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What's something James Madison Intermediate School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003342
James Madison Intermediate School
838 NEW DOVER ROAD, EDISON, NJ 08820 · (732) 452-2960 · Middlesex County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
83 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 184 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 189 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 213 | 36% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Edison Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
81.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 80.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 James Madison Intermediate School
James Madison Intermediate School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Intermediate School this school | 586 | 14.2% | 76.0% |
| Martin Luther King Elementary School EDISON | 591 | 14.7% | 73.8% |
| Oak Tree Elementary School MONROE TOWNSHIP | 578 | 7.6% | 78.6% |
| Woodbrook Elementary School EDISON | 786 | 13.9% | 71.3% |
| James Madison Primary School EDISON | 452 | 17.7% | N/A |
| Millstone River School PLAINSBORO | 772 | 10.5% | 62.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 James Madison Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #73 of 1,290 | #4 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #76 of 1,319 ▼ 17 | #6 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #170 of 1,319 ▼ 99 | #10 of 111 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #248 of 1,562 | #28 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,332 of 1,390 | #115 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #1,228 of 1,392 | #104 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,158 of 1,481 | #115 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #365 of 798 | #52 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
586
-49 (-8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 586 | 37.4 | 15.7:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 38.4 | 15.3:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 39.4 | 15.4:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 32.4 | 20.5:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 5% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (663 to 586); teachers up 15% (32.4 to 37.4).
About James Madison Intermediate School
James Madison Intermediate School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in EDISON, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 586 students covers grades 3 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
The district for James Madison Intermediate School is Edison Township School District, with 19 schools and 16,617 students.
About 84% of the student body at James Madison Intermediate School is Asian. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% White, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the Asian share of Middlesex County's population at about 26%. James Madison Intermediate School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
James Madison Intermediate School's 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.7:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 14%. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, higher than here.
allk12 grades James Madison Intermediate School an A+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at James Madison Intermediate School are 17.6 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 76.0%, compared with a predicted 58.4%, which ranks in the top 10% in New Jersey.
James Madison Intermediate School is located in Middlesex County, where the median household income is $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides James Madison Intermediate School, Middlesex County has 213 other public schools.
The shortest distance from James Madison Intermediate School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to James Madison Primary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 66.6%, lower than James Madison Intermediate School's 76.0%.
NCES assigns James Madison Intermediate School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when James Madison Intermediate School had 635 students, to 2024-25, when it had 586.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edison Township School District
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Other schools in EDISON
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Nearby schools
- James Madison Primary School0.1 mi · 452
- Franklin D Roosevelt School0.1 mi · 178
- John P. Stevens High School0.5 mi · 2,687
- John Adams Middle School1.0 mi · 930
- Lynn Crest Elementary School1.2 mi · 300
- Martin Luther King Elementary School1.4 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison Intermediate SchoolHow large is James Madison Intermediate School?
James Madison Intermediate School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 03-05.
Is James Madison Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Madison Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does James Madison Intermediate School have?
James Madison Intermediate School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at James Madison Intermediate School?
At James Madison Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 84% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is James Madison Intermediate School public or private?
James Madison Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edison Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.