John Adams Middle School

Summary:

John Adams Middle School is a high-performing public middle school in Edison Township School District, serving 1,001 students in grades 6-8. The school consistently ranks among the top middle schools in New Jersey, with exceptional academic performance and a diverse student body.

John Adams Middle School excels academically, with 83.1% of 6th graders, 87.2% of 7th graders, and 84.6% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, significantly higher than the state averages. In mathematics, the school also outperforms the state, with 79.5% of 6th graders, 47.7% of 7th graders, and 12.1% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better. The school's diverse student population is noteworthy, with 87.11% of students identifying as Asian, much higher than the state and district averages.

When compared to nearby schools, Woodrow Wilson Middle School in the Edison Township School District also ranks highly, but its academic performance is still lower than John Adams Middle School. In contrast, some nearby schools, such as Maxson Middle School and Hubbard Middle School in the Plainfield Public School District, have significantly lower academic performance and rankings, highlighting the exceptional nature of John Adams Middle School.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1081 New Dover Road
       Edison, NJ  08820


(732) 452-2920

District: Edison Township School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
70th of 748 New Jersey Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,899 Help


Students who attend John Adams Middle School usually attend:

High:    John P. Stevens High School

Feeder schools for John Adams Middle School:

Elementary:    James Madison Intermediate School
    James Madison Primary School
    Martin Luther King Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  1,001

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
87.1%
African American:
4.3%
Hispanic:
3.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  6.8% Help


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Compare Details John Adams Middle School ranks better than 90.6% of middle schools in New Jersey. It also ranks first among 4 ranked middle schools in the Edison Township School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.29. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (87.1%), African American (4.3%), Hispanic (3.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 6.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Edison Township School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at John Adams Middle School is 13.9, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Edison Township School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John Adams Middle School is $6,899, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Edison Township School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

John Adams Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks John Adams Middle School 70th of 748 New Jersey public middle schools. (See John Adams Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Edison Township School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Edison Township School District 163rd of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for John Adams Middle School

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Rank History for all students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.39 162nd 574 71.8%
2004 79.36 132nd 588 77.6%
2005 81.54 94th 599 84.3%
2006 79.42 126th 615 79.5%
2007 79.85 109th 631 82.7%
2008 82.90 75th 640 88.3%
2009 82.39 84th 664 87.3%
2010 85.76 54th 677 92.0%
2011 83.78 80th 684 88.3%
2012 85.37 62nd 677 90.8%
2013 82.87 94th 704 86.6%
2014 83.53 83rd 717 88.4%
2015 83.61 69th 713 90.3%
2016 83.08 75th 713 89.5%
2017 87.91 47th 712 93.4%
2018 87.27 49th 716 93.2%
2019 85.24 61st 745 91.8%
2021 87.80 60th 652 90.8%
2022 88.40 54th 745 92.8%
2023 86.29 70th 748 90.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.44 261st 471 44.6%
2019 42.26 253rd 492 48.6%
2021 68.03 81st 401 79.8%
2022 52.04 180th 535 66.4%
2023 65.20 104th 505 79.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.75 244th 522 53.3%
2019 53.46 209th 541 61.4%
2021 38.75 278th 467 40.5%
2022 36.40 342nd 549 37.7%
2023 50.09 234th 568 58.8%
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Rank History for Female students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.58 54th 680 92.1%
2019 85.53 77th 703 89.0%
2021 87.52 55th 625 91.2%
2022 93.16 28th 726 96.1%
2023 91.63 31st 720 95.7%
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Rank History for Male students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.17 32nd 675 95.3%
2019 91.12 48th 697 93.1%
2021 90.77 43rd 635 93.2%
2022 92.63 38th 730 94.8%
2023 93.88 25th 718 96.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.60 27th 200 86.5%
2019 75.66 42nd 199 78.9%
2021 51.88 68th 147 53.7%
2022 74.12 43rd 200 78.5%
2023 72.18 54th 201 73.1%
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Rank History for African American students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.28 155th 326 52.5%
2019 32.58 233rd 326 28.5%
2021 28.84 221st 291 24.1%
2022 23.80 304th 356 14.6%
2023 53.73 135th 361 62.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.50 210th 504 58.3%
2019 87.10 37th 524 92.9%
2022 28.52 440th 591 25.5%
2023 28.36 441st 587 24.9%
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Rank History for White students at John Adams Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.62 340th 497 31.6%
2019 47.65 271st 504 46.2%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for John Adams Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 461 47 201 22 0 n/a n/a 0 731
1989 389 54 211 25 0 n/a n/a 0 679
1990 397 51 244 20 0 n/a n/a 0 712
1991 409 46 185 13 0 n/a n/a 0 653
1992 435 68 205 3 0 n/a n/a 0 711
1993 425 79 232 12 0 n/a n/a 0 748
1994 425 74 264 14 0 n/a n/a 0 777
1995 400 62 291 13 0 n/a n/a 0 766
1996 400 62 291 13 0 n/a n/a 0 766
1998 379 65 296 15 0 n/a n/a 0 755
1999 388 70 300 13 0 n/a n/a 0 771
2000 382 79 301 12 0 n/a n/a 0 774
2001 391 73 323 15 0 n/a n/a 0 802
2002 333 70 370 24 1 n/a n/a 0 798
2003 333 70 370 24 1 n/a n/a 0 798
2004 289 78 358 21 1 n/a n/a 0 747
2005 249 83 403 22 1 n/a n/a 0 758
2006 209 104 427 15 1 n/a n/a 0 756
2007 195 97 498 12 0 n/a n/a 0 802
2008 158 96 499 20 0 n/a n/a 0 773
2009 156 85 497 22 0 0 0 0 760
2010 133 82 487 27 0 0 0 0 729
2011 133 73 538 19 0 0 2 0 765
2012 129 87 555 26 0 0 1 0 798
2013 130 93 590 31 0 1 1 0 846
2014 117 86 598 25 0 2 1 0 829
2015 100 76 675 29 0 1 1 0 882
2016 85 77 715 31 0 1 3 0 912
2017 75 79 751 41 1 0 5 0 952
2018 60 68 781 35 2 0 6 0 952
2019 55 69 783 37 3 1 13 0 961
2020 53 67 797 32 4 1 13 0 967
2021 47 62 823 31 6 0 17 0 986
2022 30 48 848 33 8 0 13 0 980
2023 22 43 872 34 16 1 13 0 1001

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at John Adams Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 731 50.0 14.6 n/a
1989 679 47.0 14.4 n/a
1990 712 43.0 16.5 2.5
1991 653 42.0 15.5 1.4
1992 711 39.0 18.2 3.1
1993 748 43.4 17.2 3.1
1994 777 45.6 17.0 3.6
1995 766 47.8 16.0 4.4
1996 766 47.8 16.0 4.4
1998 755 51.6 14.6 3
1999 771 54.0 14.3 4.3
2000 774 54.0 14.3 6.8
2001 802 54.2 14.8 6.5
2002 798 70.0 11.4 6.1
2003 798 70.0 11.4 6.1
2004 747 69.4 10.8 7.1
2005 758 72.6 10.4 n/a
2006 756 69.6 10.9 8.2
2007 802 69.0 11.6 8.1
2008 773 58.0 13.3 10.1
2009 760 72.0 9.7 11.1
2010 729 69.0 10.5 11.5
2011 765 60.0 12.7 10.1
2012 798 62.4 12.7 13.3
2013 846 66.5 12.7 14.1
2014 829 67.6 12.2 16
2015 882 67.0 13.1 13.4
2016 912 68.0 13.4 12.6
2017 952 68.6 13.8 13.2
2018 952 63.4 15.0 11.2
2019 961 67.0 14.3 5.9
2020 967 69.0 14.0 8.2
2021 986 72.0 13.6 6.3
2022 980 73.0 13.4 6.1
2023 1001 72.0 13.9 6.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio John Adams Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 731 50.0 14.6 n/a
1989 679 47.0 14.4 n/a
1990 712 43.0 16.5 2.5
1991 653 42.0 15.5 1.4
1992 711 39.0 18.2 3.1
1993 748 43.4 17.2 3.1
1994 777 45.6 17.0 3.6
1995 766 47.8 16.0 4.4
1996 766 47.8 16.0 4.4
1998 755 51.6 14.6 3
1999 771 54.0 14.3 4.3
2000 774 54.0 14.3 6.8
2001 802 54.2 14.8 6.5
2002 798 70.0 11.4 6.1
2003 798 70.0 11.4 6.1
2004 747 69.4 10.8 7.1
2005 758 72.6 10.4 n/a
2006 756 69.6 10.9 8.2
2007 802 69.0 11.6 8.1
2008 773 58.0 13.3 10.1
2009 760 72.0 9.7 11.1
2010 729 69.0 10.5 11.5
2011 765 60.0 12.7 10.1
2012 798 62.4 12.7 13.3
2013 846 66.5 12.7 14.1
2014 829 67.6 12.2 16
2015 882 67.0 13.1 13.4
2016 912 68.0 13.4 12.6
2017 952 68.6 13.8 13.2
2018 952 63.4 15.0 11.2
2019 961 67.0 14.3 5.9
2020 967 69.0 14.0 8.2
2021 986 72.0 13.6 6.3
2022 980 73.0 13.4 6.1
2023 1001 72.0 13.9 6.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for John Adams Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $6,899

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on John Adams Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 61st of 745 Middle schoolsRanks 70th of 748 Middle schools
 1.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (John Adams Middle School)86.983.1
 3.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Edison Township School District)76.266.2
 10%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (John Adams Middle School)77.179.5
 2.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Edison Township School District)61.353.3
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (John Adams Middle School)87.387.2
 0.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Edison Township School District)81.478.9
 2.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.855.7
 7.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (John Adams Middle School)71.747.7
 24%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Edison Township School District)55.437.4
 18%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)42.133.8
 8.3%
7th Grade Algebra I (John Adams Middle School)10098.8
 1.2%
   7th Grade Algebra I (Edison Township School District)10096.2
 3.8%
   7th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)9589.4
 5.6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (John Adams Middle School)86.484.6
 1.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Edison Township School District)79.172.5
 6.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.955.3
 7.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (John Adams Middle School)21.312.1
 9.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Edison Township School District)17.65.2
 12.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)29.317.8
 11.5%
8th Grade Algebra I (John Adams Middle School)93.559.9
 33.6%
   8th Grade Algebra I (Edison Township School District)90.953.5
 37.4%
   8th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)75.166
 9.1%
8th Grade Geometry (John Adams Middle School)10097
 3%
   8th Grade Geometry (Edison Township School District)99.697
 2.6%
   8th Grade Geometry (New Jersey)93.480.8
 12.6%
End of Course Algebra I (John Adams Middle School)96.482
 14.4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Edison Township School District)71.654.5
 17.1%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%
End of Course Geometry (John Adams Middle School)10097
 3%
   End of Course Geometry (Edison Township School District)60.676.4
 15.8%
   End of Course Geometry (New Jersey)32.251.2
 19%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students9611001
 4.2%
African American6943
 37.7%
American Indian316
 433.3%
Asian783872
 11.4%
Hispanic3734
 8.1%
Pacific Islander11
White5522
 60%
Two or More Races1313
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients5.9%6.8%
 0.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about John Adams Middle School

Students at John Adams Middle School are 87% Asian, 4% African American, 3% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

Students who attend John Adams Middle School usually go on to attend John P. Stevens High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,001 students attended John Adams Middle School.

Yes. John Adams Middle School ranks in the top 9.4% of New Jersey middle schools.


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