Best Middle Schools in New Jersey for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NJSLA-S and NJSLA test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 508)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Mendham Township Middle School	Public	5-8	16 Washington Valley Road	Brookside	07926	Morris County	Mendham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-7107	320	36	8.8	1.6%	257 (80.3%)	5 (1.6%)	23 (7.2%)	22 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.1%)	$18,518			$38			$18,480	99.8%	99.6%	0.21%			340993004322
2	Forrestdale School	Public	4-8	60 Forrest Avenue	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 842-0383	525	58	9.1	1.0%	480 (91.4%)	3 (0.6%)	21 (4.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	$10,265			$277			$9,988	99.6%	99.2%	0.42%			341437004092
3	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	553	50	11		431 (77.9%)	6 (1.1%)	38 (6.9%)	67 (12.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	99.4%	98.9%	0.49%			340732000530
4	Briarcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	93 Briarcliff Rd.	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 334-0342	257	30	8.5	1.2%	183 (71.2%)	5 (1.9%)	15 (5.8%)	43 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$18,304			$355			$17,949	99.2%	98.4%	0.83%			341101004418
5	Union Township Middle School	Public	4-8	165 Perryville Road	Hampton	08827	Hunterdon County	Union Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-5511	253	25	10	3.6%	192 (75.9%)	5 (2.0%)	20 (7.9%)	28 (11.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	$18,446			$349			$18,097	99.0%	96.9%	2.12%			341644003046
6	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	320	39	8.2	0.9%	293 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	98.8%	98.5%	0.30%			340879003898
7	Pearl R. Miller Middle School	Public	6-8	117 Kiel Avenue	Kinnelon	07405	Morris County	Kinnelon School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-5250	379	43	8.7	2.1%	299 (78.9%)	7 (1.8%)	29 (7.7%)	24 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.7%)	$16,526			$31			$16,495	98.6%	93.8%	4.82%			340804004286
8	Emil A. Cavallini Middle School	Public	6-8	392 W Saddle River Rd	Upper Saddle River	07458	Bergen County	Upper Saddle River School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 961-6400	387	41	9.4	0.8%	256 (66.1%)	8 (2.1%)	43 (11.1%)	63 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	$15,979			$51			$15,928	98.4%	95.4%	3.01%			341662000880
9	Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Obre Place	Shrewsbury	07702	Monmouth County	Shrewsbury Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 747-0882	453	51	8.8	0.7%	395 (87.2%)	3 (0.7%)	22 (4.9%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$14,231			$86			$14,145	98.2%	92.2%	6.04%			341497004102
10	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	3-8	302 Central Avenue	Mountainside	07092	Union County	Mountainside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 232-8828	488	49	9.9	2.0%	332 (68.0%)	7 (1.4%)	68 (13.9%)	42 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.8%)	$8,613			$168			$8,445	98.0%	90.6%	7.46%			341104005588

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About our rankings:

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 4, 2024, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.