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)
340795003890	501	Keyport Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	335 Broad Street	Keyport	07735	Monmouth County	Keyport School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 212-6100	555	63	8.8	40.4%	278 (50.1%)	34 (6.1%)	216 (38.9%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.4%)	$10,296			$571			$9,725	31.8	35.9	466	35
340459005516	502	Robert Morris School No. 18	Public	K-8	860 Cross Ave	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6000	506	47	10.8	78.1%	58 (11.5%)	73 (14.4%)	372 (73.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,936			$245			$9,691	31.8	27.4	527	25
340459000825	503	Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30	Public	PK, KG-8	730 Pennsylvania Ave	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6950	764	58	13.2	86.1%	48 (6.3%)	88 (11.5%)	621 (81.3%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,093			$227			$7,866	31.7	23.1	573	70
341758000547	504	West New York Middle School	Public	7-8	201 57th St	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4160	1,096	77	14.2	87.0%	22 (2.0%)	7 (0.6%)	1,061 (96.8%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,996			$962			$8,034	31.7	30.9	505	1
341134002354	505	South 17th Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	619 S Seventeenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2570	335	28	11.9	90.7%	1 (0.3%)	271 (80.9%)	59 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,770			$879			$10,891	31.5	18.3	617	112
340075103180	506	Great Oaks Legacy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	909 Broad Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Great Oaks Legacy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(862) 256-0909	2,012	101	19.9	78.2%	3 (0.1%)	1,880 (93.4%)	129 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,707			$1,470			$12,237	31.4	37.2	454	52
341236000682	507	Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	Veterans Plaza	Palisades Park	07650	Bergen County	Palisades Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 941-1100	745	53	13.9	44.2%	71 (9.5%)	9 (1.2%)	456 (61.2%)	204 (27.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$14,384			$256			$14,128	31.2	41.5	416	91
341596005410	508	Sussex Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Loomis Avenue	Sussex	07461	Sussex County	Sussex-Wantage Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 875-4138	312	35	8.9	25.6%	263 (84.3%)	10 (3.2%)	28 (9.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$12,149			$152			$11,997	31.1	39.4	435	73
341149003511	509	North Brunswick Township Middle School	Public	7-8	100 Renaissance Blvd	North Brunswick	08902	Middlesex County	North Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 289-3000	858	84	10.2	37.9%	114 (13.3%)	179 (20.9%)	397 (46.3%)	141 (16.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.8%)								31.1	37.1	457	52
341230005846	510	Oxford Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	17 Kent Street	Oxford	07863	Warren County	Oxford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 453-4101	249	27	9.2	13.7%	200 (80.3%)	9 (3.6%)	29 (11.6%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	$14,106			$309			$13,797	30.9	23.8	570	60

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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.