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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341149003484
John Adams
1450 REDMOND STREET, NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ 08902 · (732) 289-3102 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
10.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
243 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
75%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 North Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 | 39.7% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 44.9% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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
John Adams's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams this school | 561 | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| Grandview Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 579 | 43.5% | 43.9% |
| Dr. Michael Conti School JERSEY CITY | 651 | 46.1% | 54.4% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 513 | 53.4% | 39.5% |
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner Piscataway | 616 | 36.2% | N/A |
| James Monroe Elementary School Edison | 537 | 34.6% | 51.2% |
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 John Adams ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #701 of 1,290 | #71 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #678 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #68 of 111 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #943 of 1,319 ▼ 13 | #83 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #290 of 1,562 | #34 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #484 of 1,390 | #41 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #23 of 1,392 | #6 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #691 of 1,481 | #56 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #284 of 798 | #47 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
561
+108 (+24%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 561 | 53.5 | 10.5:1 | 43% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 51.5 | 10.2:1 | 42% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 51.5 | 9.7:1 | 35% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 49 | 9.2:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 58.5 | 11.2:1 | 36% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 33% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 25% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 14% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 28 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Adams.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (657 to 561); teachers down 9% (58.5 to 53.5).
About John Adams
A mid-sized elementary school in NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, John Adams is part of North Brunswick Township School District. It enrolls 561 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4. That is 39% above the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
North Brunswick Township School District counts 8 schools and 5,705 students, including John Adams.
Hispanic students make up 33% of enrollment at John Adams, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 31% Asian, 17% Black, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Middlesex County's population at about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
Its staff includes 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 43% of students at John Adams can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Middlesex County is similar, at 42%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, John Adams outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
John Adams posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.0%, compared with a predicted 42.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
John Adams's nearest public school is Livingston Park (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. John Adams places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 561, compared with 453 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 9.2:1 to 10.5:1.
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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 North Brunswick Township School District
- North Brunswick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Linwood SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Arthur M. JuddElementary · 587 students
- ParsonsElementary · 566 students
- Livingston ParkElementary · 494 students
Other schools in NORTH BRUNSWICK
- North Brunswick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Linwood SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Arthur M. JuddElementary · 587 students
- ParsonsElementary · 566 students
- Livingston ParkElementary · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Livingston Park0.9 mi · 494
- New Brunswick High School1.2 mi · 2,443
- New Brunswick Middle School1.3 mi · 829
- Arthur M. Judd1.4 mi · 587
- North Brunswick Township High School1.4 mi · 1,876
- Pathways Middle School1.5 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About John AdamsWhat is the total enrollment at John Adams?
John Adams enrolls approximately 561 students in grades PK-04.
Is John Adams an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Adams is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does John Adams have?
John Adams employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is John Adams?
John Adams reports a student body of 13% White, 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 31% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is John Adams in?
John Adams is part of North Brunswick Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.