Best Middle Schools in New Jersey

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 745)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
341488006103	231	Indian Mills Memorial School	Public	5-8	295 Indian Mills Road	Shamong	08088	Burlington County	Shamong Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 268-0440	332	29	11.4	9.9%	280 (84.3%)	6 (1.8%)	29 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.8%)	$12,044			$104			$11,940	64	56.5	238	7
340630005816	232	Hackettstown Middle School	Public	5-8	500 Washington Street	Hackettstown	07840	Warren County	Hackettstown Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 852-8554	475	43	11	29.9%	263 (55.4%)	15 (3.2%)	163 (34.3%)	15 (3.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$11,392			$146			$11,246	63.9	55.3	248	16
341170001184	233	Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	180 Mansfield Road East	Columbus	08022	Burlington County	Northern Burlington County Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 298-3900	723	61	11.8	7.7%	433 (59.9%)	57 (7.9%)	109 (15.1%)	91 (12.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.1%)	$12,048			$164			$11,884	63.8			(n/a)
341638000546	234	Emerson Middle School	Public	6-8	318 - 18th Street	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5900	981	70	14	87.2%	15 (1.5%)	13 (1.3%)	943 (96.1%)	10 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,615			$483			$8,132	63.6	34.1	395	161
341563005700	235	Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School	Public	6-8	75 South Springfield Ave.	Springfield	07081	Union County	Springfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 376-1025	541	41	13.1	14.4%	308 (56.9%)	83 (15.3%)	83 (15.3%)	44 (8.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	17 (3.1%)	$12,020			$171			$11,849	63.5			(n/a)
341656003098	236	Stonebridge Middle School	Public	5-8	1252 Yardville-Allentown Road	Allentown	08501	Monmouth County	Upper Freehold Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 259-7292	460	43	10.7	6.5%	367 (79.8%)	16 (3.5%)	37 (8.0%)	31 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$10,883			$185			$10,698	63.5	84.7	80	156
340780004274	237	Jefferson Township Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 Weldon Road	Oak Ridge	07438	Morris County	Jefferson Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 697-1980	566	54	10.4	11.1%	441 (77.9%)	10 (1.8%)	75 (13.3%)	23 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	$9,950			$124			$9,826	63	47.8	302	65
340888003231	238	Logan Middle School	Public	5-8	110 School Lane	Logan Township	08085	Gloucester County	Logan Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 467-5133	372	32	11.5	19.1%	248 (66.7%)	44 (11.8%)	41 (11.0%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.5%)	$12,685			$139			$12,546	62.9	83.1	92	146
341812003682	239	Iselin Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Woodruff Street	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8450	810	66	12.2	25.2%	131 (16.2%)	49 (6.0%)	135 (16.7%)	482 (59.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	$8,163						$8,163	62.8	80.9	104	135
340747005826	240	Hope Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	320 Johnsonburg Road	Hope	07844	Warren County	Hope Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 459-4242	128	18	7.2	7.8%	104 (81.3%)	6 (4.7%)	16 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	$19,117			$432			$18,685	62.7	68.5	179	61

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