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)
340096000026	651	Pennsylvania Ave School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 N. Pennsylvania Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 343-7290	541	56	9.6	83.4%	7 (1.3%)	319 (59.0%)	177 (32.7%)	30 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$14,638			$2,159			$12,479	15.6	13.4	675	24
341125001168	652	New Hanover Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	122 Fort Dix Street	Wrightstown	08562	Burlington County	New Hanover Township	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 723-2139	186	19	9.5	48.9%	70 (37.6%)	29 (15.6%)	74 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.5%)	$20,216			$933			$19,283	15.5	20.1	595	57
341134002356	653	Speedway Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	701 South Orange Avenue	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2740	555	41	13.7	82.2%	0 (0.0%)	465 (83.8%)	72 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (2.0%)	$8,301			$622			$7,679	15.4	13.1	678	25
341122003466	654	Mckinley Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	15 Van Dyke Ave	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	574	63	9.1	58.2%	5 (0.9%)	100 (17.4%)	463 (80.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$12,963						$12,963	15.4	15.9	639	15
341134002288	655	Hawthorne Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	428 Hawthorne Ave	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3960	439	29	15.1	72.9%	3 (0.7%)	360 (82.0%)	70 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,415			$794			$9,621	15.3	16.2	635	20
341812003684	656	Woodbridge Middle School	Public	6-8	525 Barron Avenue	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8690	538	54	10	54.3%	182 (33.8%)	80 (14.9%)	222 (41.3%)	47 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$10,503						$10,503	15.3	22.6	572	84
340459003293	657	Jerome Dunn Academy No 9	Public	K-8	125 Third Street	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5580	866	59	14.8	89.7%	19 (2.2%)	121 (14.0%)	720 (83.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,150			$287			$8,863	15.2	15	651	6
341269004918	658	School 25	Public	PK, KG-8	287 Trenton Avenue	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0250	540	43	12.5	83.7%	99 (18.3%)	39 (7.2%)	394 (73.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,314						$8,314	15	15.9	637	21
341269004888	659	School 8	Public	K-8	35 Chadwick Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0080	401	34	11.7	87.5%	19 (4.7%)	17 (4.2%)	363 (90.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,233						$9,233	14.9	14.6	658	1
340459005526	660	Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23	Public	K-8	631-657 Westminster Avenue	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5900	605	57	10.7	81.2%	38 (6.3%)	152 (25.1%)	388 (64.1%)	24 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,486			$230			$10,256	14.8	16.3	634	26

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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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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.