John Adams Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2017 – 2018 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2016
  • Educational Environment: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1081 New Dover Road
Edison, NJ 08820
Phone
(732) 452-2920
District
EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
952
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.5% of NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

John Adams Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 85 48
Proficiency in Reading 86 55
Proficiency in Math 83 42

Grade 7

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 79 51
Proficiency in Reading 87 61
Proficiency in Math 70 42

Grade 8

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 59 42
Proficiency in Reading 88 58
Proficiency in Math 30.8 26

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL 13.88
AVG FOR DISTRICT 13.86
AVG FOR STATE 12.22
AVG FOR NATION 16.50
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 298 31.3%
Grade 7 314 33.0%
Grade 8 328 34.5%
Total 952 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.9% 16.3% 45.8%
Black 8.3% 8.3% 16.0%
Hispanic 4.3% 10.9% 27.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 79.3% 64.0% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 13.2% 20.9% 36.4%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 10.5% 16.4% 31.8%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 2.7% 4.4% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 102,304 8,908,520
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,337.4 1,207
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.0% 32.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 27.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 15.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,127 3,164,609
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 10.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 89.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.8% 38.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.8% 21.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.6% 17.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 12.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.0% 15.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.2% 13.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,940 $149,388,260 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,505 $22,618,645 8.0%
Staff $364 $5,470,556 1.9%
General Administration $230 $3,456,670 1.2%
School Administration $675 $10,144,575 3.6%
Operation $1,445 $21,716,905 7.7%
Transportation $698 $10,490,242 3.7%
Other $257 $3,862,453 1.4%
Total Support $5,176 $77,790,104 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,649 $54,840,821 19.4%
Total Expenditures $18,766 $282,034,214 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,604 $14,970,833,107 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,968 $2,777,873,561 9.2%
Staff $577 $814,793,701 2.7%
General Administration $375 $529,617,536 1.8%
School Administration $962 $1,357,954,822 4.5%
Operation $1,857 $2,621,550,093 8.7%
Transportation $744 $1,049,805,051 3.5%
Other $474 $668,867,364 2.2%
Total Support $6,956 $9,820,594,337 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,874 $5,468,730,747 18.1%
Total Expenditures $21,433 $30,260,179,262 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,187 $370,071,182,734 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $32,552,249,701 4.6%
Staff $522 $26,871,170,551 3.8%
General Administration $218 $11,205,514,316 1.6%
School Administration $643 $33,118,729,386 4.7%
Operation $1,057 $54,423,429,117 7.7%
Transportation $497 $25,596,058,378 3.6%
Other $416 $21,407,079,047 3.0%
Total Support $3,984 $205,172,626,109 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,638 $135,865,864,952 19.1%
Total Expenditures $13,810 $711,111,010,069 100.0%

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