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)
340981000602	141	Maywood Avenue School	Public	4-8	452 Maywood Ave	Maywood	07607	Bergen County	Maywood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 845-9114	518	46	11.2	12.7%	172 (33.2%)	50 (9.7%)	210 (40.5%)	74 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,176			$271			$11,905	78.3	86.4	66	75
341521000196	142	Crossroads North Middle School	Public	6-8	635 Georges Road	Monmouth Junction	08852	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 329-4191	917	85	10.7	12.5%	105 (11.5%)	74 (8.1%)	86 (9.4%)	625 (68.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (2.8%)	$12,082			$63			$12,019	78.2	79.9	125	17
341689004140	143	Wall Intermediate School	Public	6-8	2801 Allaire Road	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 556-2500	763	82	9.3	9.2%	654 (85.7%)	16 (2.1%)	63 (8.3%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.5%)	$11,793			$147			$11,646	78	69.2	185	42
341245000710	144	Park Ridge High School	Public	7-12	2 Park Ave	Park Ridge	07656	Bergen County	Park Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 573-6000	512	60	8.5	4.1%	379 (74.0%)	6 (1.2%)	88 (17.2%)	25 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.1%)	$17,389			$20			$17,369	78	78.8	129	15
340621005810	145	Stewartsville Middle School	Public	6-8	642 South Main Street	Stewartsville	08886	Warren County	Greenwich Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 859-2023	227	22	10.3	6.6%	153 (67.4%)	35 (15.4%)	17 (7.5%)	17 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,301			$147			$13,154	78	77.2	142	3
340873004822	146	Little Falls Township Public School # 1	Public	5-8	32 Stevens Avenue	Little Falls	07424	Passaic County	Little Falls Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 256-1033	388	47	8.3	18.6%	252 (64.9%)	6 (1.5%)	103 (26.5%)	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	$13,515			$313			$13,202	77.7	86.5	65	81
340741003852	147	William R. Satz School	Public	7-8	24 Crawfords Corner Road	Holmdel	07733	Monmouth County	Holmdel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 946-1808	516	53	9.8	1.6%	355 (68.8%)	7 (1.4%)	37 (7.2%)	88 (17.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.2%)	$14,243			$52			$14,191	77.4	80.2	123	24
341014000608	148	Midland Park Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	250 Prospect St	Midland Park	07432	Bergen County	Midland Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 444-7400	327	44	7.5	5.5%	249 (76.1%)	4 (1.2%)	55 (16.8%)	12 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$19,201			$536			$18,665	77.4	68.8	194	46
341371003030	149	Readington Middle School	Public	6-8	48 Readington Rd	Whitehouse Station	08889	Hunterdon County	Readington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 534-2113	492	66	7.4	10.0%	381 (77.4%)	9 (1.8%)	56 (11.4%)	18 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.1%)	$12,092			$09			$12,083	77.3	66.9	208	59
340255005334	150	Byram Intermediate School	Public	5-8	12 Mansfield Drive	Stanhope	07874	Sussex County	Byram Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 347-1047	380	35	10.8	6.1%	311 (81.8%)	16 (4.2%)	45 (11.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$14,338			$137			$14,201	77.3	81.3	113	37

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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.