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)
340684000508	61	Harrington Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	191 Harriot Ave	Harrington Park	07640	Bergen County	Harrington Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-5700	628	57	11		340 (54.1%)	7 (1.1%)	42 (6.7%)	197 (31.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.5%)	$16,559			$102			$16,457	87.6	89.8	45	16
341191000670	62	Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Oak St	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-8185	446	49	9	6.7%	358 (80.3%)	6 (1.3%)	44 (9.9%)	21 (4.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$13,567						$13,567	87.4	85.6	76	14
340984001114	63	Neeta School	Public	3-8	44 Neeta Trail	Medford Lakes	08055	Burlington County	Medford Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 654-5155	325	33	9.8	2.5%	316 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$6,879						$6,879	87.3	87.6	60	3
341728004990	64	Schuyler Colfax Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Hamburg Turnpike	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3130	633	66	9.6	6.0%	436 (68.9%)	16 (2.5%)	94 (14.8%)	64 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.6%)	$15,872			$277			$15,595	87	91.2	33	31
340972000515	65	Marlboro Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Nolan Road	Morganville	07751	Monmouth County	Marlboro Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 972-7115	744	75	9.8	9.0%	374 (50.3%)	19 (2.6%)	51 (6.9%)	277 (37.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.6%)	$9,987			$02			$9,985	87	88.4	54	11
340354003282	66	Cranbury School	Public	PK, KG-8	23 N Main St	Cranbury	08512	Middlesex County	Cranbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 395-1700	438	57	7.6	7.3%	220 (50.2%)	17 (3.9%)	44 (10.0%)	135 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.0%)	$18,574			$108			$18,466	87	85.3	78	12
340525004238	67	Ridgedale Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Ridgedale Avenue	Florham Park	07932	Morris County	Florham Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 822-3855	298	30	9.9	1.0%	200 (67.1%)	22 (7.4%)	24 (8.1%)	39 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$10,605						$10,605	86.7	84.3	87	20
341242000692	68	East Brook Middle School	Public	5-8	190 Spring Valley Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 261-7800	592	53	11.1	13.5%	243 (41.0%)	17 (2.9%)	104 (17.6%)	188 (31.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	36 (6.1%)	$14,097						$14,097	86.6	85	80	12
340873004822	69	Little Falls Township Public School # 1	Public	5-8	Little Falls School # 1	Little Falls	07424	Passaic County	Little Falls Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 256-1033	381	44	8.7	21.3%	250 (65.6%)	6 (1.6%)	99 (26.0%)	18 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$13,515			$313			$13,202	86.6	77.7	146	77
341104005588	70	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	3-8	302 Central Avenue	Mountainside	07092	Union County	Mountainside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 232-8828	488	49	9.9	2.0%	332 (68.0%)	7 (1.4%)	68 (13.9%)	42 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.8%)	$8,613			$168			$8,445	86.5	90.4	42	28

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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.
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