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)
341134002282	681	Harriet Tubman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	504 S Tenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6934	326	30	10.8	86.5%	0 (0.0%)	294 (90.2%)	31 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,921			$469			$9,452	12.9	15.3	648	33
340768002120	682	University Middle School	Public	6-8	255 Myrtle Ave	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6879	720	51	14.1	45.7%	0 (0.0%)	512 (71.1%)	199 (27.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,378			$185			$9,193	12.8	11.9	691	9
340783002824	683	President Barack Obama Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1830 Kennedy Blvd	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6550	420	32	13.3	63.8%	14 (3.3%)	238 (56.7%)	129 (30.7%)	29 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$15,299			$629			$14,670	12.7	14.2	659	24
340348001810	684	Commercial Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	1308 North Avenue	Port Norris	08349	Cumberland County	Commercial Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 785-0222	470	39	12	66.6%	291 (61.9%)	65 (13.8%)	88 (18.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.3%)	$9,500			$1,198			$8,302	12.7	11.8	692	8
341134005912	685	George Washington Carver Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	333 Clinton Pl	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3800	486	36	13.5	80.7%	2 (0.4%)	405 (83.3%)	77 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,378			$520			$9,858	12.4	13.8	662	23
341134002252	686	Camden Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	281 Camden St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6994	573	46	12.4	83.2%	16 (2.8%)	388 (67.7%)	162 (28.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	$13,034			$966			$12,068	11.9	17.6	622	64
341680001908	687	Veterans Memorial Middle	Public	6-8	424 S Main Rd	Vineland	08360	Cumberland County	Vineland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 794-6918	638	49	13	0.5%	83 (13.0%)	88 (13.8%)	442 (69.3%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)	$13,388			$1,017			$12,371	11.9	13.8	664	23
340264000793	688	Octavio V. Catto Community Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	3100 Westfield Ave	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-4097	584	56	10.4	66.4%	3 (0.5%)	142 (24.3%)	429 (73.5%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,913			$3,301			$13,612	11.8	13.1	669	19
341134002302	689	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	87 Richelieu Ter	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2290	377	31	12.1	86.5%	5 (1.3%)	300 (79.6%)	67 (17.8%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,024			$340			$9,684	11.8	15	651	38
341314005608	690	Maxson Middle School	Public	6-8	920 E Seventh St	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4310	818	69	11.8	84.2%	10 (1.2%)	138 (16.9%)	659 (80.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	$9,328			$135			$9,193	11.8	13.5	666	24

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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.