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)
340888003231	361	Logan Middle School	Public	5-8	110 School Lane	Logan Township	08085	Gloucester County	Logan Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 467-5133	366	31	11.8	16.4%	254 (69.4%)	37 (10.1%)	32 (8.7%)	13 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.7%)	$12,685			$139			$12,546	48	62.9	238	123
340246002939	362	Burlington Township Middle School at Springside	Public	6-8	1600 Burlington By Pass	Burlington	08016	Burlington County	Burlington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 699-4021	822	80	10.3	28.6%	272 (33.1%)	284 (34.5%)	119 (14.5%)	101 (12.3%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	41 (5.0%)	$9,651			$84			$9,567	48	51.8	325	37
341707006075	363	Chestnut Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	641 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 582-3535	648	57	11.3	16.0%	479 (73.9%)	56 (8.6%)	46 (7.1%)	28 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (5.7%)	$11,674			$299			$11,375	47.9	44.1	395	32
341308000095	364	Pitman Middle School	Public	6-8	138 East Holly Avenue	Pitman	08071	Gloucester County	Pitman Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 589-0636	251	30	8.3	16.7%	228 (90.8%)	3 (1.2%)	10 (4.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$10,895			$155			$10,740	47.9	46	375	11
341761002476	365	Roosevelt Middle School	Public	7-8	36 Gilbert Pl	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5373	499	55	9	44.3%	100 (20.0%)	167 (33.5%)	170 (34.1%)	23 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.2%)	$13,694						$13,694	47.7	45.5	381	16
340930001592	366	Magnolia	Public	PK, KG-8	420 North Warwick Rd	Magnolia	08049	Camden County	Magnolia School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-4763	388	40	9.6	41.2%	178 (45.9%)	87 (22.4%)	78 (20.1%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (7.7%)	$15,707			$668			$15,039	47.7	35.4	471	105
340699004810	367	Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	230 Hawthorne Avenue	Hawthorne	07506	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 423-6460	517	52	9.9	34.6%	236 (45.6%)	22 (4.3%)	242 (46.8%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$12,975			$325			$12,650	47.6	50.2	337	30
340618006091	368	Nehaunsey Middle School	Public	6-8	415 Swedesboro Road	Gibbstown	08027	Gloucester County	Greenwich Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 224-4900	146	15	9.4	32.2%	96 (65.8%)	10 (6.8%)	22 (15.1%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	14 (9.6%)	$644						$644	47.5	42.6	407	39
340079303413	369	College Achieve Paterson Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	21 Market Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	College Achieve Paterson Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(862) 257-1423	1,305	68	19.1	93.2%	7 (0.5%)	443 (33.9%)	846 (64.8%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,075			$694			$9,381	47.4	32.8	488	119
341134003061	370	Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	120 Manchester Place	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5210	810	53	15.2	79.4%	12 (1.5%)	134 (16.5%)	653 (80.6%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,704			$405			$8,299	47.4	42.7	406	36

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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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