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Halsted Middle School

Regular School · NEWTON, NJ

Halsted Middle School is a regular school school in NEWTON, New Jersey, serving grades 05–08 with 280 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 8.1:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
05 – 08
Enrollment
280
Teachers (FTE)
34.4
Student–Teacher Ratio
8.1:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 125 45%
White 120 43%
Black or African American 26 9%
Asian 5 2%
Two or more races 4 1%
Total enrollment 280 145M / 135F

English Language Learners: 18 (6% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 11.0% -14.6pp 25.6% 312
Reading Proficiency 38.0% -8.8pp 46.8% 311
Science Proficiency 6-9% 146

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.01 grade levels
Math
-0.20 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
19 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
18
6.4% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
69
24.6% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 280 100%

Contact & Location

59 HALSTED STREET

NEWTON, NJ 07860

Phone: (973)383-7440

http://www.newtonnj.org

District

Newton Public School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $28,787

District enrollment: 1,495

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

341140005386

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD