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)
341065004336	31	Robert R Lazar Middle School	Public	6-8	123 Changebridge Road	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	724	75	9.6	2.9%	410 (56.6%)	9 (1.2%)	84 (11.6%)	191 (26.4%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (3.3%)	$14,639			$70			$14,569	91.3	88.5	52	21
341038004018	32	Monmouth Beach Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7 Hastings Place	Monmouth Beach	07750	Monmouth County	Monmouth Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 222-6139	257	36	7	1.2%	232 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$15,153			$137			$15,016	91.2	93.4	24	8
341728004990	33	Schuyler Colfax Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Hamburg Turnpike	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3130	621	64	9.6	5.2%	442 (71.2%)	12 (1.9%)	83 (13.4%)	64 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$15,872			$277			$15,595	91.2	87.2	59	26
340165005126	34	William Annin Middle School	Public	6-8	70 Quincy Road	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 204-2610	1,131	115	9.8	2.2%	565 (50.0%)	8 (0.7%)	99 (8.8%)	419 (37.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.4%)	$10,219						$10,219	91	91.9	34
341131006097	35	New Providence Middle School	Public	7-8	35 Pioneer Drive	New Providence	07974	Union County	New Providence School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-9161	398	32	12.6	1.3%	252 (63.3%)	10 (2.5%)	36 (9.0%)	86 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$9,397			$396			$9,001	90.9	93	27	8
341644003046	36	Union Township Middle School	Public	4-8	165 Perryville Road	Hampton	08827	Hunterdon County	Union Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-5511	223	23	9.5	1.8%	185 (83.0%)	4 (1.8%)	16 (7.2%)	12 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	$18,446			$349			$18,097	90.8	81.7	108	72
341497004102	37	Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Obre Place	Shrewsbury	07702	Monmouth County	Shrewsbury Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 747-0882	462	53	8.7	0.6%	406 (87.9%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.3%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$14,231			$86			$14,145	90.8	91.3	37
340882002128	38	Heritage Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Foxcroft Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	1,009	85	11.9	2.4%	486 (48.2%)	51 (5.1%)	51 (5.1%)	390 (38.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (2.6%)	$10,996			$02			$10,994	90.7	90.8	40	2
340126000141	39	Nicholas Oresko Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	33 East 24th Street	Bayonne	07002	Hudson County	Bayonne School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 858-6281	393	26	15.1	49.9%	174 (44.3%)	59 (15.0%)	84 (21.4%)	50 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.1%)	$11,130			$585			$10,545	90.7	94.6	17	22
341590005710	40	Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School	Public	6-8	272 Morris Ave	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 273-1190	942	90	10.4	13.5%	555 (58.9%)	40 (4.2%)	194 (20.6%)	92 (9.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.3%)	$6,058			$44			$6,014	90.6	93	28	12

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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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