Summary:
Hanover Township School District has one middle school, Memorial Junior School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 419 students. In 2025–2026, Memorial was above New Jersey in every reported subject and grade: its average across grades 6–8 was 67% in English Language Arts (ELA) versus 53% statewide, and 52% in mathematics versus 34% statewide. Eighth-grade science was 27% versus 19% statewide. The clearest strength is Algebra I: Memorial’s results were 100% for both reported measures, far above the state.
Memorial is the only school in this list, so there is no other local middle school to rank above or below it. Its strongest comparison with the state was Algebra I end-of-course proficiency, 100% versus 40%, a 60-point advantage; the eighth-grade Algebra I result was 100% versus 75%, a 26-point advantage. The school also had a 13-point average ELA advantage and a 19-point average mathematics advantage across grades 6–8. Science was the closest comparison, but Memorial still led by 8 points. These results show strengths across subjects, with the largest margins in Algebra I and mathematics.
Year-to-year results were mixed rather than consistently rising or falling. Memorial’s average ELA result declined by 2 points from 2024–2025, while its average mathematics result increased by less than a point; eighth-grade science fell by 9 points, from 36% to 27%, although it remained above the unchanged state result of 19%. SchoolDigger’s rank moved from 99 of 743 schools in 2023–2024 to 144 of 743 in 2025–2026, and its percentile fell from 87th to 81st; the district is rated four stars and ranks 158 of 607. For additional context, in school year 2024–2025, 6% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the student–teacher ratio was 9.3:1, and chronic absenteeism was 6%, compared with 14% statewide.
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