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)
341770000313	71	Thomas R Grover Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Southfield Road	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 716-5250	1,197	100	11.9	6.3%	164 (13.7%)	65 (5.4%)	66 (5.5%)	863 (72.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (3.1%)	$12,108			$110			$11,998	86	88.5	53	18
340450003334	72	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Public	6-8	50 Woodrow Wilson Drive	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2870	1,137	86	13.1	10.3%	50 (4.4%)	25 (2.2%)	60 (5.3%)	979 (86.1%)	11 (1.0%)	4 (0.4%)	8 (0.7%)	$6,900						$6,900	85.8	89.3	48	24
340153005436	73	Columbia Middle School	Public	6-8	345 Plainfield Ave	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1600	560	52	10.6	0.7%	338 (60.4%)	13 (2.3%)	69 (12.3%)	106 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.1%)	$10,202			$41			$10,161	85.7	86.4	67	6
341776005768	74	Thomas Edison Intermediate School	Public	6-8	800 Rahway Avenue	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 789-4470	781	72	10.7	2.3%	558 (71.4%)	22 (2.8%)	59 (7.6%)	113 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.3%)	$7,471			$21			$7,450	85.7	86.7	63	11
341212004072	75	Maple Place Middle School	Public	5-8	2 Maple Place	Oceanport	07757	Monmouth County	Oceanport School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 229-0267	264	32	8.2	5.3%	242 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$17,151			$302			$16,849	85.7	82.6	103	28
341191000670	76	Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Oak St	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-8185	440	46	9.6	8.2%	354 (80.5%)	7 (1.6%)	42 (9.5%)	18 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.9%)	$13,567						$13,567	85.6	78.5	130	54
340858004296	77	Lincoln Park Middle School	Public	5-8	90 Ryerson Road	Lincoln Park	07035	Morris County	Lincoln Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 696-5520	361	38	9.5	15.5%	237 (65.7%)	5 (1.4%)	88 (24.4%)	24 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	$9,325			$188			$9,137	85.4	81.4	112	35
340354003282	78	Cranbury School	Public	PK, KG-8	23 N Main St	Cranbury	08512	Middlesex County	Cranbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 395-1700	447	59	7.5	7.2%	234 (52.3%)	19 (4.3%)	40 (8.9%)	128 (28.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.4%)	$18,574			$108			$18,466	85.3	88.3	55	23
340757000189	79	Explore Middle School	Public	6-8	180-9th St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 631-6395	152	15	10.2	23.7%	37 (24.3%)	20 (13.2%)	65 (42.8%)	17 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	12 (7.9%)	$10,449						$10,449	85.3	85.1	77	2
341242000692	80	East Brook Middle School	Public	5-8	190 Spring Valley Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 261-7800	600	53	11.3	11.2%	254 (42.3%)	15 (2.5%)	99 (16.5%)	204 (34.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (4.0%)	$14,097						$14,097	85	84	90	10

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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:

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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.