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)
340780004274	301	Jefferson Township Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 Weldon Road	Oak Ridge	07438	Passaic County	Jefferson Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 697-1980	578	54	10.6	12.3%	432 (74.7%)	9 (1.6%)	88 (15.2%)	27 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)	$9,950			$124			$9,826	56.1	63	237	64
340783002812	302	Alfred Zampella School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 North St	Jersey City	07307	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4350	802	57	14	52.4%	80 (10.0%)	51 (6.4%)	477 (59.5%)	187 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	$10,970			$546			$10,424	56.1	53.5	313	11
341081004372	303	Frelinghuysen Middle School	Public	6-8	West Hanover Avenue	Morristown	07960	Morris County	Morris School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 292-2200	1,069	101	10.6	36.6%	468 (43.8%)	89 (8.3%)	447 (41.8%)	30 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.2%)	$11,182			$194			$10,988	56	57.8	277	26
340327000312	304	School #6/Middle School	Public	5-8	440 Oakdene Ave	Cliffside Park	07010	Bergen County	Cliffside Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 313-2360	696	59	11.8	58.2%	194 (27.9%)	17 (2.4%)	455 (65.4%)	28 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$11,829			$614			$11,215	55.4	64.8	226	78
340126002716	305	Horace Mann Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	25 West 38th Street	Bayonne	07002	Hudson County	Bayonne School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 858-5979	643	51	12.6	50.5%	331 (51.5%)	74 (11.5%)	137 (21.3%)	74 (11.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.6%)	$11,126			$557			$10,569	55.4	45.9	377	72
340798000093	306	Kingsway Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	203 Kings Highway	Woolwich Twp	08085	Gloucester County	Kingsway Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 467-3300	954	72	13.2	10.9%	681 (71.4%)	98 (10.3%)	92 (9.6%)	42 (4.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.1%)	$6,677			$38			$6,639	55.2	50.3	336	30
341305003560	307	Theodore Schor Middle School	Public	6-8	243 North Randolphville Rd	Piscataway	08854	Middlesex County	Piscataway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 752-4457	571	44	12.8	36.1%	60 (10.5%)	165 (28.9%)	134 (23.5%)	188 (32.9%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (3.0%)	$7,342			$166			$7,176	54.9	48.3	358	51
340186004758	308	Walter T. Bergen Middle School	Public	5-8	225 Glenwild Avenue	Bloomingdale	07403	Passaic County	Bloomingdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-4835	224	22	10.2	20.5%	130 (58.0%)	8 (3.6%)	72 (32.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	4 (1.8%)	$14,949			$125			$14,824	54.8	46.3	371	63
340096000028	309	Richmond Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	4115 Ventnor Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 343-7250	588	58	10.1	86.7%	23 (3.9%)	83 (14.1%)	284 (48.3%)	188 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$12,517			$1,662			$10,855	54.7	44.7	388	79
341542000127	310	Southampton Township School #3	Public	6-8	100 Warrior Way	Southampton	08088	Burlington County	Southampton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 859-2256	237	22	10.7	13.5%	188 (79.3%)	4 (1.7%)	28 (11.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.3%)	$15,104			$266			$14,838	54.6	55	306	4

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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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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.