Best Middle Schools in New Jersey for African American 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, African American 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.

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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 (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 361)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340459000013	1	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	99.7%	71.4%	28.33%
340003600309	2	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	99.4%	96.3%	3.19%
341134002200	3	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	99.2%	84.1%	15.08%
340002500291	4	Robert Treat Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	443 Clifton Avenue	Newark	07104	Essex County	Robert Treat Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 482-8811	689	38	18.1	76.2%	8 (1.2%)	222 (32.2%)	434 (63.0%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.9%)	$11,271			$984			$10,287	98.9%	79.7%	19.21%
340981000602	5	Maywood Avenue School	Public	4-8	452 Maywood Ave	Maywood	07607	Bergen County	Maywood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 845-9114	518	46	11.2	12.7%	172 (33.2%)	50 (9.7%)	210 (40.5%)	74 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,176			$271			$11,905	98.6%	81.1%	17.47%
340459005524	6	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	98.3%	71.0%	27.35%
340159001324	7	Berlin Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	215 S Franklin Ave	Berlin	08009	Camden County	Berlin Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 767-0129	770	76	10.1	10.9%	549 (71.3%)	76 (9.9%)	62 (8.1%)	39 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.6%)	$11,413			$352			$11,061	98.1%	74.6%	23.46%
340519000541	8	J.P. Case Middle School	Public	7-8	301 Case Boulevard	Flemington	08822	Hunterdon County	Flemington-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 284-7501	673	69	9.8	17.4%	426 (63.3%)	30 (4.5%)	124 (18.4%)	82 (12.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)	$10,239			$52			$10,187	97.8%	71.5%	26.26%
340002400289	9	North Star Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10 Washington Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	North Star Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 642-0101	6,352	236	26.8	83.7%	85 (1.3%)	5,135 (80.8%)	1,055 (16.6%)	12 (0.2%)	15 (0.2%)	2 (0.0%)	48 (0.8%)	$10,058			$1,071			$8,987	97.5%	72.2%	25.31%
340723005224	10	Hillsborough Township Middle School	Public	7-8	260 Triangle Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 431-6600	1,193	103	11.5	10.0%	559 (46.9%)	62 (5.2%)	125 (10.5%)	419 (35.1%)	5 (0.4%)	7 (0.6%)	15 (1.3%)	$6,250						$6,250	97.2%	86.6%	10.60%

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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:

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

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

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.