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 Monday, December 19, 2022.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 535)	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)
340993004322	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	308	41	7.5	1.0%	255 (82.8%)	11 (3.6%)	11 (3.6%)	18 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	$18,518			$38			$18,480	99.8%	99.7%	0.08%
340696000520	2	Haworth Public School	Public	K-8	205 Valley Rd	Haworth	07641	Bergen County	Haworth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 384-5526	419	47	9	0.7%	307 (73.3%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.5%)	50 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.8%)	$17,223						$17,223	99.6%	94.4%	5.26%
340732000530	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	574	49	11.7	0.5%	463 (80.7%)	8 (1.4%)	41 (7.1%)	56 (9.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	99.4%	99.3%	0.11%
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	40	9.5	0.8%	345 (90.8%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.2%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$9,993			$183			$9,810	99.3%	98.5%	0.73%
341749004148	5	Frank Antonides School	Public	5-8	135 Locust Avenue	West Long Branch	07764	Monmouth County	West Long Branch School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 222-5900	214	32	6.7	16.4%	158 (73.8%)	6 (2.8%)	39 (18.2%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	$11,358			$187			$11,171	99.1%	93.4%	5.64%
340990004316	6	Mountain View School	Public	5-8	100 Dean Road	Mendham	07945	Morris County	Mendham Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-7075	226	28	7.9	1.8%	192 (85.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.8%)	11 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	$12,123			$118			$12,005	98.9%	97.4%	1.43%
340495003778	7	Knollwood School	Public	4-8	224 Hance Road	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-0320	541	62	8.7	0.6%	517 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$10,199						$10,199	98.7%	97.9%	0.84%
341383000766	8	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	335 North Van Dien Ave	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2780	703	55	12.7	1.6%	400 (56.9%)	3 (0.4%)	78 (11.1%)	170 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.4%)	$11,177						$11,177	98.5%	85.2%	13.27%
340597000077	9	Glen Rock Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Harristown Road	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	624	60	10.4	0.5%	439 (70.4%)	8 (1.3%)	37 (5.9%)	122 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$15,503			$28			$15,475	98.3%	90.2%	8.12%
341821000936	10	Woodcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Woodcliff Ave	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	169	32	5.2	1.8%	131 (77.5%)	2 (1.2%)	13 (7.7%)	23 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,046			$28			$17,018	98.1%	98.4%	0.26%

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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 19, 2022, 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.

Educational resources:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.