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)
341650005746	311	Kawameeh Middle School	Public	5-8	490 David Terrace	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 851-6570	710	59	11.9	28.7%	148 (20.8%)	235 (33.1%)	232 (32.7%)	70 (9.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (3.2%)	$9,597						$9,597	54.6	61	256	55
341761006112	312	Liberty Middle School	Public	7-8	1 Kelly Drive	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 243-8650	526	54	9.7	49.0%	63 (12.0%)	228 (43.3%)	182 (34.6%)	26 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.4%)	$11,447						$11,447	54.6	50	339	27
340783002786	313	Dr. Michael Conti School	Public	PK, KG-8	182 Merseles St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4300	672	55	12.3	40.9%	130 (19.3%)	78 (11.6%)	244 (36.3%)	173 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.7%)	$10,825			$420			$10,405	54.3	40.6	429	116
340747005826	314	Hope Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	320 Johnsonburg Road	Hope	07844	Warren County	Hope Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 459-4242	131	19	6.9	10.7%	109 (83.2%)	5 (3.8%)	14 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	$19,117			$432			$18,685	54.3	62.7	240	74
340657000140	315	Hammonton Middle School	Public	6-8	75 North Liberty Street	Hammonton	08037	Atlantic County	Hammonton School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 567-7007	842	63	13.3	38.4%	533 (63.3%)	33 (3.9%)	249 (29.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	$11,518			$447			$11,071	54.1	56.2	290	25
341830000922	316	Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	258 Hackensack St	Wood Ridge	07075	Bergen County	Wood-Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 933-6777	530	46	11.4	15.1%	252 (47.5%)	29 (5.5%)	197 (37.2%)	48 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$12,907			$569			$12,338	54	52.6	320	4
341638000546	317	Emerson Middle School	Public	6-8	318 - 18th Street	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5900	1,001	71	14	87.4%	18 (1.8%)	8 (0.8%)	962 (96.1%)	13 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,615			$483			$8,132	53.5	63.6	234	83
340441003770	318	Memorial Middle School	Public	7-8	7 Grant Avenue	Eatontown	07724	Monmouth County	Eatontown Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 542-5013	176	24	7.3	43.2%	65 (36.9%)	32 (18.2%)	58 (33.0%)	15 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$17,722			$703			$17,019	53.5	49.4	347	29
341707000185	319	Bunker Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	372 Pitman Downer Rd	Sewell	08080	Gloucester County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 881-7007	608	58	10.4	15.0%	441 (72.5%)	38 (6.3%)	81 (13.3%)	26 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.1%)	$12,244			$364			$11,880	53.4	52	323	4
341764005022	320	Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	15 Memorial Drive	Woodland Park	07424	Passaic County	Woodland Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 317-7750	347	41	8.5	39.8%	158 (45.5%)	19 (5.5%)	150 (43.2%)	11 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	$13,806			$614			$13,192	53.3	61.6	250	70

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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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