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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Toms River Intermediate School East this year?
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Enrollment
1,271
Middle
DISTRICT 1,095 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623004726
Toms River Intermediate School East
1519 HOOPER AVENUE, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753 · (732) 505-5777 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,271 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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
14.8:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
442 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 407 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 412 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 452 | 36% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
62.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 29.7% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Toms River Intermediate School East
Toms River Intermediate School East's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toms River Intermediate School East this school | 1,271 | 34.8% | 44.5% |
| Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Howell Township Middle School South HOWELL | 893 | 28.0% | 45.1% |
| West Deptford Middle School WEST DEPTFORD | 859 | 36.7% | 44.4% |
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 Toms River Intermediate School East ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #219 of 433 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #280 of 437 ▲ 13 | #12 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #201 of 437 ▲ 22 | #3 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,271 | #6 of 445 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #401 of 417 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #295 of 419 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #209 of 436 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #121 of 282 | #9 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
1,271
-69 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,413
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,271 | 86 | 14.8:1 | 35% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 1,278 | 87 | 14.7:1 | 29% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 1,294 | 91.2 | 14.2:1 | 24% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 1,340 | 94 | 14.3:1 | 22% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 1,455 | 98.2 | 14.8:1 | 23% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 1,372 | 101 | 13.6:1 | 25% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 1,508 | 96 | 15.7:1 | 19% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 1,435 | 95 | 15.1:1 | 9% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 1,413 | 99 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toms River Intermediate School East.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,455 to 1,271); teachers down 12% (98.2 to 86).
About Toms River Intermediate School East
Toms River Intermediate School East is a middle school with a street address in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey. It reported 1,271 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
The 18 schools of Toms River Regional School District, including Toms River Intermediate School East, enroll 14,323 students.
The student body at Toms River Intermediate School East is 71% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 35% of the student body. On average, public schools in Ocean County report 44%.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Toms River Intermediate School East outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Toms River Intermediate School East's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 47.1%. Toms River Intermediate School East scores 44.5%, 2.6 points below that line.
The school is in Ocean County, where the median household earns about $89,863 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Toms River Intermediate School East shares Ocean County with 116 other public schools.
Hooper Avenue Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 40.5% on proficiency, and Toms River Intermediate School East is above that at 44.5%.
In the federal locale system, Toms River Intermediate School East is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,271, down from 1,340 in 2020-21.
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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 Toms River Regional School District
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
Other schools in TOMS RIVER
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Walnut Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
Nearby schools
- Hooper Avenue Elementary School0.3 mi · 693
- OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy0.9 mi · 259
- Silver Bay Elementary School1.6 mi · 585
- Toms River High School North1.8 mi · 1,861
- Toms River Intermediate School North1.9 mi · 970
- Cedar Grove Elementary School2.0 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Toms River Intermediate School EastHow large is Toms River Intermediate School East?
Toms River Intermediate School East enrolls approximately 1,271 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Toms River Intermediate School East serve?
Toms River Intermediate School East serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Toms River Intermediate School East?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Toms River Intermediate School East is approximately 14.8:1 (86 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Toms River Intermediate School East?
At Toms River Intermediate School East, the student body is approximately 71% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Toms River Intermediate School East?
Toms River Intermediate School East is overseen by Toms River Regional School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.