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)
341485006059	241	Secaucus Middle School	Public	6-8	11 Mill Ridge Road	Secaucus	07094	Hudson County	Secaucus School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-2025	463	48	9.7	28.1%	109 (23.5%)	21 (4.5%)	189 (40.8%)	137 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$8,873			$645			$8,228	64.5	65.2	220	21
340927003508	242	Jonas Salk Middle School	Public	6-8	155 W Greystone Road	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4519	879	86	10.1	20.1%	528 (60.1%)	71 (8.1%)	145 (16.5%)	103 (11.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.4%)	$13,625			$64			$13,561	64.1	63.4	236	6
340678000729	243	Hardyston Township Middle School	Public	5-8	183 Wheatsworth Road	Hamburg	07419	Sussex County	Hardyston Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 823-7000	256	20	12.8	15.2%	193 (75.4%)	14 (5.5%)	34 (13.3%)	5 (2.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$8,162			$152			$8,010	63.9	64.3	229	14
340579005532	244	Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-8	400 Second Avenue	Garwood	07027	Union County	Garwood Boro	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-0331	350	30	11.6	23.7%	256 (73.1%)	7 (2.0%)	73 (20.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	$11,448			$164			$11,284	63.8	61	262	18
341563005700	245	Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School	Public	6-8	75 South Springfield Ave.	Springfield	07081	Union County	Springfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 376-1025	494	40	12.3	16.4%	270 (54.7%)	71 (14.4%)	91 (18.4%)	39 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	18 (3.6%)	$12,020			$171			$11,849	63.7	66.3	215	30
340186004758	246	Walter T. Bergen Middle School	Public	5-8	225 Glenwild Avenue	Bloomingdale	07403	Passaic County	Bloomingdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-4835	222	21	10.4	38.3%	129 (58.1%)	4 (1.8%)	75 (33.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	7 (3.2%)	$14,949			$125			$14,824	63.7	54.8	308	62
341086004394	247	Mount Arlington Public School	Public	3-8	235 Howard Boulevard	Mount Arlington	07856	Morris County	Mount Arlington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 398-4400	217	30	7.2	18.0%	96 (44.2%)	19 (8.8%)	74 (34.1%)	23 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$3,206						$3,206	63.5	59.7	270	23
341638003073	248	Union Hill Middle School	Public	7-8	3800 Hudson Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5936	902	63	14.3	89.2%	15 (1.7%)	5 (0.6%)	879 (97.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,040			$489			$9,551	63.2	61.9	253	5
341215005390	249	Ogdensburg Borough School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Main Street	Ogdensburg	07439	Sussex County	Ogdensburg Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 827-7126	268	28	9.4	22.4%	213 (79.5%)	9 (3.4%)	43 (16.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,824			$254			$14,570	63.2	62.2	250	1
341095001164	250	T. E. Harrington Middle School	Public	7-8	514 Mount Laurel Road	Mount Laurel	08054	Burlington County	Mount Laurel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 234-1610	909	82	11.1	15.4%	469 (51.6%)	137 (15.1%)	85 (9.4%)	144 (15.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (7.7%)	$8,234			$98			$8,136	63	60.1	268	18

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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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