Quibbletown Middle School

Summary:

Quibbletown Middle School is a public middle school in Piscataway, New Jersey, serving 497 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Piscataway Township School District, which is ranked 273 out of 613 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Quibbletown Middle School has a mixed performance profile. While the school excels in Algebra I, with over 70% of students proficient, it struggles in Mathematics, with proficiency rates well below the district and state averages, particularly in 8th grade. The school's performance in English Language Arts is more in line with the district and state, with some grades performing better and others performing worse. Compared to nearby schools, such as Conackamack Middle School and South Plainfield Middle School, Quibbletown Middle School generally performs in the middle range.

The school also faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, which has steadily increased from 8.0% in 2020-2021 to 16.6% in 2022-2023, on par with the state average. Additionally, Quibbletown Middle School exhibits significant performance gaps between different student subgroups, with female students, African American students, and English Language Learners performing relatively well, while Asian and Special Education students struggle. The school's leadership should focus on addressing these areas of concern, leveraging the strengths of higher-performing nearby schools, and implementing targeted interventions to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 99 Academy Street
       Piscataway, NJ  08854


(732) 752-0444

District: Piscataway Township School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
361st of 743 New Jersey Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,880 Help


Students who attend Quibbletown Middle School usually attend:

High:    Piscataway Township High School

Feeder schools for Quibbletown Middle School:

Elementary:    Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  482

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
32.6%
Hispanic:
30.7%
African American:
23.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.9% Help


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Compare Details Quibbletown Middle School ranks better than 51.4% of middle schools in New Jersey. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Piscataway Township School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 48.21. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Quibbletown Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (32.6%), Hispanic (30.7%), African American (23.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 42.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Piscataway Township School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Quibbletown Middle School is 12.6, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Piscataway Township School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Quibbletown Middle School is $7,880. 1 middle schools in the Piscataway Township School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Quibbletown Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Quibbletown Middle School 361st of 743 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Quibbletown Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Piscataway Township School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Piscataway Township School District 273rd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Quibbletown Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 50.41 370th 574 35.5%
2004 48.68 389th 588 33.8%
2005 51.21 375th 599 37.4%
2006 54.23 379th 615 38.4%
2007 60.66 325th 631 48.5%
2008 63.46 290th 640 54.7%
2009 62.96 315th 664 52.6%
2010 59.77 345th 677 49.0%
2011 53.56 398th 684 41.8%
2012 58.67 351st 677 48.2%
2013 63.59 302nd 704 57.1%
2014 60.74 335th 717 53.3%
2015 59.99 261st 713 63.4%
2016 56.84 298th 713 58.2%
2017 50.86 348th 712 51.1%
2018 47.86 384th 716 46.4%
2019 45.15 415th 745 44.3%
2021 42.62 329th 652 49.5%
2022 44.34 394th 745 47.1%
2023 48.22 359th 748 52.0%
2024 48.21 361st 743 51.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.51 185th 202 8.4%
2019 53.94 75th 227 67.0%
2022 36.05 165th 270 38.9%
2023 54.55 88th 288 69.4%
2024 72.46 45th 320 85.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.29 284th 471 39.7%
2019 45.26 228th 492 53.7%
2021 24.48 314th 401 21.7%
2022 39.34 275th 535 48.6%
2023 28.07 377th 505 25.3%
2024 25.13 416th 510 18.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.96 250th 522 52.1%
2019 48.01 262nd 541 51.6%
2021 36.95 293rd 467 37.3%
2022 45.12 261st 549 52.5%
2023 51.62 218th 568 61.6%
2024 58.33 173rd 584 70.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.59 390th 680 42.6%
2019 38.95 451st 703 35.8%
2021 48.29 285th 625 54.4%
2022 49.49 347th 726 52.2%
2023 53.44 307th 720 57.4%
2024 55.61 289th 717 59.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.78 362nd 675 46.4%
2019 50.71 340th 697 51.2%
2021 39.15 336th 635 47.1%
2022 38.04 430th 730 41.1%
2023 42.58 377th 718 47.5%
2024 41.53 389th 719 45.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.45 141st 200 29.5%
2019 29.63 152nd 199 23.6%
2021 32.61 102nd 147 30.6%
2022 34.41 140th 200 30.0%
2023 25.70 157th 201 21.9%
2024 33.51 146th 200 27.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.04 90th 326 72.4%
2019 54.44 124th 326 62.0%
2021 41.19 158th 291 45.7%
2022 44.34 178th 356 50.0%
2023 59.89 105th 361 70.9%
2024 52.25 130th 352 63.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.20 314th 504 37.7%
2019 37.93 330th 524 37.0%
2021 36.17 294th 480 38.8%
2022 35.21 382nd 591 35.4%
2023 42.85 309th 587 47.4%
2024 40.96 340th 589 42.3%
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Rank History for White students at Quibbletown Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.31 494th 497 0.6%
2019 20.25 429th 504 14.9%
2021 35.11 290th 435 33.3%
2022 36.82 321st 512 37.3%
2023 26.36 397th 509 22.0%
2024 43.37 292nd 510 42.7%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Quibbletown Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 204 77 50 20 0 n/a n/a 0 351
1989 190 91 65 25 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1990 175 89 78 25 0 n/a n/a 0 367
1991 189 105 72 26 0 n/a n/a 0 392
1992 194 103 77 28 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1993 228 129 87 48 0 n/a n/a 0 492
1994 244 125 114 49 0 n/a n/a 0 532
1995 218 168 90 47 0 n/a n/a 0 523
1996 218 168 90 47 0 n/a n/a 0 523
1998 190 203 93 43 0 n/a n/a 0 529
1999 196 190 92 45 0 n/a n/a 0 523
2000 203 162 91 57 0 n/a n/a -1 512
2001 223 185 104 75 0 n/a n/a 0 587
2002 176 215 118 84 2 n/a n/a 0 595
2003 176 215 118 84 2 n/a n/a 0 595
2004 150 210 126 87 2 n/a n/a 0 575
2005 127 206 120 93 1 n/a n/a 0 547
2006 120 185 133 105 0 n/a n/a 0 543
2007 116 201 117 90 1 n/a n/a 0 525
2008 100 226 130 94 1 n/a n/a 0 551
2009 102 216 129 91 1 0 0 0 539
2010 88 231 149 102 0 0 4 0 574
2011 90 207 151 113 0 0 5 0 566
2012 89 213 168 104 0 0 5 0 579
2013 90 198 178 91 0 0 7 0 564
2014 91 172 177 112 0 0 1 0 553
2015 88 168 172 140 1 0 8 0 577
2016 79 165 164 141 1 1 12 0 563
2017 72 159 163 131 0 1 15 0 541
2018 69 152 154 119 0 2 17 0 513
2019 62 132 146 138 0 1 17 0 496
2020 58 132 145 125 1 1 14 0 476
2021 60 124 157 136 4 0 11 0 492
2022 56 144 154 143 4 3 14 0 518
2023 57 118 159 143 4 5 11 0 497
2024 46 114 157 148 2 3 12 0 482

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Quibbletown Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 351 37.0 9.4 n/a
1989 371 35.0 10.6 n/a
1990 367 35.0 10.4 7.6
1991 392 36.0 10.8 10.2
1992 402 36.0 11.1 11.7
1993 492 41.7 11.8 11.2
1994 532 48.4 11.0 16.2
1995 523 42.5 12.3 11.3
1996 523 42.5 12.3 11.3
1998 529 43.5 12.2 10.4
1999 523 42.0 12.5 11.1
2000 512 45.0 11.4 18.3
2001 587 45.2 13.0 23
2002 595 49.0 12.1 23.4
2003 595 49.0 12.1 23.4
2004 575 46.0 12.5 23.1
2005 547 45.0 12.2 n/a
2006 543 46.0 11.8 24.5
2007 525 46.0 11.4 24.4
2008 551 35.0 15.7 27.4
2009 539 45.3 10.6 28.4
2010 574 41.0 14.0 33.8
2011 566 39.4 14.3 32.2
2012 579 42.2 13.7 39
2013 564 n/a n/a 39.2
2014 553 47.1 11.7 34
2015 577 48.0 12.0 39.7
2016 563 48.0 11.7 40.7
2017 541 47.2 11.4 36.8
2018 513 47.2 10.8 40.5
2019 496 44.7 11.0 38.3
2020 476 46.6 10.2 39.3
2021 492 46.6 10.5 34.6
2022 518 46.0 11.2 37.8
2023 497 41.0 12.1 44.3
2024 482 38.0 12.6 42.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Quibbletown Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 351 37.0 9.4 n/a
1989 371 35.0 10.6 n/a
1990 367 35.0 10.4 7.6
1991 392 36.0 10.8 10.2
1992 402 36.0 11.1 11.7
1993 492 41.7 11.8 11.2
1994 532 48.4 11.0 16.2
1995 523 42.5 12.3 11.3
1996 523 42.5 12.3 11.3
1998 529 43.5 12.2 10.4
1999 523 42.0 12.5 11.1
2000 512 45.0 11.4 18.3
2001 587 45.2 13.0 23
2002 595 49.0 12.1 23.4
2003 595 49.0 12.1 23.4
2004 575 46.0 12.5 23.1
2005 547 45.0 12.2 n/a
2006 543 46.0 11.8 24.5
2007 525 46.0 11.4 24.4
2008 551 35.0 15.7 27.4
2009 539 45.3 10.6 28.4
2010 574 41.0 14.0 33.8
2011 566 39.4 14.3 32.2
2012 579 42.2 13.7 39
2013 564 n/a n/a 39.2
2014 553 47.1 11.7 34
2015 577 48.0 12.0 39.7
2016 563 48.0 11.7 40.7
2017 541 47.2 11.4 36.8
2018 513 47.2 10.8 40.5
2019 496 44.7 11.0 38.3
2020 476 46.6 10.2 39.3
2021 492 46.6 10.5 34.6
2022 518 46.0 11.2 37.8
2023 497 41.0 12.1 44.3
2024 482 38.0 12.6 42.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Quibbletown Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $152 (1.9%) $7,728 (98.1%) $7,880

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Quibbletown Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 415th of 745 Middle schoolsRanks 359th of 748 Middle schools
 7.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Quibbletown Middle School)53.760.1
 6.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Piscataway Township School District)54.455.7
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Quibbletown Middle School)36.130.9
 5.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Piscataway Township School District)39.335
 4.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Quibbletown Middle School)57.260.4
 3.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Piscataway Township School District)62.460.2
 2.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.855.7
 7.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Quibbletown Middle School)38.526.3
 12.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Piscataway Township School District)45.633.5
 12.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)42.133.8
 8.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Quibbletown Middle School)64.150.8
 13.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Piscataway Township School District)65.160.6
 4.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.955.3
 7.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Quibbletown Middle School)11.29.4
 1.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Piscataway Township School District)10.810.2
 0.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)29.317.8
 11.5%
8th Grade Algebra I (Quibbletown Middle School)77.880.4
 2.6%
   8th Grade Algebra I (Piscataway Township School District)86.579.4
 7.1%
   8th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)75.166
 9.1%
End of Course Algebra I (Quibbletown Middle School)80.383.1
 2.8%
   End of Course Algebra I (Piscataway Township School District)50.141.5
 8.6%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students496497
 0.2%
African American132118
 10.6%
American Indian04
Asian146159
 8.9%
Hispanic138143
 3.6%
Pacific Islander15
 400%
White6257
 8.1%
Two or More Races1711
 35.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.3%44.3%
 6%


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Quibbletown Middle School ranks 361st of 743 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Quibbletown Middle School usually go on to attend Piscataway Township High School

Students at Quibbletown Middle School are 33% Asian, 31% Hispanic, 24% African American, 10% White, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 482 students attended Quibbletown Middle School.


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