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)
341269004878	701	School 3	Public	K-8	448 Main Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0030	336	30	11.2	85.4%	6 (1.8%)	8 (2.4%)	313 (93.2%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,917						$8,917	10.3	12	686	15
340225001794	702	Indian Ave School	Public	K-8	399 Indian Avenue	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	604	48	12.7		12 (2.0%)	63 (10.4%)	525 (86.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$12,054			$1,060			$10,994	10.3	11.4	694	8
340864000431	703	Lindenwold Middle School	Public	5-8	40 White Horse Avenue	Lindenwold	08021	Camden County	Lindenwold Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 346-3330	911	77	11.8	87.7%	59 (6.5%)	273 (30.0%)	544 (59.7%)	11 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.4%)	$8,274			$734			$7,540	10.3	14.4	657	46
341134002364	704	Thirteenth Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	359 Thirteenth Ave	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-7045	589	52	11.3	80.5%	1 (0.2%)	466 (79.1%)	111 (18.8%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,835			$1,067			$9,768	10.3	11	701	3
340453000076	705	Egg Harbor City Community School	Public	4-8	730 Havana Avenue	Egg Harbor City	08215	Atlantic County	Egg Harbor City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 965-1034	295	30	10	71.9%	62 (21.0%)	92 (31.2%)	123 (41.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$12,120			$2,771			$9,349	9.9	9.8	717	12
341680000823	706	Thomas W. Wallace Junior Middle School	Public	6-8	688 North Mill Road	Vineland	08360	Cumberland County	Vineland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 362-8887	778	51	15.2	0.4%	72 (9.3%)	119 (15.3%)	554 (71.2%)	8 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.3%)	$13,228			$1,018			$12,210	9.8	11	702	4
341269005916	707	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex	Public	PK, KG-8	851 E 28th Street	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0300	601	45	13.5	59.6%	5 (0.8%)	162 (27.0%)	425 (70.7%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$12,303						$12,303	9.7	12.9	673	34
340077003291	708	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	1555 Pennington Raod	Ewing	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 619-2000	585	24	24.8	60.2%	3 (0.5%)	370 (63.2%)	192 (32.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	$8,463			$1,091			$7,372	9.6	11.9	690	18
340423005930	709	John L. Costley Middle School	Public	6-8	116 Hamilton St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5660	333	28	11.9	58.9%	2 (0.6%)	262 (78.7%)	64 (19.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$14,015			$675			$13,340	9.6	12.5	683	26
341269004914	710	School 21	Public	PK, KG-8	322 10th Avenue	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0210	690	47	14.8	52.6%	1 (0.1%)	175 (25.4%)	513 (74.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,480						$8,480	9.6	10.4	712	2

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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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