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What tradition at Stafford Intermediate School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
657
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341569006073
Stafford Intermediate School
1000 McKinley Avenue, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 · (609) 978-5700 · Ocean County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
186 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 323 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 334 | 51% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Stafford Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 47.8% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Stafford Intermediate School
Stafford Intermediate School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Intermediate School this school | 657 | 28.3% | 47.1% |
| Thorne Middle School PORT MONMOUTH | 597 | 24.8% | 45.3% |
| Glen Meadow Middle School VERNON | 617 | 25.4% | 37.5% |
| Macopin Middle School WEST MILFORD | 675 | 22.2% | 33.2% |
| Southern Regional Middle School MANAHAWKIN | 865 | 28.6% | 48.9% |
| Lacey Township Middle School FORKED RIVER | 819 | 33.1% | 38.7% |
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 Stafford Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #203 of 433 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #170 of 437 ▼ 2 | #2 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #228 of 437 ▼ 14 | #4 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #147 of 445 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #385 of 417 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #370 of 419 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #233 of 436 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #257 of 282 | #16 of 16 |
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
657
+43 (+7%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 657 | 48.5 | 13.6:1 | 28% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 46.5 | 13.5:1 | 22% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 48.5 | 12.9:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 51 | 12.0:1 | 22% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 61 | 11.0:1 | 24% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 57 | 11.4:1 | 24% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 12% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 44 | 13.9:1 | 18% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stafford Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (669 to 657); teachers down 20% (61 to 48.5).
About Stafford Intermediate School
Stafford Intermediate School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Manahawkin, New Jersey. Its grade span covers grades 5 through 6, with 657 students on the rolls.
Stafford Township School District is made up of 5 schools with 2,542 students in all.
White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Ocean County residents, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 28%. The average for public schools in Ocean County is 44%.
Stafford Intermediate School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Stafford Intermediate School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.1% is 3.6 points below the 50.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Ocean County, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Ocean County, 117 public schools serve about 66,051 students.
Stafford Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Stafford Intermediate School is behind the 53.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 43 students, from 614 to 657. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.0:1 to 13.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Stafford Intermediate School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford Township School District
- Ocean Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- McKinley Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning CenterElementary · 332 students
- Oxycocus Elementary SchoolElementary · 176 students
Other schools in Manahawkin
- Southern Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Southern Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Ocean Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- McKinley Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning CenterElementary · 332 students
- Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental ScienceHigh · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center0.0 mi · 332
- McKinley Avenue Elementary School0.0 mi · 630
- Oxycocus Elementary School1.4 mi · 176
- Southern Regional Middle School1.5 mi · 865
- Southern Regional High School1.7 mi · 1,820
- Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science1.8 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Stafford Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stafford Intermediate School?
Stafford Intermediate School enrolls approximately 657 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Stafford Intermediate School serve?
Stafford Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Stafford Intermediate School have?
Stafford Intermediate School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Stafford Intermediate School?
Stafford Intermediate School reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Stafford Intermediate School?
Stafford Intermediate School is overseen by Stafford Township School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.