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)
340879003898	11	Markham Place School	Public	5-8	95 Markham Place	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-7112	360	40	9	0.8%	330 (91.7%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	95.2	96	11
340339000318	12	Tenakill Middle School	Public	5-8	275 High Street	Closter	07624	Bergen County	Closter Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-1332	575	42	13.7	1.7%	255 (44.3%)	5 (0.9%)	55 (9.6%)	240 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	12 (2.1%)	$10,466			$197			$10,269	94.9	95.3	13	1
341101004418	13	Briarcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	93 Briarcliff Rd.	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 334-0342	267	25	10.6	1.1%	193 (72.3%)	5 (1.9%)	19 (7.1%)	37 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	$18,304			$355			$17,949	94.5	84.7	81	68
341638000143	14	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Public	1-8	1700 Kerrigan Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5851	390	25	15.6	57.4%	45 (11.5%)	10 (2.6%)	303 (77.7%)	32 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	94	96.1	10	4
340004300323	15	Princeton Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Bunn Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 924-0575	424	41	10.2	2.4%	131 (30.9%)	12 (2.8%)	13 (3.1%)	216 (50.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	45 (10.6%)								93.9	95.2	14	1
341611000872	16	Tenafly Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Sunset Lane	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 816-4530	901	71	12.6	2.7%	432 (47.9%)	14 (1.6%)	70 (7.8%)	347 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.1%)	$10,776			$225			$10,551	93.8	93.8	22	6
340990004316	17	Mountain View School	Public	5-8	100 Dean Road	Mendham	07945	Morris County	Mendham Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-7075	229	27	8.3	3.1%	197 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.4%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	$12,123			$118			$12,005	93.7	94.3	19	2
340783000142	18	Academy I	Public	6-8	209 Bergen Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6500	403	29	13.8	45.7%	76 (18.9%)	80 (19.9%)	71 (17.6%)	167 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$10,195			$392			$9,803	93.5	92.4	32	14
341020002150	19	Millburn Middle School	Public	6-8	25 Old Short Hills Rd	Millburn	07041	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 379-2600	1,133	104	10.8	1.4%	463 (40.9%)	30 (2.6%)	52 (4.6%)	522 (46.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (5.4%)	$14,838			$34			$14,804	93.3	94.9	15	4
341821000936	20	Woodcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Woodcliff Ave	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	264			1.1%	214 (81.1%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (9.8%)	20 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$17,046			$28			$17,018	93.1	95.4	12	8

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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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