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)
341050003442	61	Monroe Township Middle School	Public	6-8	1629 Perrineville Road	Monroe Township	08831	Middlesex County	Monroe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 521-6042	1,759	142	12.4	6.0%	566 (32.2%)	58 (3.3%)	115 (6.5%)	987 (56.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (1.8%)	$13,214			$09			$13,205	87.5	87.1	60	1
341719005318	62	Valley View School	Public	5-8	50 Valley View Road	Watchung	07069	Somerset County	Watchung Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 755-4422	254	29	8.7	1.2%	127 (50.0%)	23 (9.1%)	34 (13.4%)	61 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.1%)	$9,487						$9,487	87.4	86.3	68	6
340300000265	63	Rosa International Middle School	Public	6-8	485 Browning Lane	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 616-8787	754	59	12.7	14.3%	362 (48.0%)	52 (6.9%)	64 (8.5%)	234 (31.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.3%)	$8,651						$8,651	87.4	82.8	102	39
341395000798	64	Holdrum Middle School	Public	6-8	393 Rivervale Road	River Vale	07675	Bergen County	River Vale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 358-4016	357	41	8.8	0.8%	269 (75.4%)	8 (2.2%)	22 (6.2%)	54 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	$15,988			$41			$15,947	87.2	86.2	69	5
341686000537	65	Waldwick Middle School	Public	6-8	155 Wyckoff Avenue	Waldwick	07463	Bergen County	Waldwick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 652-9000	379	35	10.8	0.8%	261 (68.9%)	5 (1.3%)	74 (19.5%)	23 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.0%)	$11,561						$11,561	87.2	84.6	85	20
340597000077	66	Glen Rock Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Harristown Road	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	621	60	10.3	0.5%	431 (69.4%)	7 (1.1%)	33 (5.3%)	129 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	$15,503			$28			$15,475	87.1	85.4	73	7
340999003396	67	Edgar Middle School	Public	5-8	49 Brunswick Avenue	Metuchen	08840	Middlesex County	Metuchen Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 321-8770	765	64	11.9	5.8%	346 (45.2%)	36 (4.7%)	102 (13.3%)	222 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	57 (7.5%)	$7,842						$7,842	87.1	84.7	82	15
341770006012	68	Community Middle School	Public	6-8	95 Grovers Mill Road	Plainsboro	08536	Middlesex County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 716-5300	1,071	103	10.3	4.7%	122 (11.4%)	41 (3.8%)	51 (4.8%)	839 (78.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.3%)	$12,257			$110			$12,147	86.8	90.3	43	25
341071001140	69	William Allen Middle School	Public	7-8	801 N Stanwick Road	Moorestown	08057	Burlington County	Moorestown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 778-6620	616	63	9.8	10.6%	403 (65.4%)	32 (5.2%)	57 (9.3%)	83 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.7%)	$7,659						$7,659	86.6	84.4	87	18
340450003328	70	John Adams Middle School	Public	6-8	1081 New Dover Road	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2920	1,001	72	13.9	6.8%	22 (2.2%)	43 (4.3%)	34 (3.4%)	872 (87.1%)	16 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.3%)	$6,899						$6,899	86.3	88.4	54	16

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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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Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.