Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 743)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
340783000539	201	Middle School # 4	Public	6-8	107 Bright Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 946-5740	751	48	15.5	51.1%	137 (18.2%)	150 (20.0%)	245 (32.6%)	194 (25.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	21 (2.8%)	$10,749			$520			$10,229	68.9	61.3	259	58
341023004014	202	Millstone Township Middle School	Public	6-8	5 Dawson Court	Millstone Township	08535	Monmouth County	Millstone Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 786-0950	416	46	9	5.3%	317 (76.2%)	15 (3.6%)	33 (7.9%)	41 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$13,011			$379			$12,632	68.8	68.9	199	3
341371003030	203	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	486	66	7.3	11.1%	369 (75.9%)	9 (1.9%)	64 (13.2%)	22 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.1%)	$12,092			$09			$12,083	68.4	77.3	149	54
340564003814	204	Clifton T. Barkalow School	Public	6-8	498 Stillwells Corner Road	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 431-4403	605	69	8.7	13.1%	435 (71.9%)	31 (5.1%)	85 (14.0%)	40 (6.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.5%)	$11,513			$244			$11,269	68.1	64.7	225	21
340846003016	205	Woodglen School	Public	5-8	70 Bunnvale Road	Califon	07830	Hunterdon County	Lebanon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 638-4111	281	32	8.8	9.6%	238 (84.7%)	7 (2.5%)	29 (10.3%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,892						$10,892	68	72.6	173	32
340885000556	206	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	75 First Street	Lodi	07644	Bergen County	Lodi School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 478-8662	705	60	11.7	58.4%	152 (21.6%)	55 (7.8%)	425 (60.3%)	60 (8.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.4%)	$7,692			$133			$7,559	67.9	69.3	197	9
340459000013	207	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,147	75	15.2	75.4%	92 (8.0%)	170 (14.8%)	837 (73.0%)	43 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	67.7	66.7	214	7
340342001476	208	Collingswood Middle School	Public	6-8	414 Collings Ave	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5702	470	44	10.7	27.2%	295 (62.8%)	49 (10.4%)	85 (18.1%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	$9,965			$266			$9,699	67.7	64.8	224	16
340123004568	209	Bay Head Elementary	Public	K-8	145 Grove Street	Bay Head	08742	Ocean County	Bay Head Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 892-0668	120	15	7.9		109 (90.8%)	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	$17,883			$586			$17,297	67.7	91.8	27	182
341812003682	210	Iselin Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Woodruff Street	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8450	866	71	12.1	36.3%	128 (14.8%)	53 (6.1%)	176 (20.3%)	502 (58.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$8,163						$8,163	67.6	71.5	184	26

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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 4, 2024, 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.
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