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Best Middle Schools in Salem County, NJ

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Schools

2,371

Students

Districts

Top rankedWoodstown Middle School189^th of 752 New Jersey middle schools

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Biggest riser

Pennsville Middle School up 40 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pennsville Middle School 11.2 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th 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
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School	Public, Charter	5-8	457 Shirley Road	Elmer	08318	Salem County	Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 358-2472	189	15	12.6	36.0%	138 (73.0%)	15 (7.9%)	20 (10.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.9%)	39.1	448^th of 752 public middle schools	40.4%		41.1	415^th of 743 public middle schools	44.1%	33	25.0	25.0			22.9	45.9	47.9	39.6			6.3	18.8	39.6	12.5	71.4	71.4	$14,031	$539	$13,492
Pennsville Middle School	Public	6-8	4 William Penn Avenue	Pennsville	08070	Salem County	Pennsville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 540-6200	460	41	11.2	46.1%	321 (69.8%)	35 (7.6%)	70 (15.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.3%)	30.4	515^th of 752 public middle schools	31.5%		24.5	555^th of 743 public middle schools	25.3%	40		7.1				38.1	36.2	32.1				35.7	31.3	18.2	80.9	80.9	$14,756	$103	$14,653
Penns Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	351 Maple Avenue	Penns Grove	08069	Salem County	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 299-0576	452	40	11.3	75.4%	57 (12.6%)	156 (34.5%)	224 (49.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.0%)	10.3	706^th of 752 public middle schools	6.1%		10	706^th of 743 public middle schools	5.0%			6.9				16.1	13.6	19.2				10.3	7.8	2.9	66.6	66.6	$19,977	$2,661	$17,316
Pittsgrove Township Middle School	Public	5-8	1082 Almond Road	Pittsgrove	08318	Salem County	Pittsgrove Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 358-8529	495	43	11.4	31.3%	386 (78.0%)	19 (3.8%)	63 (12.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.4%)	49.8	352^nd of 752 public middle schools	53.2%		45	380^th of 743 public middle schools	48.9%	28	24.4	22.6			52.6	53.7	61.1	57.9			32.4	27.3	32.2	17.9	86.2	86.2	$11,220	$186	$11,034
Salem Middle School	Public	3-8	51 New Market Street	Salem	08079	Salem County	Salem City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 935-2700	472	30	15.7	80.1%	44 (9.3%)	298 (63.1%)	115 (24.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.8%)	7.6	741^st of 752 public middle schools	1.5%		7.3	735^th of 743 public middle schools	1.1%	6	5.0	1.3	10.3	27.0	6.2	12.9	11.3	25.0	16.7	19.0	2.5	5.3	4.2	1.7	18.8	18.8	$18,590	$3,280	$15,310
Woodstown Middle School	Public	5-8	15 Lincoln Avenue	Woodstown	08098	Salem County	Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 769-0144	303	24	12.4	27.7%	214 (70.6%)	44 (14.5%)	29 (9.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	70.8	189^th of 752 public middle schools	74.9%		71.9	182^nd of 743 public middle schools	75.5%	7		21.9				63.8	69.8	79.2				47.4	42.7	40.0	100.0	100.0	$13,257	$544	$12,713

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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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