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Enrollment
930
Middle
DISTRICT 1,038 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003328
John Adams Middle School
1081 NEW DOVER ROAD, EDISON, NJ 08820 · (732) 452-2920 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL930 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
121 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 6 | 269 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 320 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 37% |
Student demographics
27%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
86.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.9% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 76.5% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 John Adams Middle School
John Adams Middle School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams Middle School this school | 930 | 13.0% | 68.7% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School EDISON | 1,206 | 13.9% | 65.7% |
| Community Middle School PLAINSBORO | 1,029 | 8.7% | 70.2% |
| Thomas R Grover Middle School West Windsor | 1,183 | 8.6% | 66.0% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
| Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
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 John Adams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #39 of 433 | #3 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #32 of 437 ▼ 15 | #2 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #20 of 437 no change | #1 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 930 | #54 of 445 | #12 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #341 of 417 | #29 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #387 of 419 | #34 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #336 of 436 | #37 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #248 of 282 | #18 of 23 |
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
930
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 930 | 75.9 | 12.3:1 | 13% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 1,009 | 75.5 | 13.4:1 | 10% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 1,001 | 72 | 13.9:1 | 7% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 986 | 72 | 13.7:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 63.4 | 15.0:1 | 11% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 912 | 67 | 13.6:1 | 13% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | 60 | 12.8:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 6% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Adams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (952 to 930); teachers up 20% (63.4 to 75.9).
About John Adams Middle School
John Adams Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in EDISON, New Jersey. Its enrollment is 930 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students, which makes this school 61% larger than average.
Edison Township School District is the district for John Adams Middle School. It has 19 schools and 16,617 students.
Asian students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. It is also 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Middlesex County's residents are about 26% Asian, 60 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at John Adams Middle School are from different groups.
John Adams Middle School lists 75.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 13% of the student body. Among public schools in Middlesex County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.0% for John Adams Middle School. The school posts 68.7%, 9.7 points above the prediction.
The school is in Middlesex County, where the median household earns about $111,549 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
John Adams Middle School's nearest public school is John P. Stevens High School (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of John Adams Middle School. On state test proficiency, John Adams Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 56 students, from 986 to 930. Students per teacher dropped from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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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
Other John Adams Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named John Adams Middle. John Adams Middle School is the largest of the 7.
- John Adams Middle SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 867 students
- John Adams MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 806 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 740 students
- John Adams MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 676 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMason City, IA · 463 students
Nearby schools
- John P. Stevens High School0.5 mi · 2,687
- Franklin D Roosevelt School1.0 mi · 178
- James Madison Primary School1.0 mi · 452
- James Madison Intermediate School1.0 mi · 586
- Martin Luther King Elementary School1.2 mi · 591
- Menlo Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About John Adams Middle SchoolHow many students attend John Adams Middle School?
John Adams Middle School enrolls approximately 930 students in grades 06-08.
Is John Adams Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Adams Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at John Adams Middle School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at John Adams Middle School.
How diverse is John Adams Middle School?
John Adams Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 85% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees John Adams Middle School?
John Adams Middle School is overseen by Edison Township School District in Middlesex County.
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