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)
340006400373	21	The Gray Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	55 Liberty Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Gray Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 824-6661	339	16	21.1	61.9%	3 (0.9%)	124 (36.6%)	207 (61.1%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,242			$1,298			$7,944	93	83.9	91	70
341611000872	22	Tenafly Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Sunset Lane	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 816-4530	924	77	12	4.0%	428 (46.3%)	12 (1.3%)	70 (7.6%)	370 (40.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.4%)	$10,776			$225			$10,551	93	93.8	16	6
341644003046	23	Union Township Middle School	Public	4-8	165 Perryville Road	Hampton	08827	Hunterdon County	Union Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-5511	253	25	10	3.6%	192 (75.9%)	5 (2.0%)	20 (7.9%)	28 (11.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	$18,446			$349			$18,097	92.8	90.8	36	13
340477000406	24	Upper School	Public	3-8	143 Charlotte Pl	Englewood Cliffs	07632	Bergen County	Englewood Cliffs School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 567-7292	266	39	6.8		64 (24.1%)	7 (2.6%)	22 (8.3%)	160 (60.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.1%)	$12,826			$216			$12,610	92.8	95.6	9	15
341059006031	25	Montgomery Upper Middle School	Public	7-8	375 Burnt Hill Road	Skillman	08558	Somerset County	Montgomery Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 466-7603	758	68	11.1	4.7%	216 (28.5%)	14 (1.8%)	51 (6.7%)	448 (59.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.3%)	$14,018			$98			$13,920	92.6	88.7	51	26
340757000189	26	Explore Middle School	Public	6-8	180-9th St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 631-6395	151	15	10.4	17.9%	35 (23.2%)	19 (12.6%)	67 (44.4%)	18 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.9%)	$10,449						$10,449	92.2	85.3	79	53
340381000334	27	Demarest Middle School	Public	5-8	568 Piermont Rd	Demarest	07627	Bergen County	Demarest School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-6060	342	36	9.4	0.9%	193 (56.4%)	3 (0.9%)	20 (5.8%)	113 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	$12,207			$16			$12,191	92.1	91.8	26	1
341065004336	28	Robert R Lazar Middle School	Public	6-8	123 Changebridge Road	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	751	76	9.8	4.3%	401 (53.4%)	10 (1.3%)	85 (11.3%)	218 (29.0%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.1%)	$14,639			$70			$14,569	92	91.3	31	3
340165005126	29	William Annin Middle School	Public	6-8	70 Quincy Road	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 204-2610	1,126	110	10.2	2.3%	537 (47.7%)	13 (1.2%)	105 (9.3%)	421 (37.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.2%)	$10,219						$10,219	91.9	91	34	5
341590005710	30	Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School	Public	6-8	272 Morris Ave	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 273-1190	929	89	10.3	15.3%	538 (57.9%)	38 (4.1%)	187 (20.1%)	101 (10.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.9%)	$6,058			$44			$6,014	91.9	90.6	40	10

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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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