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)
341227002406	571	Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	216 Lincoln Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4130	692	60	11.5	80.3%	2 (0.3%)	316 (45.7%)	363 (52.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	$9,475			$416			$9,059	22.4	23.7	564	7
340654003094	572	Albert E Grice Middle School	Public	6-8	901 Whitehorse Hamilton Sq	Hamilton	08610	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 631-4152	967	75	12.9	50.3%	288 (29.8%)	154 (15.9%)	467 (48.3%)	28 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.0%)	$8,847			$56			$8,791	22.4	29.2	524	48
341296005862	573	Phillipsburg Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Hillcrest Blvd.	Phillipsburg	08865	Warren County	Phillipsburg School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 454-3400	664	61	10.8	70.2%	261 (39.3%)	156 (23.5%)	188 (28.3%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.0%)	$14,763			$488			$14,275	22.3	21	588	15
340004700330	574	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	429 Joyce Kilmer Avenue	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 448-1052	394			77.7%	7 (1.8%)	26 (6.6%)	353 (89.6%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$10,212			$955			$9,257	22.2	25.9	549	25
340243000966	575	Burlington City High School	Public	7-12	100 Blue Devil Way	Burlington	08016	Burlington County	Burlington City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 387-5800	813	76	10.7	51.4%	211 (26.0%)	386 (47.5%)	167 (20.5%)	20 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.0%)	$20,674			$708			$19,966	22.2	19.3	607	32
341503000210	576	Jordan Road Elementary School	Public	4-8	129 Jordan Road	Somers Point	08244	Atlantic County	Somers Point School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 927-7161	384	43	9	58.9%	146 (38.0%)	59 (15.4%)	142 (37.0%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.5%)	$17,522			$1,073			$16,449	22.2	22.3	576
341680003445	577	Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School	Public	6-8	3133 S Lincoln Ave	Vineland	08361	Cumberland County	Vineland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 691-1801	714			0.4%	252 (35.3%)	113 (15.8%)	306 (42.9%)	9 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.2%)	$12,703			$639			$12,064	22.1	20.8	589	12
340744005905	578	Hopatcong Middle School	Public	4-7	1 David Road	Hopatcong	07843	Sussex County	Hopatcong Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 398-8804	428	35	12.3	25.7%	232 (54.2%)	25 (5.8%)	154 (36.0%)	14 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,825						$11,825	22.1	24.4	559	19
341812005972	579	Avenel Middle School	Public	6-8	Woodbine Avenue	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 596-4210	587	74	7.9	48.4%	169 (28.8%)	135 (23.0%)	179 (30.5%)	99 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$9,251						$9,251	21.9	26.9	540	39
341299000433	580	Pine Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 Turnerville Road	Pine Hill	08021	Camden County	Pine Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 210-0200	381	37	10.3	59.6%	152 (39.9%)	115 (30.2%)	84 (22.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.6%)	$10,061			$368			$9,693	21.9	27.9	535	45

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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 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.
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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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.