Alexander Batcho Intermediate School

Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, a mid-sized intermediate school in Manville, New Jersey, overseen by Manville School District, educates 510 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is one of 4 schools operated by Manville School District, a district that educates 1,655 students overall.

On demographics, Alexander Batcho Intermediate School records that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 29% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 66% of students at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alexander Batcho Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Somerset County shows median household earnings sit near $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Manville High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Alexander Batcho Intermediate School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 51%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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