Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 743)	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 (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
340783003121	1	Infinity Institute	Public	6-12	193 Old Bergen Road	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-1404	298	20	14.9	68.1%	69 (23.2%)	64 (21.5%)	73 (24.5%)	86 (28.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	$9,826			$349			$9,477	98.1	96.1	1		R5
341638000143	2	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Public	1-8	1700 Kerrigan Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5851	399	26	15.3	56.6%	26 (6.5%)	9 (2.3%)	341 (85.5%)	22 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	97.5	94.6	6	4	R5
340993004322	3	Mendham Township Middle School	Public	5-8	16 Washington Valley Road	Brookside	07926	Morris County	Mendham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 543-7107	313	39	8.1	0.0%	260 (83.1%)	13 (4.2%)	7 (2.2%)	22 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$18,518			$38			$18,480	96.4	95.7	3		R5
340879003898	4	Markham Place School	Public	5-8	95 Markham Place	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-7112	380	39	9.8	1.1%	349 (91.8%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	16 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	96.1	95.4	5	1	R5
340087000228	5	Alpine Elementary School	Public	K-8	500 Hillside Avenue	Alpine	07620	Bergen County	Alpine School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-8255	135	22	6	0.0%	92 (68.1%)	4 (3.0%)	8 (5.9%)	7 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (17.8%)	$27,835			$860			$26,975	95.7	87.7	43	38	R5
341134002200	6	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	843	65	12.9	72.2%	143 (17.0%)	294 (34.9%)	376 (44.6%)	24 (2.8%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	94.9	79.7	125	119	R5
341437004092	7	Forrestdale School	Public	4-8	60 Forrest Avenue	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 842-0383	608	59	10.3	0.5%	582 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$10,265			$277			$9,988	94.7	92.6	12	5	R5
340732000530	8	Ho-Ho-Kus Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	70 Lloyd Road	Ho Ho Kus	07423	Bergen County	Ho-Ho-Kus School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 652-4555	590	46	12.8	0.0%	475 (80.5%)	5 (0.8%)	48 (8.1%)	57 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	94.3	92.3	15	7	R5
340672004260	9	Harding Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	34 Lees Hill Road	New Vernon	07976	Morris County	Harding Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 267-6398	277	38	7.2	1.1%	224 (80.9%)	4 (1.4%)	11 (4.0%)	13 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	23 (8.3%)	$20,191			$755			$19,436	94.1	92.5	13	4	R5
340381000334	10	Demarest Middle School	Public	5-8	568 Piermont Rd	Demarest	07627	Bergen County	Demarest School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-6060	309	33	9.4	1.0%	195 (63.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)	92 (29.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$12,207			$16			$12,191	94.1	94.2	8	2	R5

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