Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 752)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
441	Folsom Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1357 Mays Landing Road	Hammonton	08037	Atlantic County	Folsom Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 561-8666	375	39	9.6	27.5%	303 (80.8%)	11 (2.9%)	46 (12.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$12,563			$338			$12,225	39.6	39.1	427	14		340528000104
442	College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3455 West Bangs Ave	Neptune	07753	Monmouth County	College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School Distr	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 774-0727	522	29	18	83.3%	24 (4.6%)	265 (50.8%)	229 (43.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,303			$1,076			$12,227	39.6	36.4	449	7		340079103403
443	Franklin Borough School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Washington Avenue	Franklin	07416	Sussex County	Franklin Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 827-9775	527	49	10.8	49.1%	305 (57.9%)	31 (5.9%)	155 (29.4%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.7%)	$15,890			$342			$15,548	39.6	33.8	475	32		340540005342
444	Rosa Parks Community School	Public	3-7	369 Main Street	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4515	593	52	11.3	84.1%	2 (0.3%)	178 (30.0%)	402 (67.8%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	$8,884			$492			$8,392	39.5	27.9	525	81		341227006117
445	Mt Vernon Place School	Public	PK, KG-8	142 Mount Vernon Pl	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2090	905	55	16.4	76.1%	15 (1.7%)	307 (33.9%)	488 (53.9%)	84 (9.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$9,356			$531			$8,825	39.3	42.6	401	44		341134002326
446	TEAM Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	60 Park Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	TEAM Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 622-0905	6,406	290	22	92.9%	12 (0.2%)	4,896 (76.4%)	1,101 (17.2%)	7 (0.1%)	4 (0.1%)	2 (0.0%)	381 (5.9%)	$11,261			$1,091			$10,170	39.2	36.9	446			340007000529
447	Mary E. Volz Elementary School	Public	4-8	509 West Third Avenue	Runnemede	08078	Camden County	Runnemede Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 931-5353	510	46	11	41.2%	367 (72.0%)	37 (7.3%)	54 (10.6%)	17 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.9%)	$14,093			$517			$13,576	39.2	42.6	400	47		341443001654
448	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	41.1	415	33		340080503481
449	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1206 63rd St	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 295-2850	1,193	103	11.6	72.8%	106 (8.9%)	12 (1.0%)	1,049 (87.9%)	18 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.6%)	$7,656						$7,656	39.1	36.9	444	5		341146002890
450	New Egypt High School	Public	7-12	117 Evergreen Road	New Egypt	08533	Ocean County	Plumsted Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 758-6800	509	35	14.7	25.0%	401 (78.8%)	12 (2.4%)	83 (16.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$11,759			$97			$11,662	39			(n/a)		341323000341

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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 3, 2025, 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.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
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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.