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)
341833005118	211	Woodstown Middle School	Public	6-8	15 Lincoln Avenue	Woodstown	08098	Salem County	Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 769-0144	283	24	11.8	17.7%	214 (75.6%)	30 (10.6%)	21 (7.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	$5,852			$153			$5,699	67.1	55	305	94
340252004170	212	Richard Butler School	Public	5-8	30 Pearl Place	Butler	07405	Morris County	Butler Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 492-2079	298	32	9.1	28.2%	178 (59.7%)	8 (2.7%)	103 (34.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$9,699			$85			$9,614	66.8	69.2	187	25
340519000541	213	J.P. Case Middle School	Public	7-8	301 Case Boulevard	Flemington	08822	Hunterdon County	Flemington-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 284-7501	673	69	9.8	17.4%	426 (63.3%)	30 (4.5%)	124 (18.4%)	82 (12.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)	$10,239			$52			$10,187	66.7	62.1	247	34
340459000013	214	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,126	79	14.3	75.8%	101 (9.0%)	169 (15.0%)	803 (71.3%)	47 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	66.7	67.6	202	12
341563005700	215	Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School	Public	6-8	75 South Springfield Ave.	Springfield	07081	Union County	Springfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 376-1025	518	36	14.3	14.1%	280 (54.1%)	84 (16.2%)	88 (17.0%)	38 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	22 (4.2%)	$12,020			$171			$11,849	66.3	63.5	235	20
340927003500	216	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Public	6-8	3439 Route 516	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4400	981	94	10.4	26.7%	475 (48.4%)	96 (9.8%)	193 (19.7%)	186 (19.0%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	23 (2.3%)	$13,950			$64			$13,886	66.1	59.5	266	50
340459005524	217	William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,089	77	14.1	70.2%	134 (12.3%)	158 (14.5%)	767 (70.4%)	30 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,924			$188			$6,736	65.9	64.9	225	8
341551000360	218	Sparta Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Main Street	Sparta	07871	Sussex County	Sparta Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 729-3151	746	78	9.5	4.2%	596 (79.9%)	20 (2.7%)	93 (12.5%)	27 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.7%)	$11,076						$11,076	65.9	66.5	213	5
340489000057	219	Frances DeMasi Middle School	Public	6-8	199 Evesboro Medford Rd	Marlton	08053	Burlington County	Evesham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 988-0777	702	63	11.1	11.0%	464 (66.1%)	58 (8.3%)	45 (6.4%)	108 (15.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (3.1%)	$8,233			$07			$8,226	65.5	70.8	181	38
341485006059	220	Secaucus Middle School	Public	6-8	11 Mill Ridge Road	Secaucus	07094	Hudson County	Secaucus School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-2025	470	42	11.2	28.9%	128 (27.2%)	18 (3.8%)	179 (38.1%)	139 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$8,873			$645			$8,228	65.2	61.3	251	31

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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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