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)
340008300573	541	Union County TEAMS Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	515 517 West Fourth Street	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-9043	334	10	33.4	78.4%	1 (0.3%)	198 (59.3%)	126 (37.7%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$9,143			$631			$8,512	26.8	27.7	525	16
341134002937	542	Ivy Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	107 Ivy Street	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 351-2121	471	43	11	83.7%	1 (0.2%)	415 (88.1%)	48 (10.2%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,199			$653			$10,546	26.7	20.2	597	55
340645005904	543	Haledon Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	91 Henry Street	Haledon	07508	Passaic County	Haledon Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 790-9000	1,028	97	10.6	65.0%	156 (15.2%)	120 (11.7%)	663 (64.5%)	72 (7.0%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.3%)	$12,560			$847			$11,713	26.6	26.1	540	3
340072303015	544	Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities	Public, Charter	K-8	643 Indiana Ave	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 394-7727	432	35	12.3	97.7%	0 (0.0%)	88 (20.4%)	338 (78.2%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,952			$1,300			$11,652	26.6	25.6	545	1
340576000470	545	Garfield Middle School	Public	6-8	175 Lanza Ave	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 272-7020	973	91	10.6	46.7%	325 (33.4%)	93 (9.6%)	541 (55.6%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	$10,909			$146			$10,763	26.5	24.7	557	12
340600003401	546	Gloucester City Middle School	Public	4-8	500 Market Street	Gloucester City	08030	Camden County	Gloucester City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 456-7000	779	58	13.3	65.2%	440 (56.5%)	117 (15.0%)	167 (21.4%)	35 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.1%)	$8,820			$271			$8,549	26.2	30.8	506	40
341827001700	547	Woodlynne Boro Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	131 Elm Avenue	Woodlynne	08107	Camden County	Woodlynne School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 962-8822	383	38	10.1	83.0%	12 (3.1%)	110 (28.7%)	228 (59.5%)	27 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$13,716			$1,631			$12,085	26.1	16.6	633	86
340423002046	548	Shelia Y. Oliver Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	404 North Grove Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5860	443	31	14.2	63.0%	4 (0.9%)	370 (83.5%)	57 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$12,075			$362			$11,713	26			(n/a)
340004700330	549	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	429 Joyce Kilmer Avenue	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 448-1052	394			77.7%	7 (1.8%)	26 (6.6%)	353 (89.6%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$10,212			$955			$9,257	25.9	42.5	408	141
340459000245	550	Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26	Public	PK, KG-8	1014 South Elmora Avenue	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5970	694	60	11.6	80.7%	46 (6.6%)	67 (9.7%)	574 (82.7%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,454			$197			$9,257	25.8	23.9	565	15

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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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