Best Middle Schools in New Jersey for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the New Jersey Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 504)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340495003778	1	Knollwood School	Public	4-8	224 Hance Road	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-0320	510	64	7.9	0.6%	486 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	$10,199						$10,199	99.8%	98.7%	1.14%
341101004418	2	Briarcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	93 Briarcliff Rd.	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 334-0342	267	25	10.6	1.1%	193 (72.3%)	5 (1.9%)	19 (7.1%)	37 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	$18,304			$355			$17,949	99.6%	98.3%	1.34%
340075000224	3	Brookside School	Public	4-8	100 Brookside Avenue	Allendale	07401	Bergen County	Allendale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 327-2020	524	45	11.6	2.3%	363 (69.3%)	6 (1.1%)	31 (5.9%)	92 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.1%)	$10,272			$01			$10,271	99.4%	99.2%	0.21%
341104005588	4	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	3-8	302 Central Avenue	Mountainside	07092	Union County	Mountainside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 232-8828	467	51	9.2	2.1%	315 (67.5%)	5 (1.1%)	67 (14.3%)	38 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.0%)	$8,613			$168			$8,445	99.2%	94.4%	4.82%
341056000181	5	Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building	Public	6-8	176 North Fullerton Avenue	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-5741	213	28	7.6	9.4%	123 (57.7%)	37 (17.4%)	28 (13.1%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.6%)	$18,417			$89			$18,328	99.0%	75.7%	23.34%
340732000530	6	Ho-Ho-Kus Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	70 Lloyd Road	Ho Ho Kus	07423	Bergen County	Ho-Ho-Kus School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 652-4555	542	49	11	0.6%	431 (79.5%)	7 (1.3%)	39 (7.2%)	56 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	98.8%	99.6%	0.79%
340879003898	7	Markham Place School	Public	5-8	95 Markham Place	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-7112	360	40	9	0.8%	330 (91.7%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	98.6%	98.5%	0.08%
341611000872	8	Tenafly Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Sunset Lane	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 816-4530	901	71	12.6	2.7%	432 (47.9%)	14 (1.6%)	70 (7.8%)	347 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.1%)	$10,776			$225			$10,551	98.4%	97.9%	0.55%
341218000674	9	Charles DeWolf Middle School	Public	5-8	275 Old Tappan Rd	Old Tappan	07675	Bergen County	Old Tappan Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-1475	358	30	11.9	0.8%	192 (53.6%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	142 (39.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$9,136						$9,136	98.2%	96.9%	1.29%
341644003046	10	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	98.0%	95.2%	2.83%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.