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)
341680001928	421	Johnstone Elementary School	Public	6-8	165 S Brewster Rd	Vineland	08361	Cumberland County	Vineland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 794-6967	216	19	11.3	1.4%	65 (30.1%)	23 (10.6%)	93 (43.1%)	21 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.5%)	$17,537			$639			$16,898	40.5	61	255	166
341134002338	422	Ridge Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	735 Ridge St	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5210	578	46	12.5	82.2%	5 (0.9%)	51 (8.8%)	514 (88.9%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,099			$477			$9,622	40.4	39	440	18
340004900336	423	Red Bank Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	58 Oakland Street	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Red Bank Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 450-2092	192	26	7.3	49.0%	61 (31.8%)	11 (5.7%)	117 (60.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$12,107			$652			$11,455	39.7	39.2	437	14
341554000068	424	Spotswood Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	115 Summerhill Road	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	337	29	11.6	18.4%	217 (64.4%)	10 (3.0%)	75 (22.3%)	21 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$11,377			$51			$11,326	39.6	41.7	415	9
340654003096	425	Emily C. Reynolds Middle School	Public	6-8	2145 Yardville Hamilton Sq	Hamilton	08690	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 631-4162	939	75	12.6	31.5%	479 (51.0%)	114 (12.1%)	286 (30.5%)	23 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	34 (3.6%)	$9,675			$08			$9,667	39.4	37.2	456	31
340005500361	426	Sussex County Technology Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	385 N. Church Rd.	Sparta	07871	Sussex County	Sussex County Technology Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 383-3250	220	23	9.6	18.6%	182 (82.7%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (7.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.2%)	$13,292			$374			$12,918	39	44.4	393	33
340777003386	427	Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School	Public	6-8	13 Augusta St	Jamesburg	08831	Middlesex County	Jamesburg Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 521-0303	208	18	11.4	57.2%	61 (29.3%)	15 (7.2%)	121 (58.2%)	6 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	$10,563			$394			$10,169	38.9	46.1	374	53
341647006074	428	Russell O. Brackman Middle School	Public	7-8	600 Barnegat Blvd North	Barnegat	08005	Ocean County	Barnegat Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 698-5880	579	61	9.4	32.8%	386 (66.7%)	42 (7.3%)	109 (18.8%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.7%)	$4,828						$4,828	38.3	47.9	361	67
341134002368	429	Wilson Avenue School	Public	K-8	19 Wilson Ave	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4910	1,099	66	16.7	84.1%	266 (24.2%)	10 (0.9%)	820 (74.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,387			$438			$7,949	38.2	40.8	423	6
340909001722	430	Richard M. Teitelman Middle School	Public	7-8	687 Rt 9	Cape May	08204	Cape May County	Lower Cape May Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 884-3475	433	38	11.3	30.7%	327 (75.5%)	24 (5.5%)	66 (15.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.1%)	$14,823			$511			$14,312	38.2	36.9	461	31

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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.