Rahway Middle School
2 out of 5 | 6 Reviews
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School Description
School Summary and Highlights
- Enrolls 844 middle school students from grades 6-8
- Ranks 511th out of 708 middle schools in NJ.
Additional Contact Information
- Principal or Admin: John Perillo
School Operational Details
- Title I Eligible
School District Details
- Rahway City School District
- Per-Pupil Spending: $14,571
- Graduation Rate: 74.3%
- Dropout Rate: 3.1%
- Students Per Teacher: 14.3
- Enrolled Students: 3,859
Faculty Details and Student Enrollment
Students and Faculty
- Total Students Enrolled: 844
- Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 57.0
- Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 14.8
Students Gender Breakdown
- Males: 453 (53.7%)
- Females: 391 (46.3%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
- Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 126 (14.9%)
- Eligible for Free Lunch: 353 (41.8%)
- Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 479 (56.8%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian | 4 | 0.5% |
| Black | 380 | 45.0% |
| Asian | 25 | 3.0% |
| Hispanic | 261 | 30.9% |
| White | 174 | 20.6% |
Number of Students Per Grade
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 6th Grade | 273 | 32.3% |
| 7th Grade | 281 | 33.3% |
| 8th Grade | 281 | 33.3% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1.1% |
Source: NJ Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010
School Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating: 2
2 out of 5 | 6 Reviews
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6 reviews for Rahway Middle School
- Reviewed by Student on May 22, 2009
- Rating:
(1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - Rms is crazy.Teachers break rules like cursing around students.And then there are those teachers who over exaggerate EVERYTHING to make the students seem like the bad guys.Some teachers are afraid of students.I once heard a girl tell a gym teacher she was fat.I was dumbfounded.
- Reviewed by Student on May 22, 2009
- Rating:
(5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - Rms is a mess. Teachers are ill manered and are a total disgrace. i once witnessed a teacher tell a student, "Sit down! I don't want to see your ugly face again!." how ridiculous?. Teachers constantly curse believe it or not, "Your pissing me off" they'd say. nothing like elementary school. im actually a student and the only reason im on this site is because im searching for a way OUT of this hell hole.
- Reviewed by Student on May 22, 2009
- Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- Rms absolutely absurd.There is constant drama aho've been supended, more than once are still here!They recieve only a mild warning saying they need to clean up their acts[persay].When fights are about to happen the security guards will let the students fight for a bit,AND THEN BREAK IT UP.
- Reviewed by Student on May 30, 2007
- Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- I first came to this school thinking: Wow! RMS. They must have great teachers, a good curriculum , and nice facility. It's near the end of my 6th grade year, and I'm already waiting to get out of here. Most teacher either don't take control of the class, have petty vendettas against some students, or are very dulled minded or just plain retarded. Seriously, I don't know how some of these people made it out of Kean University. A good friend and classmate of mine actually reported a teacher to Guidance with many other students about being racist, but they never took any action. The teachers do not care or just 'don't know what to tell you' when you are in trouble for something you didn't do or something outrageous. A friend of mine, just like me, is a Pop Warner Little Scholar, and is now in danger of failing, but our math teacher says we need to 'get our act together'. But may I ask: 'What act?' What are we doing wrong? We try to ask that and provide our side and our reasons of the story, but they don't care. They care about whether you're wearing that Jolly Roger wristband or not, not your education. I was in ISS for missing a central detention, and a teacher took my books, and suddenly 'doesn't have them'. So now I've lost my math and SS notebooks, and lost 30 points on my math grade. So if you choose to move here, you may want to find a better school, district, or town overall.
- Reviewed by Student on December 29, 2006
- Rating:
(2 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - When it comes to teaching skills, the teachers simply don't have the skills. The district is more concerned with what the students are wearing, then their GPA. RMS does have to many insignificant rules. For example, chewing gum, who cares!? It is just gum it's not going to hurt anyone. The whole concept of students placing the gum under the desks but if the school let us chew then we would most likely throw it in the garbage. The teachers in RMS are intolerable. They could care less if their students learn or don't learn. Also, some students do want to learn, but when teachers give them an "attitude" then the students just give up on that class & transfer out.
- Reviewed by Student on September 14, 2006
- Rating: (2 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- The rahway school doesn't think of the needs of the children and make to much stupid rules
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Test Scores and Performance Information
Overall School Rating
How is this determined?
The overall school rating shows that Rahway Middle School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on ASK state exams in the following subjects:
- Language Arts
- Math
- Science
ASK - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject
Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 48.7% | 48.7% | 78.6% |
| 2009 | 55.4% | 55.4% | 69.8% |
| Math Test | |||
| 2010 | 59.7% | 59.7% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 56.8% | 56.8% | 78.7% |
Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 57.7% | 57.7% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 61.0% | 61.0% | 72.5% |
| Math Test | |||
| 2010 | 52.3% | 52.3% | 81.9% |
| 2009 | 53.6% | 53.6% | 66.8% |
Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Arts Test | |||
| 2010 | 73.2% | 73.2% | 94.0% |
| 2009 | 73.6% | 73.6% | 91.7% |
| Math Test | |||
| 2010 | 59.6% | 59.6% | 83.6% |
| 2009 | 67.5% | 67.5% | 62.1% |
| Science Test | |||
| 2010 | 78.7% | 78.7% | 94.2% |
| 2009 | 78.2% | 78.2% | 94.7% |
Source: NJ Department of Education 2009-2010
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