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Middle Schools in Fair Lawn Public School District

At a glance

DistrictFair Lawn Public School District59^th of 609 New Jersey districtsFull district overview →

Schools

1,755

Students

5-star school

Top rankedThomas Jefferson Middle School47^th of 752 New Jersey middle schools

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Biggest riser

Memorial Middle School up 24 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Fair Lawn Public School District in New Jersey is home to two middle schools: Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Memorial Middle School. Based on the available data, Thomas Jefferson Middle School emerges as the standout school in the district, consistently outperforming Memorial Middle School and the overall district on various academic metrics.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is ranked significantly higher than Memorial Middle School in the statewide SchoolDigger rankings, placing 47th out of 752 New Jersey middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year compared to Memorial Middle School's 100th ranking. Additionally, Thomas Jefferson Middle School has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 3 school years, while Memorial Middle School has a 4-star rating. The academic performance of Thomas Jefferson Middle School is also superior, with the school outperforming Memorial Middle School and the district on English Language Arts, Mathematics, Algebra I, and Science test scores.

While both schools have the same chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year, Thomas Jefferson Middle School has a lower percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 12.05% compared to Memorial Middle School's 18.27%. Interestingly, Memorial Middle School has a higher per-student spending of $9,028 compared to Thomas Jefferson Middle School's $8,430 for the 2018-2019 school year, despite the latter's stronger academic performance.

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Ranking:

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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)			NJSLA Algebra II (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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	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 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Public	5-8	35 - 01 Morlot Avenue	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 703-2240	1,100	97	11.3	16.6%	596 (54.2%)	25 (2.3%)	222 (20.2%)	216 (19.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (3.4%)	90	47^th of 752 public middle schools	93.8%		89.8	44^th of 743 public middle schools	94.1%	3	50.6	38.0	84.6	84.0	83.4	82.1	75.7	77.2	69.3	39.1	100.0	97.4	98.2	100.0	100.0	$8,430	$04	$8,426
Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	12 - 00 First Street	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5470	655	69	9.5	25.6%	323 (49.3%)	23 (3.5%)	176 (26.9%)	110 (16.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.7%)	82.9	100^th of 752 public middle schools	86.7%		79.9	124^th of 743 public middle schools	83.3%	24	34.4	25.2	67.6	81.4	72.0	76.8	55.9	66.9	57.6	48.2	100.0		97.0			$9,028	$110	$8,918

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saddle Brook School District	1.3 mi	5	277^th
Elmwood Park School District	1.34 mi	5	441^st
Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	1.46 mi	6	125^th
Glen Rock Public School District	1.66 mi	6	44^th
Ridgewood Public School District	1.74 mi	10	30^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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