Best Middle Schools in New Jersey for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 514)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
341269004924	1	School 28	Public	PK, KG-8	200 Presidential Boulevard	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0281	484	34	14.4	77.5%	34 (7.0%)	115 (23.8%)	272 (56.2%)	61 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$9,579						$9,579	99.8%	96.8%	3.03%
340783003121	2	Infinity Institute	Public	6-12	193 Old Bergen Road	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-1404	326	24	13.5	63.8%	84 (25.8%)	39 (12.0%)	56 (17.2%)	130 (39.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	12 (3.7%)	$9,826			$349			$9,477	99.6%	99.9%	0.22%
341638000143	3	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Public	1-8	1700 Kerrigan Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5851	390	25	15.6	57.4%	45 (11.5%)	10 (2.6%)	303 (77.7%)	32 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	99.5%	98.1%	1.34%
340459000013	4	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,126	79	14.3	75.8%	101 (9.0%)	169 (15.0%)	803 (71.3%)	47 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	99.3%	71.4%	27.91%
340459005524	5	William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,089	77	14.1	70.2%	134 (12.3%)	158 (14.5%)	767 (70.4%)	30 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,924			$188			$6,736	99.1%	71.0%	28.13%
341134002200	6	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	938	67	14	62.8%	98 (10.4%)	372 (39.7%)	445 (47.4%)	16 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	98.9%	84.1%	14.85%
340003600309	7	Soaring Heights Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1 Romar Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Soaring Heights Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 434-4800	270	15	18.2	38.1%	31 (11.5%)	70 (25.9%)	33 (12.2%)	118 (43.7%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	12 (4.4%)	$8,696			$1,133			$7,563	98.8%	96.3%	2.51%
340783000142	8	Academy I	Public	6-8	209 Bergen Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6500	403	29	13.8	45.7%	76 (18.9%)	80 (19.9%)	71 (17.6%)	167 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$10,195			$392			$9,803	98.6%	97.6%	1.00%
340126000141	9	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	98.4%	94.8%	3.63%
340076703251	10	Jersey City Global Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	255 Congress Street	Jersey City	07307	Hudson County	Jersey City Global Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 744-2444	416	13	32	26.9%	20 (4.8%)	28 (6.7%)	129 (31.0%)	233 (56.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$6,567			$748			$5,819	98.2%	85.8%	12.41%

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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:

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

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

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.