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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 743)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
340312001024	231	Cinnaminson Middle School	Public	6-8	312 N Forklanding Road	Cinnaminson	08077	Burlington County	Cinnaminson Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 786-8012	689	56	12.3	12.9%	507 (73.6%)	56 (8.1%)	59 (8.6%)	33 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.6%)	$11,411						$11,411	65.3	67.1	210	21
340279000813	232	Carlstadt Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	550 Washington Street	Carlstadt	07072	Bergen County	Carlstadt Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 672-3000	520	46	11.4	33.3%	228 (43.8%)	17 (3.3%)	204 (39.2%)	54 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.7%)	$13,954			$476			$13,478	65.2	70.7	189	43
340801003008	233	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	65	74.7	163	70
340648005352	234	Hamburg School	Public	PK, KG-8	30 Linwood Avenue	Hamburg	07419	Sussex County	Hamburg School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 827-7570	246	31	7.8	17.1%	168 (68.3%)	17 (6.9%)	46 (18.7%)	13 (5.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,654			$517			$18,137	64.9	64	233	1
340735003381	235	Hoboken Middle School	Public	6-8	158 Fourth Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 356-3750	409	41	10	46.5%	178 (43.5%)	53 (13.0%)	144 (35.2%)	22 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	$12,680			$301			$12,379	64.9	64.3	228	7
340975003962	236	Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School	Public	6-8	469 Matawan Avenue	Cliffwood	07721	Monmouth County	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 705-5400	847	84	10	22.7%	457 (54.0%)	90 (10.6%)	193 (22.8%)	50 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	54 (6.4%)	$14,477			$141			$14,336	64.9	62.8	245	9
340252004170	237	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	64.8	66.8	212	25
340285006025	238	Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	500 Ridge Road	Cedar Grove	07009	Essex County	Cedar Grove Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 239-2646	440	49	8.9	5.7%	330 (75.0%)	14 (3.2%)	52 (11.8%)	31 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	3 (0.7%)	$8,390			$21			$8,369	64.7	64.4	227	11
340612005216	239	Green Brook Middle School	Public	5-8	132 Jefferson Avenue	Green Brook	08812	Middlesex County	Green Brook Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 968-1051	346	42	8.3	12.1%	141 (40.8%)	19 (5.5%)	70 (20.2%)	99 (28.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	$12,964			$91			$12,873	64.7	79.5	130	109
340075903196	240	BelovED Community Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	508 Grand Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	BelovED Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 630-4700	1,551	100	15.5	76.9%	301 (19.4%)	454 (29.3%)	476 (30.7%)	256 (16.5%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	54 (3.5%)	$7,699			$817			$6,882	64.5	61.8	254	14

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