Enrollment
256
Middle
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOD-RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341830003257
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School
151 FIRST STREET, WOOD-RIDGE, NJ 07075 · (201) 933-6777 · Bergen County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-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
11.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
50 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 4 | 99 | 39% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 27% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School→Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Wood-Ridge School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 58.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Wood-Ridge Intermediate School
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood-Ridge Intermediate School this school | 256 | 19.5% | 60.8% |
| Mount Arlington Public School MT ARLINGTON | 223 | 26.0% | 53.7% |
| Patrick M Villano School Emerson | 240 | 11.3% | 61.0% |
| Hasbrouck Heights Middle School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 417 | 21.8% | 54.6% |
| Lincoln Park Middle School LINCOLN PARK | 368 | 24.5% | 60.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School ROCKAWAY | 299 | 32.4% | 48.7% |
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 Wood-Ridge Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #96 of 433 | #28 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #105 of 437 ▼ 3 | #27 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #117 of 437 ▼ 23 | #31 of 53 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #399 of 445 | #49 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #318 of 417 | #43 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #127 of 419 | #16 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #285 of 436 | #24 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #88 of 122 | #12 of 14 |
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
256
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 256 | 21.5 | 11.9:1 | 20% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 5% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 18 | 13.6:1 | 11% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 10% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 11 | 22.4:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 15% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wood-Ridge Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (246 to 256); teachers up 95% (11 to 21.5).
About Wood-Ridge Intermediate School
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School sits in WOOD-RIDGE, New Jersey, and is classified as a middle-grades school. In all, 256 students attend the school in grades 4 through 6. That puts enrollment 56% below the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Wood-Ridge School District is responsible for 3 schools, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School included, with 1,289 students in all.
No group is above 50% at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School; the largest is White, at 49%. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School scores 63%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School is 11.9:1, based on 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Lunch program data show 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School would score about 55.5%. It scores 60.8%, 5.3 points above that figure.
In the surrounding county, Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 291 public schools and about 133,883 students.
Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Wood-Ridge Intermediate School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 250 in 2020-21 to 256 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students. By 2024-25, the school had 11.9 students per teacher, compared with 13.2 in 2020-21.
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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 Wood-Ridge School District
- Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 554 students
- Catherine E. Doyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School0.3 mi · 554
- Carlstadt Public School0.5 mi · 478
- Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School0.5 mi · 479
- Euclid Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Alfred S. Faust Middle School1.0 mi · 240
- Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School1.1 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Wood-Ridge Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School?
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Wood-Ridge Intermediate School serve?
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Wood-Ridge Intermediate School.
How diverse is Wood-Ridge Intermediate School?
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School reports a student body of 49% White, 34% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wood-Ridge Intermediate School?
Wood-Ridge Intermediate School is overseen by Wood-Ridge School District in Bergen County.
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