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Enrollment
510
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340963005240
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School
100 North 13th Avenue, Manville, NJ 08835 · (908) 231-8521 · Somerset County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
339 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 127 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School→Manville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +16.6pp since 2023
Math
14.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 11.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alexander Batcho Intermediate School
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Batcho Intermediate School this school | 510 | 66.5% | 18.1% |
| South River Middle School SOUTH RIVER | 524 | 66.8% | 24.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School LODI | 686 | 65.9% | 53.3% |
| School #6/Middle School CLIFFSIDE PARK | 679 | 68.3% | 41.7% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle VINELAND | 603 | 72.0% | 14.6% |
| Roselle Park Middle School ROSELLE PARK | 438 | 54.3% | 34.7% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alexander Batcho Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #396 of 433 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #394 of 437 ▲ 4 | #21 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #366 of 437 ▲ 42 | #18 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #240 of 445 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #191 of 417 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #196 of 419 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #81 of 436 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.3% | #6 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
510
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 510 | 47.9 | 10.7:1 | 66% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 42.2 | 11.7:1 | 63% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 39.7 | 12.2:1 | 58% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 52% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 25.6 | 13.2:1 | 49% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 37% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 41% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 20% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander Batcho Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 51% (337 to 510); teachers up 87% (25.6 to 47.9).
About Alexander Batcho Intermediate School
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is a public middle school in Manville, New Jersey. A total of 510 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8.
Manville School District, which runs Alexander Batcho Intermediate School, has 4 schools and 1,655 students.
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School's enrollment is 58% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 29% White, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Somerset County's population at about 18%. By the diversity index, Alexander Batcho Intermediate School comes in at 57%.
Dividing enrollment by its 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Alexander Batcho Intermediate School reports 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Somerset County is 28%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is 11.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.1%. Predicted: 29.8%.
Somerset County census figures show that median household income is about $140,374, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 84 public schools operate in Somerset County, serving about 51,276 students.
Of nearby public schools, Manville High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 18.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 510 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 485. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.1:1 to 10.7:1.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manville School District
- Manville High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 213 students
Other schools in Manville
- Manville High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Manville High School0.1 mi · 528
- Roosevelt School0.4 mi · 213
- Weston Elementary School0.8 mi · 404
- The Career Center of the SCESC1.1 mi · 7
- Somerset Elementary Academy1.1 mi · 54
- Somerset Secondary Academy1.1 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander Batcho Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School?
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Alexander Batcho Intermediate School serve?
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is approximately 10.7:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Alexander Batcho Intermediate School?
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School reports a student body of 29% White, 58% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Alexander Batcho Intermediate School public or private?
Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.