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)
340002400289	181	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	6,476	250	25.8	84.7%	81 (1.3%)	5,312 (82.0%)	982 (15.2%)	15 (0.2%)	17 (0.3%)	3 (0.0%)	63 (1.0%)	$10,058			$1,071			$8,987	72	67.4	208	27
341833005118	182	Woodstown Middle School	Public	6-8	Woodstown Middle School	Woodstown	08098	Salem County	Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 769-0144	286	24	11.6	24.8%	207 (72.4%)	34 (11.9%)	26 (9.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.6%)	$5,852			$153			$5,699	71.9	67.1	211	29
341338000204	183	Port Republic Elementary School	Public	K-8	137 Pomona Avenue	Port Republic	08241	Atlantic County	Port Republic School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 652-7377	111	11	9.7	2.7%	110 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,428			$450			$15,978	71.9	73.9	167	16
340729006152	184	Hillside Innovation Academy	Public	7-8	195 Virginia St-1100 Woodruff	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(908) 352-7664	101	8	12.6	71.3%	12 (11.9%)	55 (54.5%)	31 (30.7%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								71.6	69.1	198	14
341056002178	185	Buzz Aldrin Middle School	Public	6-8	173 Bellevue Ave	Upper Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4220	607	60	10	13.5%	324 (53.4%)	90 (14.8%)	85 (14.0%)	42 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	65 (10.7%)	$11,896			$170			$11,726	71.4	68.6	200	15
341659005110	186	Upper Pittsgrove School	Public	PK, KG-8	235 Pine Tavern Road	Monroeville	08343	Salem County	UPPER PITTSGROVE Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 358-8163	340	34	10	10.0%	289 (85.0%)	8 (2.4%)	25 (7.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$14,593			$703			$13,890	71	81.2	116	70
340738003004	187	Holland Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	710 Milford Warren Glen Road	Milford	08848	Hunterdon County	Holland Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 995-2401	512	63	8.1	6.4%	462 (90.2%)	8 (1.6%)	31 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	$16,743			$424			$16,319	70.7	73.6	170	17
341329004694	188	Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	808 Laura Herbert Dr	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 701-1900	593	61	9.7	13.5%	508 (85.7%)	3 (0.5%)	69 (11.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$12,151			$285			$11,866	70.7	79.2	132	56
341056000181	189	Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building	Public	6-8	176 North Fullerton Avenue	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-5741	201	28	7.1	12.4%	112 (55.7%)	35 (17.4%)	28 (13.9%)	10 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.0%)	$18,417			$89			$18,328	70.5	71.7	182	7
341791005894	190	White Township Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	565 Cr 519	Belvidere	07823	Warren County	White Township Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 475-4773	261	31	8.5	16.9%	218 (83.5%)	4 (1.5%)	21 (8.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.6%)	$16,580			$287			$16,293	70.4	64.9	223	33

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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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