Union Township Middle School, Hampton NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Union Township Middle School

Union Township Middle School serves a small student body in the borough of Hampton, Hunterdon County. It is the only middle school in the Union Township School District and covers grades four through eight. The enrollment is modest, and the student body is predominantly white, with Asian students as the next largest group and smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, multiracial, Native American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. About a small fraction of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a low rate and suggests a relatively affluent peer environment.

On the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments, the school posted strong results overall. In English language arts, proficiency rates climbed as students progressed. Fourth graders tested at a solid rate, fifth graders slightly higher, and then the numbers jumped noticeably in sixth grade, reached a very high level in seventh grade, and remained high in eighth grade. In math, the pattern was more uneven. Fourth-grade math proficiency was strong, and fifth and sixth grades were moderately lower. Seventh graders posted the highest math result in the school, while eighth graders fell back. Science results were mixed: fifth graders tested below the school’s ELA and math averages, and eighth-grade science proficiency was lower, a gap a parent may want to explore further with the school. When compared across districts in Hunterdon County, Union Township Middle School’s overall proficiency index placed it in the top quartile, meaning its combined academic performance is among the strongest in the county.

The school does not serve the high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on special education and English learner populations were not available, and no chronic absenteeism rate was reported. Participation rates for state tests were also missing from the data, so it is not possible to confirm what share of students took the assessments.

Hampton is a very small borough settled at a historic railroad junction. It remains a quiet residential community set along the Musconetcong River, with Route 31 as its main road. The population has been essentially flat for decades, with no evidence of major new development or growth pressure. Housing in the area carries a value notably above the national median, and home prices have risen modestly. The real estate market in Hunterdon County shows a limited supply of homes and sustained demand.

For families living in Hampton, the middle school is part of a feeder pattern that sends students to Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, which belongs to the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. The district brief for Union Township School District did not turn up any recent notable changes, such as new programs, boundary shifts, or leadership transitions, so parents may want to ask the school directly about current initiatives or upcoming plans. What is available in the data paints a picture of a small middle school where academic proficiency is generally strong, the community is stable and low-density, and the housing market reflects a high-cost, limited-supply environment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 786%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 51 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 679%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 795%

School 95% · District 95%

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

This schoolUnion Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.