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)
340879003898	11	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	320	39	8.2	0.9%	293 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	95.4	95.2	11
341101004418	12	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	257	30	8.5	1.2%	183 (71.2%)	5 (1.9%)	15 (5.8%)	43 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$18,304			$355			$17,949	94.9	94.5	13	1
340004300323	13	Princeton Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Bunn Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 924-0575	424	38	11	4.0%	121 (28.5%)	14 (3.3%)	20 (4.7%)	223 (52.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	44 (10.4%)								94.8	93.9	15	2
341218000674	14	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	359	32	11.2		167 (46.5%)	5 (1.4%)	12 (3.3%)	163 (45.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	$9,136						$9,136	94.8	92.5	23	9
340339000318	15	Tenakill Middle School	Public	5-8	275 High Street	Closter	07624	Bergen County	Closter Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-1332	570	42	13.4	2.3%	252 (44.2%)	8 (1.4%)	50 (8.8%)	236 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	15 (2.6%)	$10,466			$197			$10,269	94.1	94.9	12	3
341821000936	16	Woodcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Woodcliff Ave	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	265	21	12.6	1.1%	207 (78.1%)	2 (0.8%)	24 (9.1%)	27 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$17,046			$28			$17,018	93.9	93.1	20	4
340696000520	17	Haworth Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	205 Valley Rd	Haworth	07641	Bergen County	Haworth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 384-5526	454	50	9		299 (65.9%)	4 (0.9%)	26 (5.7%)	89 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.7%)	$17,223						$17,223	93.8	92.9	21	4
340074603143	18	Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	150 Pierce Street	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 412-7643	608	37	16.4	12.3%	74 (12.2%)	105 (17.3%)	32 (5.3%)	355 (58.4%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (5.6%)	$7,387			$280			$7,107	93.5	90	43	25
340969000162	19	Eugene A. Tighe Middle School	Public	5-8	7804 Amherst Avenue	Margate City	08402	Atlantic County	Margate City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 822-2353	133	21	6.2	3.0%	119 (89.5%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.3%)	$17,865			$175			$17,690	93.4	88.9	49	30
341020002150	20	Millburn Middle School	Public	6-8	25 Old Short Hills Rd	Millburn	07041	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 379-2600	1,119	107	10.4	2.7%	402 (35.9%)	26 (2.3%)	61 (5.5%)	539 (48.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (7.9%)	$14,838			$34			$14,804	93.1	93.3	19	1

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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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