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
91	Monroe Township Middle School	Public	6-8	1629 Perrineville Road	Monroe Township	08831	Middlesex County	Monroe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 521-6042	1,681	135	12.4	10.2%	483 (28.7%)	61 (3.6%)	131 (7.8%)	976 (58.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.7%)	$13,214			$09			$13,205	84	83.3	92	1		341050003442
92	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	3-8	302 Central Avenue	Mountainside	07092	Union County	Mountainside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 232-8828	483	45	10.7	2.9%	335 (69.4%)	4 (0.8%)	65 (13.5%)	42 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.2%)	$8,613			$168			$8,445	83.9	86.5	70	22		341104005588
93	Roosevelt Intermediate School	Public	6-8	301 Clark Street	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 789-4560	638	62	10.2	0.9%	509 (79.8%)	8 (1.3%)	46 (7.2%)	44 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (4.7%)	$7,490			$17			$7,473	83.9	89.2	48	45		341776005766
94	Marlboro Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Nolan Road	Morganville	07751	Monmouth County	Marlboro Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 972-7115	761	72	10.5	15.0%	388 (51.0%)	16 (2.1%)	61 (8.0%)	270 (35.5%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.5%)	$9,987			$02			$9,985	83.5	87	65	29		340972000515
95	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	90 Central Avenue	Stirling	07980	Morris County	Long Hill Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 647-2311	284	26	11	10.6%	204 (71.8%)	4 (1.4%)	45 (15.8%)	25 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$9,645			$37			$9,608	83.4	77.3	143	48		341266004462
96	John Adams Middle School	Public	6-8	1081 New Dover Road	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2920	930	76	12.2	13.0%	16 (1.7%)	50 (5.4%)	35 (3.8%)	791 (85.1%)	17 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.2%)	$6,899						$6,899	83.2	86.2	72	24		340450003328
97	Thomas R Grover Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Southfield Road	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 716-5250	1,183	102	11.5	8.6%	154 (13.0%)	61 (5.2%)	50 (4.2%)	871 (73.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	$12,108			$110			$11,998	83.2	84.8	84	13		341770000313
98	Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	71 Oak St	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-8185	446	47	9.4	8.5%	359 (80.5%)	4 (0.9%)	47 (10.5%)	22 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$13,567						$13,567	83.2	87.4	62	36		341191000670
99	School 28	Public	PK, KG-8	200 Presidential Boulevard	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0281	463	39	12	73.2%	44 (9.5%)	71 (15.3%)	265 (57.2%)	76 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$9,579						$9,579	83.1	81.3	114	15		341269004924
100	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%)	$9,028			$110			$8,918	82.9	79.9	124	24		340498000414

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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.