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
261	Kingwood Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	880 County Road 519	Frenchtown	08825	Hunterdon County	Kingwood Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 996-2941	341	39	8.7	11.1%	302 (88.6%)	3 (0.9%)	21 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	$15,499			$240			$15,259	61.8	65	233	28		340801003008
262	Bogota Middle School	Public	6-7	131 East Fort Lee Road	Bogota	07603	Bergen County	Bogota Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 441-4800	166	14	12.2	66.3%	14 (8.4%)	10 (6.0%)	133 (80.1%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)								61.7	65.5	228	34		340192003525
263	Veterans Middle School	Public	6-8	191 Rutherford Place	North Arlington	07031	Bergen County	North Arlington School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 991-6800	426	42	10.2	43.7%	181 (42.5%)	5 (1.2%)	215 (50.5%)	13 (3.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	$7,568			$17			$7,551	61.4	52.4	326	63		341143000644
264	White Township Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	565 Cr 519	Belvidere	07823	Warren County	White Township Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 475-4773	274	33	8.3	23.0%	233 (85.0%)	4 (1.5%)	21 (7.7%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.0%)	$16,580			$287			$16,293	61.3	70.4	190	74		341791005894
265	Lawrence Middle School	Public	7-8	2455 Princeton Pike	Lawrenceville	08648	Mercer County	Lawrence Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 671-5520	584	53	11.1	37.7%	237 (40.6%)	93 (15.9%)	129 (22.1%)	94 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.1%)	$12,790			$225			$12,565	61	65.8	225	40		340840003154
266	Kittatinny Regional High School	Public	7-12	77 Halsey Road	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Kittatinny Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 383-1800	733	72	10.2	15.4%	603 (82.3%)	15 (2.0%)	90 (12.3%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.9%)	$18,501			$170			$18,331	60.9	61.7	261	5		340806005372
267	North Star Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10 Washington Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	North Star Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 642-0101	6,714	190	35.3	86.7%	70 (1.0%)	5,464 (81.4%)	1,046 (15.6%)	19 (0.3%)	30 (0.4%)	3 (0.0%)	81 (1.2%)	$10,058			$1,071			$8,987	60.8	72	181	86		340002400289
268	West Deptford Middle School	Public	4-8	675 Grove Rd	West Deptford	08066	Gloucester County	West Deptford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 848-1200	859	77	11.1	36.7%	566 (65.9%)	96 (11.2%)	134 (15.6%)	20 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.9%)	$11,057			$02			$11,055	60.8	66.2	221	47		341743002676
269	BelovED Community Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	508 Grand Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	BelovED Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 630-4700	1,573	71	22.1	79.3%	347 (22.1%)	401 (25.5%)	501 (31.8%)	240 (15.3%)	7 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	73 (4.6%)	$7,699			$817			$6,882	60.7	64.5	240	29		340075903196
270	Union Hill Middle School	Public	7-8	3800 Hudson Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5936	865	59	14.6	83.5%	11 (1.3%)	4 (0.5%)	846 (97.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,040			$489			$9,551	60.7	63.2	248	22		341638003073

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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.