a public middle school in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, serving 865 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Perth Amboy Public School District, which is ranked 568 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Samuel E. Shull Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages on standardized tests. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 28.3% of 6th graders, 27.8% of 7th graders, and 38% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 56.1%, 57%, and 57.1%, respectively. The school's performance in Mathematics is even lower, with only 11.8% of 6th graders, 14.2% of 7th graders, and 7.2% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 39.8%, 38.8%, and 20.7%. Additionally, Samuel E. Shull Middle School has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 13% to 20.2% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to other middle schools in the area, Samuel E. Shull Middle School consistently performs worse academically. For example, Dual Language School, which is also part of the Perth Amboy Public School District, outperforms Samuel E. Shull Middle School in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. However, one bright spot for the school is its performance in Algebra I, where a significant percentage of students (over 75%) score proficient or better, even though the overall mathematics performance is quite low.

941

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,637

Per pupil spending ?

73.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

380 Hall Avenue
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861-3205

(732) 376-6060

District: Perth Amboy Public School District

Students who attend Samuel E. Shull Middle School usually attend:

High:

Perth Amboy High School

Feeder schools for Samuel E. Shull Middle School:

Elementary:	Edward J. Patten Elementary School
	James J. Flynn Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.1%

African American:

5.3%

White:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2015 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (20% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg19%

New Jersey avg43%

645^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 18 pts since 2015

From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the Perth Amboy Public School District

568^th of 609Perth Amboy 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	16.6	645 of 752	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	622 of 743	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	597 of 748	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	591 of 745	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.1	501 of 652	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	594 of 745	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.2	571 of 716	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.0	570 of 712	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	33.3	503 of 713	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	32.5	484 of 713	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2014	10.3	628 of 717	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.5	612 of 704	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	10.4	605 of 677	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	13.8	591 of 684	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.0	582 of 677	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	15.2	566 of 664	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	17.3	540 of 640	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.9	540 of 631	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	36.2	218 of 352	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.8	133 of 361	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.7	148 of 356	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.0	67 of 291	77.0%	★★★★☆
2019	46.3	163 of 326	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.1	73 of 326	77.6%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	270 of 343	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	263 of 320	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.9	185 of 288	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.1	171 of 270	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.5	79 of 197	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.2	140 of 227	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.8	166 of 202	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	624 of 728	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	618 of 717	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	564 of 720	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	580 of 726	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	467 of 625	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	571 of 703	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.0	550 of 680	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	467 of 608	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	511 of 589	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.4	428 of 587	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	428 of 591	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.9	308 of 480	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.4	378 of 524	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.5	353 of 504	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	494 of 613	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.0	418 of 584	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.0	365 of 568	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	326 of 549	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.8	270 of 467	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.2	342 of 541	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.1	319 of 522	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	610 of 726	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	594 of 719	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	581 of 718	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	571 of 730	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	480 of 635	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.1	553 of 697	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.0	520 of 675	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	478 of 507	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	32.3	335 of 510	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.5	410 of 505	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	443 of 535	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.6	345 of 401	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	394 of 492	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.5	339 of 471	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2024)38th percentile+22 vs school

Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+9 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)21st percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)14th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)6th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I77%+31 vs state

English Language Arts32%-25 vs state

Mathematics11%-23 vs state

Science5%-14 vs state

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by a student on FaceBook
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

This school needs help. The principals enforce low discipline! A student attempted to punch a teacher and she came back from the Principal's office with a lollipop. Also, a gifted and talented student signed their name on friend's arm (as it was requested) and the two students got detention for a week. Favoritism is obvious. The students with violent natures always get away with things because the security guards and top administrators show favor in them. The other students, however, get punished severely and ignored. I witnessed a student get threatened and 2 security guards walked past. They both failed to take actions. Help is very much needed. The students that don't care walk around like upperclassmen and the gifted students who care about everything in education get treated poorly. It would be grand if money could be granted to the district to make another high school and lengthen the academic technology. Thank you very much for reading this. I hope you can give any type of help for the students who want to have a bright education.
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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 (2025)	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
Samuel E. Shull Middle School	Public	6-8	380 Hall Avenue	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6060	941	73	12.9	73.3%	13 (1.4%)	50 (5.3%)	867 (92.1%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	16.6	645^th of 752 public middle schools	14.2%		18	622^nd of 743 public middle schools	16.3%	23		4.6			28.3	27.8	38.0			11.8	14.2	7.2		76.9	76.9			$12,637	$631	$12,006
William C. McGinnis Middle School	Public	6-8	271 State Street	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6040	984	80	12.3	78.8%	4 (0.4%)	18 (1.8%)	957 (97.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	14.7	662^nd of 752 public middle schools	12.0%		15.7	649^th of 743 public middle schools	12.7%	13		3.3			32.5	29.0	38.3			9.3	8.9	3.9		41.7	41.7			$12,488	$649	$11,839
Dual Language School	Public	4-6	300 Eagle Avenue	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6200	384	23	16.6	76.3%	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.3%)	374 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)	15.6		49.6	45.9	64.9			31.0	20.0	31.6								$11,909	$1,424	$10,485
Woodbridge Middle School	Public	6-8	525 Barron Avenue	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8690	513	56	9.2	56.7%	158 (30.8%)	82 (16.0%)	215 (41.9%)	46 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	16.5	646^th of 752 public middle schools	14.1%		15.3	656^th of 743 public middle schools	11.7%	10		6.4			20.8	29.3	23.9			14.2	24.3	6.3		60.6	60.6			$10,503		$10,503
Fords Middle School	Public	6-8	Fanning Street	Fords	08863	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 596-4200	645	63	10.2	56.9%	124 (19.2%)	64 (9.9%)	336 (52.1%)	113 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	26.9	538^th of 752 public middle schools	28.5%		25.2	550^th of 743 public middle schools	26.0%	12		10.0			32.9	28.7	34.0			23.2	22.2	25.1		100.0	100.0			$8,737		$8,737
Herbert Hoover Middle School	Public	6-8	174 Jackson Avenue	Edison	08837	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 452-2940	1,060	81	13.1	44.3%	158 (14.9%)	140 (13.2%)	266 (25.1%)	459 (43.3%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	30 (2.8%)	46.4	386^th of 752 public middle schools	48.7%		49.1	350^th of 743 public middle schools	52.9%	36		22.1			54.6	59.3	60.4			35.9	20.7	2.1	92.0	42.0	59.1	97.2	97.2	$7,148	$238	$6,910
Iselin Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Woodruff Street	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8450	794	72	11.0	36.1%	119 (15.0%)	48 (6.0%)	139 (17.5%)	481 (60.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	68.8	211^th of 752 public middle schools	71.9%		67.6	210^th of 743 public middle schools	71.7%	1		26.1			63.9	62.3	61.2			47.0	56.4	33.3		100.0	100.0			$8,163		$8,163
Avenel Middle School	Public	6-8	Woodbine Avenue	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 596-4210	629	76	8.2	59.5%	163 (25.9%)	129 (20.5%)	229 (36.4%)	95 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	24.9	558^th of 752 public middle schools	25.8%		21.9	579^th of 743 public middle schools	22.1%	21		10.0			26.9	41.0	32.4			22.2	26.4	17.0		57.2	57.2			$9,251		$9,251
Edgar Middle School	Public	5-8	49 Brunswick Avenue	Metuchen	08840	Middlesex County	Metuchen Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 321-8770	761	64	11.8	10.0%	340 (44.7%)	30 (3.9%)	101 (13.3%)	233 (30.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.0%)	86.8	70^th of 752 public middle schools	90.7%		88.7	55^th of 743 public middle schools	92.6%	15	59.5	36.0		86.8	85.7	86.0	80.2		81.7	73.3	65.4	27.1	98.0	97.2	97.4	100.0	100.0	$7,842		$7,842
Carteret Middle School	Public	5-6	300 Carteret Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	540	48	11.1	80.0%	42 (7.8%)	80 (14.8%)	281 (52.0%)	115 (21.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.3%)								(n/a)	15.7			37.2	52.7				28.7	20.7								$4,929	$304	$4,625

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