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)
340411003296	191	Churchill Junior High School	Public	7-9	18 Norton Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 353-0915	2,002	161	12.4	20.9%	975 (48.7%)	116 (5.8%)	216 (10.8%)	624 (31.2%)	6 (0.3%)	6 (0.3%)	57 (2.8%)	$10,489						$10,489	70	66.4	214	23
341674002456	192	Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	Public	5-8	600 Bloomfield Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6751	668	58	11.4	0.9%	542 (81.1%)	9 (1.3%)	72 (10.8%)	22 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	20 (3.0%)	$11,775			$136			$11,639	70	61.1	253	61
340258002010	193	Grover Cleveland Middle School	Public	6-8	36 Academy Rd	Caldwell	07006	Essex County	Caldwell-West School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 228-9115	586	50	11.7	6.3%	462 (78.8%)	11 (1.9%)	82 (14.0%)	27 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$10,655			$21			$10,634	69.6	73.4	165	28
340546002990	194	Franklin Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	226 Quakertown Road	Quakertown	08868	Hunterdon County	Franklin Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-7929	280	32	8.8	10.0%	211 (75.4%)	15 (5.4%)	40 (14.3%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$14,956			$365			$14,591	69.6	71.4	178	16
340321002508	195	Clearview Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	595 Jefferson Rd	Mullica Hill	08062	Gloucester County	Clearview Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 223-2740	753	65	11.5	14.5%	595 (79.0%)	43 (5.7%)	57 (7.6%)	27 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.9%)	$7,465			$61			$7,404	69.5	58.8	272	77
341656003098	196	Stonebridge Middle School	Public	5-8	1252 Yardville-Allentown Road	Allentown	08501	Monmouth County	Upper Freehold Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 259-7292	447	42	10.7	6.7%	359 (80.3%)	16 (3.6%)	37 (8.3%)	28 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$10,883			$185			$10,698	69.5	63.5	236	40
340885000556	197	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	694	55	12.5	54.8%	145 (20.9%)	59 (8.5%)	427 (61.5%)	49 (7.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	$7,692			$133			$7,559	69.3	73	168	29
340729006152	198	Hillside Innovation Academy	Public	7-8	195 Virginia St-1100 Woodruff	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(908) 352-7664	99			60.6%	12 (12.1%)	55 (55.6%)	30 (30.3%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								69.1			(n/a)
341023004014	199	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	373	41	9	0.8%	289 (77.5%)	12 (3.2%)	23 (6.2%)	42 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$13,011			$379			$12,632	68.9	66.3	215	16
341056002178	200	Buzz Aldrin Middle School	Public	6-8	173 Bellevue Ave	Upper Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4220	610	58	10.4	13.0%	314 (51.5%)	99 (16.2%)	94 (15.4%)	44 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (9.5%)	$11,896			$170			$11,726	68.6	69	189	11

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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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Educational resources:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.