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Best Middle Schools in Wayne, NJ

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Schools

1,760

Students

Top rankedSchuyler Colfax Middle School85^th of 743 New Jersey middle schools

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Summary:

Wayne, New Jersey, has three middle schools serving grades 6–8: Schuyler Colfax Middle School (650 students), Anthony Wayne Middle School (617), and George Washington Middle School (493). Across the three schools, average proficiency was 67% in ELA and 51% in math, compared with grade-matched state averages of 53% and 34%; the area’s advantages were 13 and 17 percentage points, respectively. The most important finding is that all three schools scored above the state in every one of the nine listed, grade-matched tests in 2025–2026.

Colfax stands out most consistently: it led ELA and math in grades 6 and 7, and eighth-grade science. Its sixth-grade ELA score of 74% was 13 points above the other schools’ average, while its science score of 36% was 11 points higher. George Washington was lowest in sixth-grade ELA and math and seventh-grade math, but it led eighth-grade math at 45% and scored 70% in eighth-grade ELA. Anthony Wayne had the lowest ELA results in grades 7 and 8. On both Algebra I measures, Colfax and Anthony Wayne tied at 100%, while George Washington scored 97%.

Average ELA proficiency across the schools fell from 71% in 2024–2025 to 67% in 2025–2026; math fell from 54% to 51%. There were exceptions: George Washington’s eighth-grade ELA rose by 5 points and its eighth-grade math by 3, while Anthony Wayne’s eighth-grade math fell by 11. SchoolDigger ranked Colfax 85th of 743 schools (89th percentile), Anthony Wayne 157th (79th), and George Washington 183rd (75th) in 2025–2026; those statewide rankings have declined for all three since 2023–2024. As context, the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 10% at Colfax, 12% at Anthony Wayne, and 19% at George Washington. Colfax had the highest student-teacher ratio, 9.5, while George Washington had the lowest, 8.6.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)			NJSLA Mathematics (2026)			NJSLA Algebra I (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Anthony Wayne Middle School	Public	6-8	201 Garside Avenue	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 389-2120	617	69	8.9	12.0%	395 (64.0%)	12 (1.9%)	113 (18.3%)	75 (12.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	75.5	157^th of 743 public middle schools	78.9%		78.2	141^st of 752 public middle schools	81.3%	16	26.2	62.5	63.6	64.6	52.9	56.8	44.2	100.0	100.0	$22,521	$172	$22,349
George Washington Middle School	Public	6-8	68 Lenox Road	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 633-3140	493	57	8.6	19.1%	313 (63.5%)	9 (1.8%)	119 (24.1%)	39 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	71.5	183^rd of 743 public middle schools	75.4%		74.4	159^th of 752 public middle schools	78.9%	24	24.0	57.7	64.0	69.9	42.4	53.4	45.3	97.0	97.0	$22,517	$184	$22,333
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	650	68	9.5	10.2%	448 (68.9%)	17 (2.6%)	90 (13.8%)	72 (11.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.2%)	84.6	85^th of 743 public middle schools	88.6%		87	69^th of 752 public middle schools	90.8%	16	35.8	73.5	72.6	71.0	56.4	61.6	43.2	100.0	100.0	$22,390	$65	$22,325

Cities Near Wayne

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pequannock	2.76 mi	1	133^rd
Pompton Plains	2.77 mi	4	75^th
Lincoln Park	2.81 mi	2	97^th
Paterson	3.05 mi	50	495^th
Haledon	3.16 mi	2	486^th

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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.

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