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)
340002900297	111	Elysian Charter School of Hoboken	Public, Charter	K-8	1460 Garden Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Elysian Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 876-0102	292	26	11.1	10.6%	203 (69.5%)	8 (2.7%)	45 (15.4%)	21 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$8,361			$513			$7,848	81.6	76.9	147	36
341521003618	112	Crossroads South Middle School	Public	6-8	195 Major Road	Monmouth Junction	08852	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 329-4633	987	86	11.4	11.3%	189 (19.1%)	73 (7.4%)	94 (9.5%)	606 (61.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.1%)	$11,946			$160			$11,786	81.4	79.9	126	14
341710000146	113	Pond Road Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Pond Road	Robbinsville	08691	Mercer County	Robbinsville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 632-0940	992	88	11.3	5.1%	416 (41.9%)	35 (3.5%)	56 (5.6%)	445 (44.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (3.5%)	$4,739						$4,739	81.4	78.9	128	15
341290004478	114	Pequannock Valley School	Public	6-8	493 Newark Pompton Tpke.	Pompton Plains	07444	Morris County	Pequannock Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 616-6050	481	41	11.7	4.0%	408 (84.8%)	2 (0.4%)	56 (11.6%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$16,625			$91			$16,534	81.3	83.4	94	20
341266004462	115	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	90 Central Avenue	Stirling	07980	Morris County	Long Hill Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 647-2311	279	25	11	7.5%	195 (69.9%)	2 (0.7%)	49 (17.6%)	27 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	$9,645			$37			$9,608	81.3	81.9	105	10
341659005110	116	Upper Pittsgrove School	Public	PK, KG-8	235 Pine Tavern Road	Monroeville	08343	Salem County	UPPER PITTSGROVE Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 358-8163	333	2	166.5	13.5%	291 (87.4%)	7 (2.1%)	22 (6.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$14,593			$703			$13,890	81.2	86.9	62	54
341248004434	117	Brooklawn Middle School	Public	6-8	250 Beachwood Road	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 428-7551	904	84	10.7	9.2%	316 (35.0%)	26 (2.9%)	120 (13.3%)	408 (45.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.7%)	$11,010			$41			$10,969	81.2	80.2	122	5
340537000117	118	Franklin Avenue Middle School	Public	6-8	755 Franklin Avenue	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 891-0202	384	56	6.8	3.4%	302 (78.6%)	8 (2.1%)	27 (7.0%)	38 (9.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$13,230			$92			$13,138	81.1	76.4	152	34
341134002200	119	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	938	67	14	62.8%	98 (10.4%)	372 (39.7%)	445 (47.4%)	16 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	80.9	67.8	200	81
341332004704	120	G. Harold Antrim Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	401 Niblick Street	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 899-3737	315	41	7.7	21.6%	238 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (20.0%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$18,007			$677			$17,330	80.9	81.1	114	6

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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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