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James Madison Intermediate School

Public Grades 3-5

98^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

James Madison Intermediate School is a high-performing public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Edison, New Jersey, part of the Edison Township School District. The school consistently ranks among the top 100 elementary schools in the state, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, James Madison Intermediate School excels, with 65.5% of 3rd graders, 79.3% of 4th graders, and 79.1% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, significantly outpacing the state averages. In mathematics, the school's performance is equally impressive, with 80.3% of 3rd graders, 78.5% of 4th graders, and 84.4% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better, again surpassing the state. The school's low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.0% to 16.6%, also contribute to its strong academic outcomes.

James Madison Intermediate School's exceptional performance is further highlighted by its proximity to other high-achieving schools within the Edison Township School District, such as Menlo Park Elementary School and Martin Luther King Elementary School. When compared to nearby schools in the Woodbridge Township School District, the performance gap is significant, with James Madison Intermediate School outperforming these schools by 20-30 percentage points in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency.

586

Students ?

15.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$5,668

Per pupil spending ?

14.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

838 New Dover Road
Edison, NJ 08820

(732) 452-2960

District: Edison Township School District

Students who attend James Madison Intermediate School usually attend:

Middle:	John Adams Middle School
High:	John P. Stevens High School

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

83.6%

Hispanic:

5.3%

African American:

3.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 98th percentile in 2015 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (76% vs 46% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Edison Township School District

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school76%

District avg63%

New Jersey avg46%

98^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 10Elementary Schools in the Edison Township School District

198^th of 609Edison Township School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	90.9	98 of 1347	92.7%	★★★★★
2024	93.7	54 of 1338	96.0%	★★★★★
2023	93.2	67 of 1342	95.0%	★★★★★
2022	94.6	43 of 1345	96.8%	★★★★★
2021	97.3	13 of 1317	99.0%	★★★★★
2019	89.2	103 of 1360	92.4%	★★★★★
2018	90.3	91 of 1353	93.3%	★★★★★
2017	87.6	135 of 1352	90.0%	★★★★★
2016	88.4	122 of 1346	90.9%	★★★★★
2015	94.9	30 of 1357	97.8%	★★★★★
2014	85.7	95 of 1363	93.0%	★★★★★
2013	85.5	86 of 1367	93.7%	★★★★★
2012	85.1	72 of 1363	94.7%	★★★★★
2011	84.6	85 of 1360	93.8%	★★★★★
2010	80.5	192 of 1354	85.8%	★★★★☆
2009	78.6	250 of 1346	81.4%	★★★★☆
2008	76.9	273 of 1338	79.6%	★★★★☆
2007	75.7	266 of 1329	80.0%	★★★★☆
2006	73.9	366 of 1314	72.1%	★★★★☆
2005	70.1	457 of 1303	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2004	72.4	389 of 1298	70.0%	★★★★☆
2003	76.6	309 of 1204	74.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	303 of 463	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.5	361 of 463	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	443 of 494	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	55.6	153 of 456	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.3	267 of 522	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.8	192 of 517	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	60.7	142 of 330	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.0	122 of 340	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.7	109 of 346	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.5	94 of 348	73.0%	★★★★☆
2021	73.8	74 of 339	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	62.9	134 of 370	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.3	134 of 370	63.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	93.0	48 of 597	92.0%	★★★★★
2024	96.0	27 of 559	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	94.8	36 of 499	92.8%	★★★★★
2022	96.6	27 of 489	94.5%	★★★★★
2021	89.3	37 of 411	91.0%	★★★★★
2019	81.4	69 of 463	85.1%	★★★★☆
2018	78.0	83 of 434	80.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	89.6	114 of 1326	91.4%	★★★★★
2024	92.8	57 of 1317	95.7%	★★★★★
2023	92.6	62 of 1318	95.3%	★★★★★
2022	94.1	38 of 1326	97.1%	★★★★★
2021	97.0	13 of 1290	99.0%	★★★★★
2019	85.2	153 of 1331	88.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.9	120 of 1333	91.0%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2018	56.5	335 of 870	61.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	64.2	286 of 1023	72.0%	★★★★☆
2024	66.2	223 of 939	76.3%	★★★★☆
2023	64.8	240 of 910	73.6%	★★★★☆
2022	62.2	250 of 863	71.0%	★★★★☆
2021	59.4	236 of 839	71.9%	★★★★☆
2019	32.3	644 of 948	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.1	329 of 942	65.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	90.6	93 of 1318	92.9%	★★★★★
2024	93.0	51 of 1313	96.1%	★★★★★
2023	92.3	66 of 1315	95.0%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	52 of 1324	96.1%	★★★★★
2021	96.2	21 of 1297	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	90.8	73 of 1335	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	91.4	71 of 1334	94.7%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	70.1	234 of 1023	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	65.8	250 of 989	74.7%	★★★★☆
2023	36.2	537 of 958	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	73.1	189 of 949	80.1%	★★★★☆
2021	81.4	102 of 868	88.2%	★★★★☆
2019	63.1	312 of 1007	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	78.0	177 of 1001	82.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	25.1	814 of 1023	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.1	724 of 1022	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)93rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)92nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)77th percentile-16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)72nd percentile-21 vs school

Hispanic (2018)61st percentile-32 vs school

Asian (2025)57th percentile-36 vs school

African American (2025)35th percentile-58 vs school

White (2019)20th percentile-72 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics81%+34 vs state

English Language Arts75%+24 vs state

Science63%+33 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)			NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
James Madison Intermediate School	Public	3-5	838 New Dover Road	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2960	586	37	15.6	14.2%	17 (2.9%)	21 (3.6%)	31 (5.3%)	490 (83.6%)	16 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	90.9	98^th of 1347 public elementary schools	92.7%		93.7	54^th of 1338 public elementary schools	96.0%	44	63.1	65.5	79.3	79.1	80.3	78.5	84.4	$5,668
James Madison Primary School	Public	K-2	840 New Dover Road	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2990	452	38	11.9	17.7%	19 (4.2%)	29 (6.4%)	30 (6.6%)	346 (76.5%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)								(n/a)								$6,040
Franklin D Roosevelt School	Public	PK-K	838 New Dover Rd	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2939	178	18	9.8	34.3%	17 (9.6%)	21 (11.8%)	36 (20.2%)	95 (53.4%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)								(n/a)								$12,809
Lynn Crest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	98 Ira Avenue	Colonia	07067	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 499-6558	300	31	9.6	27.7%	135 (45.0%)	22 (7.3%)	63 (21.0%)	74 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	71.9	391^st of 1347 public elementary schools	71.0%		73.7	368^th of 1338 public elementary schools	72.5%	23	50.0	52.3	62.8	61.6	65.9	60.0	59.0	$6,206
Martin Luther King Elementary School	Public	K-5	285 Tingley Lane	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2980	591	45	13.0	14.7%	27 (4.6%)	34 (5.8%)	29 (4.9%)	482 (81.6%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (2.0%)	89.6	125^th of 1347 public elementary schools	90.7%		90.8	98^th of 1338 public elementary schools	92.7%	27	60.3	72.5	69.3	80.4	84.7	80.4	75.2	$5,998
Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	720 Inman Avenue	Colonia	07067	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 499-6553	292	25	11.9	20.9%	147 (50.3%)	14 (4.8%)	51 (17.5%)	70 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	66.3	463^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	65.6%		69	429^th of 1338 public elementary schools	67.9%	34	54.0	45.9	67.4	66.7	59.2	39.1	66.7	$4,848
Menlo Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	155 Monroe Avenue	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2910	802	58	13.8	22.3%	28 (3.5%)	38 (4.7%)	46 (5.7%)	655 (81.7%)	14 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	87.3	168^th of 1347 public elementary schools	87.5%		86.3	187^th of 1338 public elementary schools	86.0%	19	64.7	67.0	69.3	79.0	72.3	72.9	74.7	$5,996
Kennedy Park Elementary School	Public	PK-K	Goodrich Avenue	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8424	256	31	8.2	44.5%	58 (22.7%)	35 (13.7%)	86 (33.6%)	71 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)								(n/a)								$2,292
Oak Tree Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	Wilus Way	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8424	425	30	14.4	29.2%	22 (5.2%)	12 (2.8%)	49 (11.5%)	336 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	80	286^th of 1347 public elementary schools	78.8%		87.6	157^th of 1338 public elementary schools	88.3%	129	41.7	68.8	88.4	62.6	76.8	77.6	50.7	$4,113
Robert Mascenik Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Benjamin Avenue	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8526	288	19	15.1	27.1%	83 (28.8%)	13 (4.5%)	59 (20.5%)	125 (43.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	59.1	557^th of 1347 public elementary schools	58.6%		59.8	546^th of 1338 public elementary schools	59.2%	11	40.0	46.3	52.4	51.2	61.8	52.4	55.9	$5,299

Frequently Asked Questions about James Madison Intermediate School

How many students attend James Madison Intermediate School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 586 students attended James Madison Intermediate School.

What district is James Madison Intermediate School in?

Edison Township School District

Is James Madison Intermediate School a good school?

Yes. James Madison Intermediate School ranks in the top 7.3% of New Jersey elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of James Madison Intermediate School attend?

Students who attend James Madison Intermediate School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John Adams Middle School
High : John P. Stevens High School

What is the racial makeup of James Madison Intermediate School?

Students at James Madison Intermediate School are 84% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% White, 3% American Indian, 2% Two or more races.

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