Best Middle Schools in New Jersey for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 356)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340459005524	1	William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,028	71	14.4	62.6%	134 (13.0%)	154 (15.0%)	711 (69.2%)	27 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$6,924			$188			$6,736	99.7%	69.8%	29.92%
340783003121	2	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	485	20	23.8	59.6%	111 (22.9%)	72 (14.8%)	92 (19.0%)	191 (39.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	12 (2.5%)	$9,826			$349			$9,477	99.4%	99.6%	0.16%
340459000013	3	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,074	77	14	66.3%	98 (9.1%)	158 (14.7%)	758 (70.6%)	51 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	99.2%	72.9%	26.27%
340981000602	4	Maywood Avenue School	Public	4-8	452 Maywood Ave	Maywood	07607	Bergen County	Maywood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 845-9114	515	46	11.1	8.9%	198 (38.4%)	48 (9.3%)	190 (36.9%)	72 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	$12,176			$271			$11,905	98.9%	91.1%	7.74%
340002500291	5	Robert Treat Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	443 Clifton Avenue	Newark	07104	Essex County	Robert Treat Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 482-8811	684	41	16.8	64.9%	6 (0.9%)	233 (34.1%)	424 (62.0%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	$11,271			$984			$10,287	98.6%	82.4%	16.18%
340783000142	6	Academy I	Public	6-8	209 Bergen Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6500	402	27	14.8	46.5%	62 (15.4%)	75 (18.7%)	75 (18.7%)	183 (45.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$10,195			$392			$9,803	98.3%	95.7%	2.61%
340002400289	7	North Star Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10 Washington Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	North Star Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 642-0101	6,287	333	18.8	85.5%	85 (1.4%)	5,016 (79.8%)	1,127 (17.9%)	10 (0.2%)	12 (0.2%)	2 (0.0%)	35 (0.6%)	$10,058			$1,071			$8,987	98.0%	71.0%	27.03%
340882002128	8	Heritage Middle School	Public	7-8	20 Foxcroft Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	1,014	82	12.4	2.0%	519 (51.2%)	53 (5.2%)	46 (4.5%)	363 (35.8%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (2.8%)	$10,996			$02			$10,994	97.8%	94.6%	3.12%
340300000265	9	Rosa International Middle School	Public	6-8	485 Browning Lane	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 616-8787	779	60	12.9	12.2%	384 (49.3%)	49 (6.3%)	78 (10.0%)	226 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.4%)	$8,651						$8,651	97.5%	86.3%	11.16%
340519000541	10	J.P. Case Middle School	Public	7-8	301 Case Boulevard	Flemington	08822	Hunterdon County	Flemington-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 284-7501	680	69	9.9	17.5%	456 (67.1%)	23 (3.4%)	109 (16.0%)	75 (11.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.6%)	$10,239			$52			$10,187	97.2%	66.8%	30.35%

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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.