Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2017 vs 2016)
ID	Rank (of 712)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Fulltime Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2017)	Average Standard Score (2016)	Rank (2016)	Rank Change From 2016	SchoolDigger Rating (2017)
341638000143	1	Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Public	1-8	80 Hauxhurst Avenue	Weehawken	07086	Hudson	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-2701	365	26	14	60.6 %	30 (8.2 %)	7 (1.9 %)	309 (84.7 %)	18 (4.9 %)	1 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	96.6	94	8	7
341473004098	2	Sea Girt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	451 Bell Place	Sea Girt	08750	Monmouth	Sea Girt Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 449-3422	153	21	7.2	0.0 %	146 (95.4 %)	4 (2.6 %)	1 (0.7 %)	2 (1.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	96.4	98	2
341134002200	3	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	847	63	13.4	63.9 %	173 (20.4 %)	261 (30.8 %)	376 (44.4 %)	29 (3.4 %)	4 (0.5 %)	4 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	95.4	82.8	76	73
340993004322	4	Mendham Township Middle School	Public	5-8	16 Washington Valley Road	Brookside	07926	Morris	Mendham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-2505	372	37	10	0.0 %	315 (84.7 %)	5 (1.3 %)	15 (4.0 %)	28 (7.5 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (1.9 %)	95.2	96.1	3	1
340879003898	5	Markham Place	Public	5-8	95 Markham Place	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 741-7112	378	36	10.5	1.6 %	356 (94.2 %)	1 (0.3 %)	10 (2.6 %)	10 (2.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	94.7	92.8	11	6
340339000318	6	Tenakill Middle School	Public	5-8	275 High Street	Closter	07624	Bergen	Closter Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-1332	496	38	13	0.6 %	256 (51.6 %)	7 (1.4 %)	24 (4.8 %)	207 (41.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.2 %)	1 (0.2 %)	94.6	92.2	15	9
340075000224	7	Brookside	Public	4-8	100 Brookside Ave	Allendale	07401	Bergen	Allendale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 327-2020	546	44	12.4	1.1 %	414 (75.8 %)	3 (0.5 %)	30 (5.5 %)	89 (16.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (1.3 %)	94.5	90.9	21	14
340381000334	8	Demarest Middle School	Public	5-8	568 Piermont Rd	Demarest	07627	Bergen	Demarest School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-6060	318	31	10.2	1.3 %	179 (56.3 %)	1 (0.3 %)	19 (6.0 %)	113 (35.5 %)	1 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (1.6 %)	94.3	93.2	9	1
340783003121	9	Infinity Institute	Public, Alternative	6-12	193 Old Bergen Road	Jersey City	07305	Hudson	Jersey City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-1404	282	27	10.4	78.0 %	57 (20.2 %)	73 (25.9 %)	78 (27.7 %)	71 (25.2 %)	1 (0.4 %)	2 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	94.2	98.9	1	8
341821000936	10	Woodcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Woodcliff Ave	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	261	29	9	1.5 %	230 (88.1 %)	1 (0.4 %)	8 (3.1 %)	19 (7.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (1.1 %)	93.4	93.2	10

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