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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)
340942003942	161	Manasquan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	168 Broad Street	Manasquan	08736	Monmouth County	Manasquan School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 528-8810	499	64	7.8	6.8%	447 (89.6%)	3 (0.6%)	43 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$16,394			$263			$16,131	75	80.3	121	40
341188002380	162	John H. Walker Middle School	Public	7-8	325 Franklin Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8869	605	50	12.2	12.7%	304 (50.2%)	19 (3.1%)	209 (34.5%)	53 (8.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.0%)	$15,810			$376			$15,434	74.8	68.9	191	29
340801003008	163	Kingwood Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	880 County Road 519	Frenchtown	08825	Hunterdon County	Kingwood Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 996-2941	325	36	8.9	12.9%	285 (87.7%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.2%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.7%)	$15,499			$240			$15,259	74.7	77.3	140	23
340195004156	164	John Hill School	Public	3-8	435 Lathrop Avenue	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Boonton Town Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 335-9700	530	60	8.7	36.0%	247 (46.6%)	38 (7.2%)	157 (29.6%)	71 (13.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	$11,679			$90			$11,589	74.7	68	197	33
340228005162	165	Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School	Public	7-8	128 Merriwood Road	Bridgewater	08807	Somerset County	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 231-8661	1,347	124	10.8	11.3%	574 (42.6%)	53 (3.9%)	252 (18.7%)	419 (31.1%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	42 (3.1%)	$11,299						$11,299	74.7	76.9	148	17
341128000632	166	David E. Owens Middle School	Public	6-8	470 Marion Avenue	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 265-8661	529	41	12.9	14.9%	202 (38.2%)	33 (6.2%)	178 (33.6%)	68 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.7%)	18 (3.4%)	$11,019			$292			$10,727	74.3	74.2	162	4
341338000204	167	Port Republic Elementary School	Public	K-8	137 Pomona Avenue	Port Republic	08241	Atlantic County	Port Republic School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 652-7377	108	11	9.6	2.8%	105 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$16,428			$450			$15,978	73.9	65	224	57
341155004830	168	High Mountain School	Public	5-8	515 High Mountain Road	North Haledon	07508	Passaic County	North Haledon School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 427-1220	257	27	9.3	12.5%	202 (78.6%)	6 (2.3%)	42 (16.3%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$13,562			$520			$13,042	73.7	71.9	176	8
341365004494	169	Randolph Middle School	Public	6-8	507 Millbrook Avenue	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 366-8700	922	88	10.4	9.5%	562 (61.0%)	36 (3.9%)	179 (19.4%)	121 (13.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	20 (2.2%)	$10,005			$53			$9,952	73.6	73.4	166	3
340738003004	170	Holland Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	710 Milford Warren Glen Road	Milford	08848	Hunterdon County	Holland Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 995-2401	507	60	8.5	5.5%	469 (92.5%)	8 (1.6%)	21 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$16,743			$424			$16,319	73.6	65.1	223	53

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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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