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Enrollment
686
Middle
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340885000556
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
75 FIRST STREET, LODI, NJ 07644 · (973) 478-8662 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- A+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
11.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
452 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 33% |
Student demographics
54%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
Students here typically continue to
Thomas Jefferson Middle School→Lodi High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lodi School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 37.3% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% 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 23 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 Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School this school | 686 | 65.9% | 53.3% |
| School #6/Middle School CLIFFSIDE PARK | 679 | 68.3% | 41.7% |
| Lincoln Middle School KEARNY | 763 | 72.5% | 28.2% |
| Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
| Alexander Batcho Intermediate School Manville | 510 | 66.5% | 18.1% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle VINELAND | 603 | 72.0% | 14.6% |
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 Thomas Jefferson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #150 of 433 | #36 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #225 of 437 ▲ 8 | #42 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #74 of 437 ▼ 23 | #23 of 53 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #136 of 445 | #7 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #291 of 417 | #36 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #230 of 419 | #37 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #84 of 436 | #8 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #210 of 282 | #27 of 35 |
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
686
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 686 | 59.3 | 11.6:1 | 66% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 60.2 | 11.7:1 | 58% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 55.3 | 12.6:1 | 55% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 55% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 60% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 63% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 53% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 35% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (724 to 686); teachers up 10% (54 to 59.3).
About Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is a public middle school in LODI, New Jersey. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 686 students.
Lodi School District has a total of 7 schools and 3,082 students, Thomas Jefferson Middle School among them.
Roughly 64% of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White, 7% Asian, and 6% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 59.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County, the school's rate is higher.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.1%. The school's actual rate is 53.3%, 23.2 points higher.
In Bergen County (population about 962,316), the median household income is $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one of 291 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Thomas Jefferson Middle School is Roosevelt School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Thomas Jefferson Middle School is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 686 students in 2024-25, 29 fewer than the 715 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.8:1 to 11.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Thomas Jefferson Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lodi School District
- Lodi High SchoolHigh · 906 students
- Wilson SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Hilltop SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Columbus SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 148 students
Other schools in LODI
- Lodi High SchoolHigh · 906 students
- Wilson SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Hilltop SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Columbus SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 148 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Thomas Jefferson Middle. Thomas Jefferson Middle School is the 8th largest of the 18.
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolFAIR LAWN, NJ · 1,100 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 954 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolTEANECK, NJ · 510 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolROCKAWAY, NJ · 299 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMadera, CA · 948 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt School0.2 mi · 148
- Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School0.3 mi · 1,276
- Roosevelt School #70.5 mi · 282
- Wilson School0.6 mi · 382
- Columbus School0.6 mi · 265
- Lodi MS HS0.7 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolHow large is Thomas Jefferson Middle School?
Thomas Jefferson Middle School enrolls approximately 686 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Thomas Jefferson Middle School serve?
Thomas Jefferson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Jefferson Middle School?
Student demographics at Thomas Jefferson Middle School are roughly 21% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Middle School in?
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is part of Lodi School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.