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Enrollment
970
Middle
DISTRICT 1,095 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623004728
Toms River Intermediate School North
150 INTERMEDIATE NORTH WAY, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753 · (732) 505-5800 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
538 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 | 326 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 336 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
45.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 20.9% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 North
Toms River Intermediate School North's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toms River Intermediate School North this school | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
| Alder Avenue Middle School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 919 | 50.1% | 34.2% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School Jackson | 665 | 57.9% | 36.6% |
| Frelinghuysen Middle School MORRISTOWN | 1,078 | 45.2% | 42.1% |
| Toms River Intermediate School South BEACHWOOD | 1,044 | 49.8% | 31.6% |
| Fernwood Avenue Middle School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 811 | 52.8% | 34.8% |
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 North ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #305 of 433 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #334 of 437 ▲ 18 | #16 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #313 of 437 ▼ 28 | #11 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #41 of 445 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #297 of 417 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #88 of 419 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #119 of 436 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #38 of 282 | #5 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
970
-154 (-14%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,036
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 970 | 83.3 | 11.6:1 | 55% (538) |
| 2023-24 | 932 | 86.3 | 10.8:1 | 46% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 1,012 | 87 | 11.6:1 | 38% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 1,124 | 90 | 12.5:1 | 35% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 1,243 | 92.8 | 13.4:1 | 30% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 1,279 | 94 | 13.6:1 | 27% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 1,412 | 80 | 17.6:1 | 20% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 1,352 | 89 | 15.2:1 | 13% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 1,036 | 82 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toms River Intermediate School North.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,243 to 970); teachers down 10% (92.8 to 83.3).
About Toms River Intermediate School North
Toms River Intermediate School North is a middle school located in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, in Ocean County. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 970 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in New Jersey is roughly 578 students; this school is 68% above that.
A total of 18 schools make up Toms River Regional School District, with 14,323 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Toms River Intermediate School North is White (41%). Other groups make up 40% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Ocean County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. Toms River Intermediate School North has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 83.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Toms River Intermediate School North and a ratio of 11.6:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 55% of students. Public schools in Ocean County average 44%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Toms River Intermediate School North receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Toms River Intermediate School North's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.1% is 1.7 points below the 35.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Ocean County, median household income is about $89,863, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Toms River Intermediate School North is among the 117 public schools in Ocean County.
The nearest public school is Toms River High School North, at about 0.7 miles. Toms River Intermediate School North has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.9%, higher than Toms River Intermediate School North's 34.1%.
NCES describes the area around Toms River Intermediate School North as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,124 in 2020-21 and 970 in 2024-25, a decrease of 154 students.
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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 EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 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 EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Walnut Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
Nearby schools
- Toms River High School North0.7 mi · 1,861
- Walnut Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 727
- Hooper Avenue Elementary School1.7 mi · 693
- North Dover Elementary School1.8 mi · 384
- Toms River Intermediate School East1.9 mi · 1,271
- West Dover Elementary School2.2 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Toms River Intermediate School NorthHow many students attend Toms River Intermediate School North?
Toms River Intermediate School North enrolls approximately 970 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Toms River Intermediate School North serve?
Toms River Intermediate School North serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Toms River Intermediate School North have?
Toms River Intermediate School North employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Toms River Intermediate School North?
Student demographics at Toms River Intermediate School North are roughly 41% White, 40% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Toms River Intermediate School North?
Toms River Intermediate School North 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.