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)
340198004162	131	Rockaway Valley School	Public	PK, KG-8	11 Valley Road	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Boonton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 334-4162	386	41	9.5	2.3%	300 (77.7%)	6 (1.6%)	37 (9.6%)	35 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$16,532			$57			$16,475	79.3	76.1	154	23
341329004694	132	Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	808 Laura Herbert Dr	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 701-1900	610	59	10.3	13.3%	522 (85.6%)	8 (1.3%)	65 (10.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$12,151			$285			$11,866	79.2	84.6	86	46
340972003950	133	Marlboro Middle School	Public	6-8	355 County Road 520	Marlboro	07746	Monmouth County	Marlboro Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 972-2100	1,004	97	10.3	1.8%	705 (70.2%)	23 (2.3%)	81 (8.1%)	177 (17.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.6%)	$9,749			$20			$9,729	79.2	78.1	134	1
340933000594	134	Ramapo Ridge	Public	6-8	150 Ridge Road	Mahwah	07430	Bergen County	Mahwah Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 762-2380	638	63	10	11.3%	385 (60.3%)	19 (3.0%)	81 (12.7%)	115 (18.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.0%)	$11,030						$11,030	79.1	77.3	141	7
340073403037	135	Hoboken Dual Language Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	123 Jefferson Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Dual Language Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 427-1458	422	16	26.3	10.4%	223 (52.8%)	10 (2.4%)	121 (28.7%)	64 (15.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,496			$427			$9,069	79	88.7	51	84
340498000414	136	Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	12 - 00 First Street	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5470	626	66	9.4	18.4%	322 (51.4%)	23 (3.7%)	167 (26.7%)	90 (14.4%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.7%)	$9,028			$110			$8,918	78.8	84.3	88	48
340399000348	137	Selzer Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	435 Prospect Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3030	497	42	11.8	4.4%	195 (39.2%)	19 (3.8%)	176 (35.4%)	81 (16.3%)	4 (0.8%)	6 (1.2%)	16 (3.2%)	$7,760			$89			$7,671	78.7	77.8	136	1
340387004208	138	Valleyview Middle School	Public	6-8	320 Diamond Spring Road	Denville	07834	Morris County	Denville Township K-8 School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 983-6535	541	62	8.7	3.5%	378 (69.9%)	17 (3.1%)	84 (15.5%)	45 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$10,360			$32			$10,328	78.6	77.1	143	5
341713004544	139	Long Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	51 West Mill Rd	Long Valley	07853	Morris County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 876-3434	673	78	8.6	4.2%	539 (80.1%)	11 (1.6%)	71 (10.5%)	35 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.4%)	$11,408						$11,408	78.4	83.6	93	46
341383000766	140	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	335 North Van Dien Ave	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2780	684	58	11.8	2.0%	394 (57.6%)	6 (0.9%)	69 (10.1%)	167 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (7.0%)	$11,177						$11,177	78.4	81.5	110	30

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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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