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)
341134002330	481	Oliver Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	86 Oliver St	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4870	1,045	73	14.3	83.7%	249 (23.8%)	26 (2.5%)	763 (73.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$8,360			$409			$7,951	33.6	44.7	390	91
340459003197	482	iPrep Academy School No 8	Public	K-8	221-227 Court Street	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 275-6900	416	30	14.1	84.1%	38 (9.1%)	114 (27.4%)	259 (62.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,452			$244			$9,208	33.5	22.9	576	94
341269004876	483	School 2	Public	K-8	22 Passaic Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0020	485	41	11.8	51.8%	13 (2.7%)	72 (14.8%)	375 (77.3%)	25 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,646						$11,646	33.4	23.8	567	84
340330004764	484	Christopher Columbus Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Piaget Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2360	1,158	119	9.7	71.9%	257 (22.2%)	32 (2.8%)	812 (70.1%)	36 (3.1%)	15 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.5%)	$12,843			$593			$12,250	33.4	31.3	503	19
340007000529	485	TEAM Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	60 Park Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	TEAM Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 622-0905	6,096	270	22.5	88.6%	4 (0.1%)	4,826 (79.2%)	913 (15.0%)	3 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	344 (5.6%)	$11,261			$1,091			$10,170	33.4	31.6	499	14
341167001742	486	Margaret Mace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1201 Atlantic Avenue	North Wildwood	08260	Cape May County	North Wildwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 522-1454	169	31	5.4	42.0%	124 (73.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (14.2%)	$26,141			$1,047			$25,094	33.3	34.7	473	13
340573000383	487	Galloway Township Middle School	Public	7-8	100 S Reeds Road	Galloway	08205	Atlantic County	Galloway Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 748-1250	726	69	10.5	46.7%	314 (43.3%)	153 (21.1%)	175 (24.1%)	69 (9.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.5%)	$7,079			$557			$6,522	33	34.1	475	12
341697005880	488	Warren Hills Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	64 66 Carlton Avenue	Washington	07882	Warren County	Warren Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 689-0750	468	47	9.8	23.7%	286 (61.1%)	33 (7.1%)	118 (25.2%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$6,923						$6,923	33	40.2	432	56
341500001660	489	Somerdale Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 Grace Street	Somerdale	08083	Camden County	Somerdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-6261	445	44	10.2	31.5%	148 (33.3%)	102 (22.9%)	123 (27.6%)	30 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (9.0%)	$12,807			$615			$12,192	32.8	23.5	572	83
341146002884	490	Franklin Elementary School	Public	1-8	5211 Columbia Avenue	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-7007	533	49	10.9	67.4%	24 (4.5%)	5 (0.9%)	491 (92.1%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,450						$5,450	32.8	31.7	498	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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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.