Byram Intermediate School

Byram Intermediate School, a compact 6-8 campus in STANHOPE, New Jersey, overseen by Byram Township School District, hosts 346 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 578.

Byram Intermediate School is one of 2 schools operated by Byram Township School District, a district that hosts 789 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Byram Intermediate School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sussex County (around 23%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Byram Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sussex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Byram Intermediate School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Byram Lakes Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Byram Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.3%.

Byram Intermediate School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Byram Intermediate School has shrank 13%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 77% across the same window.

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