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)
340888003231	321	Logan Middle School	Public	5-8	110 School Lane	Logan Township	08085	Gloucester County	Logan Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 467-5133	337	30	11.3	21.1%	239 (70.9%)	25 (7.4%)	33 (9.8%)	14 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.4%)	$12,685			$139			$12,546	53.5	48	361	40
340138001316	322	Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School	Public	5-8	256 Anderson Avenue	Bellmawr	08031	Camden County	Bellmawr Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 931-6273	454	39	11.6	48.2%	249 (54.8%)	26 (5.7%)	98 (21.6%)	59 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	$11,365			$415			$10,950	53.3	50.3	340	18
340327000312	323	School #6/Middle School	Public	5-8	440 Oakdene Ave	Cliffside Park	07010	Bergen County	Cliffside Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 313-2360	669	53	12.6	58.9%	176 (26.3%)	13 (1.9%)	449 (67.1%)	28 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,829			$614			$11,215	53.1	55.4	304	19
341785000220	324	Weymouth Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1202 Eleventh Avenue	Dorothy	08317	Atlantic County	Weymouth Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 476-2412	178	16	11.2	39.3%	143 (80.3%)	3 (1.7%)	22 (12.4%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	$14,972			$1,061			$13,911	52.9	50	342	18
341206004060	325	Township of Ocean Intermediate School	Public	5-8	1200 West Park Avenue	Ocean	07712	Monmouth County	Township of Ocean School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 531-5630	861	91	9.4	31.8%	496 (57.6%)	86 (10.0%)	193 (22.4%)	57 (6.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.0%)	$9,710			$169			$9,541	52.5	47.3	372	47
341143000644	326	Veterans Middle School	Public	6-8	191 Rutherford Place	North Arlington	07031	Bergen County	North Arlington School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 991-6800	458	39	11.8	36.5%	190 (41.5%)	7 (1.5%)	241 (52.6%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	$7,568			$17			$7,551	52.4	51	336	10
340756000331	327	Howell Township Middle School South	Public	6-8	220 Ramtown-Greenville Road	Howell	07731	Monmouth County	Howell Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 836-1327	835	70	11.8	21.9%	540 (64.7%)	27 (3.2%)	209 (25.0%)	20 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.4%)	$10,545			$08			$10,537	52.3	57	294	33
341638000546	328	Emerson Middle School	Public	6-8	318 - 18th Street	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5900	1,023	70	14.6	84.5%	15 (1.5%)	10 (1.0%)	991 (96.9%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,615			$483			$8,132	52.1	53.5	317	11
340084005790	329	Alpha Borough School	Public	PK, KG-8	817 North Boulevard	Alpha	08865	Warren County	Alpha Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 454-5000	198	20	10.1	37.9%	144 (72.7%)	16 (8.1%)	30 (15.2%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)	$12,813			$264			$12,549	52.1	45.7	382	53
341536003634	330	South Plainfield Middle School	Public	7-8	2201 Plainfield Avenue	South Plainfield	07080	Middlesex County	South Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-4620	503	54	9.3	34.6%	164 (32.6%)	56 (11.1%)	190 (37.8%)	77 (15.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.6%)	$6,939			$255			$6,684	51.6	58.9	277	53

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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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Educational resources:

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

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.