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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)
340126000141	171	Nicholas Oresko Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	33 East 24th Street	Bayonne	07002	Hudson County	Bayonne School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 858-6281	384	27	14.2	54.7%	171 (44.5%)	64 (16.7%)	85 (22.1%)	44 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.7%)	$11,130			$585			$10,545	73.4	90.7	39	132
341467005680	172	Terrill Middle School	Public	5-8	1301 Terrill Road	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 322-5215	834	72	11.5	1.6%	534 (64.0%)	45 (5.4%)	94 (11.3%)	115 (13.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.4%)	$9,029			$03			$9,026	73.3	75	160	12
340900000731	173	Lopatcong Township Middle School	Public	5-8	321 Stonehenge Drive	Phillipsburg	08865	Warren County	Lopatcong Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 213-2995	348	31	11.1	11.8%	198 (56.9%)	68 (19.5%)	52 (14.9%)	28 (8.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,105						$7,105	73.1	72.1	178	5
341053005380	174	Montague Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	475 Route 206	Montague	07827	Sussex County	Montague Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 293-7131	308	38	8.2	29.9%	205 (66.6%)	13 (4.2%)	69 (22.4%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)	$17,566			$1,324			$16,242	73	52.4	328	154
340360002993	175	Cresskill Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Lincoln Drive	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 227-7791	413	29	14.2	3.4%	204 (49.4%)	13 (3.1%)	28 (6.8%)	159 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$9,670			$186			$9,484	72.9	77.1	151	24
341365004494	176	Randolph Middle School	Public	6-8	507 Millbrook Avenue	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 366-8700	944	88	10.7	10.4%	590 (62.5%)	46 (4.9%)	169 (17.9%)	115 (12.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	21 (2.2%)	$10,005			$53			$9,952	72.7	73.6	169	7
341674002456	177	Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	Public	5-8	600 Bloomfield Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6751	668	59	11.2	1.6%	550 (82.3%)	8 (1.2%)	61 (9.1%)	26 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	19 (2.8%)	$11,775			$136			$11,639	72.5	70	192	15
341524000836	178	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-8	Dyer Avenue	South Hackensack	07606	Bergen County	South Hackensack School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 440-2782	249	25	10.1	38.2%	56 (22.5%)	18 (7.2%)	161 (64.7%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$14,711			$431			$14,280	72.4	62.3	249	71
341128000632	179	David E. Owens Middle School	Public	6-8	470 Marion Avenue	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 265-8661	514	39	13.1	18.3%	217 (42.2%)	30 (5.8%)	158 (30.7%)	91 (17.7%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	$11,019			$292			$10,727	72.3	74.3	166	13
340159001324	180	Berlin Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	215 S Franklin Ave	Berlin	08009	Camden County	Berlin Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 767-0129	840	77	10.9	16.9%	589 (70.1%)	77 (9.2%)	79 (9.4%)	38 (4.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.5%)	$11,413			$352			$11,061	72.2	70.6	190	10

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