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Enrollment
625
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340228005172
Eisenhower Intermediate School
791 Eisenhower Avenue, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 · (908) 231-0230 · Somerset County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
126 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 301 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 324 | 52% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 55.8% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Eisenhower Intermediate School
Eisenhower Intermediate School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Intermediate School this school | 625 | 20.2% | 56.2% |
| East Brook Middle School PARAMUS | 555 | 15.9% | 65.9% |
| West Brook Middle School PARAMUS | 500 | 15.0% | 58.4% |
| Hillside Intermediate School Bridgewater | 568 | 15.0% | 55.4% |
| Edgar Middle School METUCHEN | 761 | 10.0% | 68.9% |
| Princeton Middle School PRINCETON | 794 | 13.6% | 74.1% |
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 Eisenhower Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #129 of 433 | #10 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #149 of 437 ▼ 32 | #11 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #181 of 437 ▼ 27 | #12 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #169 of 445 | #8 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #133 of 417 | #15 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #20 of 419 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #281 of 436 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #63 of 282 | #6 of 17 |
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
625
-79 (-11%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 625 | 61.6 | 10.2:1 | 20% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 60.7 | 10.1:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 61.7 | 10.2:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 63 | 11.2:1 | 12% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 72.7 | 10.6:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 70 | 10.7:1 | 11% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 7% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 52 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (770 to 625); teachers down 15% (72.7 to 61.6).
About Eisenhower Intermediate School
Eisenhower Intermediate School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Bridgewater, New Jersey. A total of 625 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 6.
Across its 11 schools, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District enrolls 7,774 students. Eisenhower Intermediate School is one of those schools.
At Eisenhower Intermediate School, the largest share of students is White, at 37%. Next come 31% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 52% White. Eisenhower Intermediate School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Eisenhower Intermediate School counts 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.2 students for each one. On average, middle schools in New Jersey have 10.9:1, compared with 10.2:1 here. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Somerset County average 28%.
allk12 grades Eisenhower Intermediate School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Eisenhower Intermediate School is 1.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (56.2% versus 55.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Somerset County has these Census figures: the median household income is $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Somerset County is home to 84 public schools and about 51,276 public school students.
Nearest public school: Van Holten Primary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Eisenhower Intermediate School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
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.
Over 4 years, Eisenhower Intermediate School's enrollment dropped 11%, to 625. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.2:1 to 10.2:1.
Discussions about Eisenhower Intermediate School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Hamilton Primary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- John F. Kennedy Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Bridgewater
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Crim Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Milltown Primary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Other Eisenhower Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Eisenhower Intermediate. Eisenhower Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolOregon, OH · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Van Holten Primary School0.9 mi · 311
- Hillside Intermediate School1.4 mi · 568
- Milltown Primary School1.7 mi · 348
- Bridgewater-Raritan High School1.7 mi · 2,673
- Hamilton Primary School2.4 mi · 462
- Somerset County Vocational Technical High School3.0 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolHow large is Eisenhower Intermediate School?
Eisenhower Intermediate School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 05-06.
Is Eisenhower Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eisenhower Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Eisenhower Intermediate School have?
Eisenhower Intermediate School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eisenhower Intermediate School?
At Eisenhower Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Eisenhower Intermediate School public or private?
Eisenhower Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.