Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 748)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
340225001800	711	Quarter Mile Lane School	Public	PK, KG-8	300 Quarter Mile Lane	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	699	57	12.3		21 (3.0%)	160 (22.9%)	496 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.6%)	$10,618			$590			$10,028	9.4	11.3	697	14
341134002262	712	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	388 Bergen St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6944	341	28	12.1	84.5%	1 (0.3%)	276 (80.9%)	61 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,554			$624			$10,930	9.4	12.3	685	27
341269004898	713	School 13	Public	K-8	690 East 23rd St	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0130	680	34	20	67.4%	7 (1.0%)	174 (25.6%)	491 (72.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,300						$8,300	9.4	7.8	741	28
340783002796	714	Ollie Culbreth Junior School	Public	PK, KG-8	153 Union St	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6430	422	39	10.9	67.3%	22 (5.2%)	262 (62.1%)	121 (28.7%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	$15,626			$510			$15,116	9.3	11.4	696	18
341284005058	715	Penns Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	351 Maple Avenue	Penns Grove	08069	Salem County	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 299-0576	492	42	11.7	72.8%	73 (14.8%)	195 (39.6%)	217 (44.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$11,510			$765			$10,745	9.3	9.9	715
341254004854	716	William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11	Public	K-8	390 Gregory Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5511	908	62	14.6	99.9%	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.4%)	874 (96.3%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$9,572			$759			$8,813	9.2	8.1	739	23
340783002836	717	Ezra L. Nolan School	Public	6-8	88 Gates Ave	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6570	234	22	10.6	71.4%	9 (3.8%)	115 (49.1%)	95 (40.6%)	12 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	$12,859			$319			$12,540	9.2	10.6	710	7
340396001832	718	Downe Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Main St	Newport	08345	Cumberland County	Downe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 447-4673	153	16	9.3	45.8%	136 (88.9%)	5 (3.3%)	7 (4.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	$15,041			$953			$14,088	9	14.4	658	60
340008000566	719	Freedom Prep Charter School	Public, Charter	K-12	1000 Atlantic AVE	Camden	08104	Camden County	Freedom Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 962-0766	743	38	19.5	58.1%	7 (0.9%)	264 (35.5%)	456 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	$11,641			$1,702			$9,939	9	9	731	12
340225001786	720	Broad Street School	Public	K-8	251 West Broad Street	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	773	80	9.7		15 (1.9%)	62 (8.0%)	687 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	$13,961			$1,315			$12,646	8.9	9.6	720

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA English Language Arts, NJSLA Mathematics, NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.