Summary:
ZIP code 08846 has one middle school, serving grades 6–8: Von E. Mauger Middle School in the Middlesex Borough School District, with 502 students. In 2025–2026, its average results across grades 6–8 were 49% in English language arts (ELA) and 31% in math, compared with 53% and 34% statewide. The most important finding is that the school trailed the state in both subjects overall, though its math average was closer.
Because this is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school top-or-bottom comparison. Within the school, results varied substantially by grade: grade 8 math was a relative strength, at 30% versus 23% statewide, a 7-point advantage, while grade 6 math was 31% versus 40% statewide (10 points lower) and grade 7 was 33% versus 38% (5 points lower). ELA was below state results in all three grades: grade 6 scored 40% versus 51%, grade 7 scored 55% versus 56%, and grade 8 scored 51% versus 53%. Grade 8 Algebra I was also strong relative to the state at 88% versus 75%, a 14-point advantage.
Results improved in some areas, but not across the board. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s average ELA score rose from 47% to 49%, and its average math score from 28% to 31%; its math gap with the state narrowed from 5 points to 2 points. Grade 8 Algebra I fell from 100% to 88%, while grade 8 science rose from 7% to 11% but remained 8 points below the state. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking moved from 43rd in 2023–2024 to 40th in 2024–2025 and 47th in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 10.9 student-teacher ratio and 44% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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