📍 59 Halsted Street, Newton, Sussex County, 07860
Halsted Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Newton, Sussex County. The school has 318 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newton Public School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Halsted Middle School enrolls 318 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 158 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 115 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
118 of the school's 318 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 105 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Halsted Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-50, state senate district 24, state house district 24.
Halsted Middle School is one of 3 schools in Newton Public School District, based in Newton, New Jersey. The district serves 1,527 students district-wide and employs 142 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 318 students, Halsted Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 509 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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