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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)
340534005336	291	Frankford Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	4 Pines Road	Branchville	07826	Sussex County	Frankford Township Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 948-3727	504	57	8.9	9.3%	450 (89.3%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.6%)	$16,040			$466			$15,574	57.9	58.3	282	9
341386004944	292	Martin J. Ryerson School	Public	6-8	130 Valley Road	Ringwood	07456	Passaic County	Ringwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 962-7063	378	38	9.9	7.1%	308 (81.5%)	4 (1.1%)	48 (12.7%)	4 (1.1%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$10,434			$59			$10,375	57.7	57.9	286	6
341533002424	293	Maplewood Middle School	Public	6-8	7 Burnett St	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 378-7660	721	79	9.1	15.3%	372 (51.6%)	200 (27.7%)	76 (10.5%)	23 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.8%)	$6,140						$6,140	57.5	58.5	281	12
340096000016	294	Chelsea Heights School	Public	PK, KG-8	4101 Filbert Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 343-7272	269	28	9.6	90.0%	8 (3.0%)	42 (15.6%)	131 (48.7%)	83 (30.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$13,190			$1,919			$11,271	57.4	59.6	272	22
340003400305	295	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3044 Kennedy Blvd	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 795-4400	668	44	15.3	36.2%	60 (9.0%)	153 (22.9%)	158 (23.7%)	272 (40.7%)	11 (1.6%)	13 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	$7,171			$763			$6,408	57	57.2	291	4
341761006112	296	Liberty Middle School	Public	7-8	1 Kelly Drive	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 243-8650	526	54	9.7	49.0%	63 (12.0%)	228 (43.3%)	182 (34.6%)	26 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.4%)	$11,447						$11,447	56.8	54.6	312	16
340074803144	297	John P. Holland Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	5 Garret Mountain Plaza	Woodland Park	07424	Passaic County	John P Holland Charter School School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 345-2212	688	36	19.1	99.6%	2 (0.3%)	121 (17.6%)	557 (81.0%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,769			$684			$9,085	56.8	50.8	339	42
340141003750	298	Belmar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1101 Main Street	Belmar	07719	Monmouth County	Belmar Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 681-2388	394	55	7.1	51.3%	135 (34.3%)	11 (2.8%)	224 (56.9%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	$15,538			$1,241			$14,297	56.7	58.2	283	15
341413004512	299	Copeland Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Lake Shore Drive	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Rockaway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 627-2465	853	76	11.2	12.3%	493 (57.8%)	33 (3.9%)	228 (26.7%)	70 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.3%)	$15,388			$64			$15,324	56.3	60.8	264	35
340363003764	300	Deal Elementary School	Public	K-8	201 Roseld Avenue	Deal	07723	Monmouth County	Deal Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 531-0480	159	20	8	22.0%	116 (73.0%)	20 (12.6%)	13 (8.2%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	$16,125			$562			$15,563	56.3	58.5	279	21

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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.
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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Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.