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Memorial Middle School

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Memorial Middle School ranks 510 th of 743 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

510^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 743 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 31% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Memorial Middle School serves 569 students in grades 6–8 in Elmwood Park, near schools in communities such as Garfield, Clifton and Paterson. Its latest results show strengths and concerns across different subjects, but the clearest concern is mathematics: the school’s average proficiency across grades 6–8 was 17%, compared with 34% statewide, and its results were below nearby-school averages in all three grades.

English language arts is a relative bright spot locally: the school’s proficiency rates in grades 6, 7 and 8 were 44%, 41% and 44%, above nearby-school averages of 39%, 39% and 37%, respectively, though still below state rates. Mathematics proficiency was 20%, 21% and 11% in those grades, compared with nearby averages of 31%, 29% and 20%; grade 8 is especially weak. Eighth-grade Algebra I stands out in a more positive way, with 81% proficient versus 75% statewide and 81% in the Elmwood Park School District. Overall, the school’s ELA and math averages and its grade 8 science result are close to district results, but remain below state levels.

Results have changed unevenly: ELA’s average fell from 50% in 2022–2023 to 43% in 2025–2026, driven largely by grade 7, while the math average rose from 13% to 17% and remained well below the state average. SchoolDigger ranked the school 510th of 743 New Jersey schools, at the 31st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026; its percentile was 47 in 2015–2016, but has stayed near 31 in recent years. The latest student-teacher ratio was 12.4:1, and 53% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well the school serves English Language Learner Students placed it at the 76th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 31st percentile; its measure for Asian Students was at the 3rd percentile, down from the 6th percentile in 2023–2024.

569

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,486

Per pupil spending ?

53.3%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

375 River Drive
Elmwood Park, NJ 07407-1622

(201) 796-8700

District: Elmwood Park School District

Students who attend Memorial Middle School usually attend:

High:

Memorial Senior High School

Feeder schools for Memorial Middle School:

Elementary:	Gantner Avenue School
	Gilbert Avenue School
	Sixteenth Avenue School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.8%

White:

29.5%

African American:

13.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 47th percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg29%

New Jersey avg42%

510^th of 743

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%▼ down 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 47% (2016) to bottom 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

437^th of 607Elmwood Park School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	30.0	510 of 743	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.8	506 of 752	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.6	503 of 743	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.4	452 of 748	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.2	483 of 745	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	392 of 652	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.6	449 of 745	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.5	429 of 716	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	42.1	421 of 712	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	47.5	376 of 713	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	49.3	354 of 713	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	39.8	483 of 717	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	33.4	516 of 704	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.0	521 of 677	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.9	496 of 684	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	46.7	441 of 677	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	38.2	485 of 664	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	43.9	437 of 640	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.1	468 of 631	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	67.1	277 of 615	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2005	43.4	411 of 599	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	64.4	274 of 588	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2003	59.0	318 of 574	44.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	28.7	252 of 331	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.5	247 of 359	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.6	165 of 352	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.3	195 of 361	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.6	201 of 356	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.4	232 of 291	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.5	177 of 326	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.5	105 of 326	67.8%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	8.1	187 of 192	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.2	195 of 204	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.2	189 of 200	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	168 of 200	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.2	98 of 147	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	9.8	177 of 199	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.6	151 of 200	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	61.8	82 of 336	75.6%	★★★★☆
2025	46.0	155 of 343	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.5	157 of 320	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.7	65 of 288	77.4%	★★★★☆
2022	73.1	32 of 270	88.1%	★★★★☆
2021	48.2	63 of 197	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.1	41 of 227	81.9%	★★★★☆
2018	84.5	16 of 202	92.1%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	31.4	488 of 716	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.1	520 of 728	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.9	491 of 717	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.0	447 of 720	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.8	466 of 726	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.5	352 of 625	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.2	363 of 703	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.1	350 of 680	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	36.7	369 of 589	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.5	346 of 608	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.6	373 of 589	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.6	344 of 587	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.8	447 of 591	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.2	317 of 480	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.8	309 of 524	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.8	303 of 504	39.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	40.7	355 of 590	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.1	371 of 613	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.9	354 of 584	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.4	220 of 568	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.0	268 of 549	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.6	223 of 467	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.8	236 of 541	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.0	189 of 522	63.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	28.9	507 of 714	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.7	452 of 726	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.3	475 of 719	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.4	414 of 718	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.9	473 of 730	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.0	390 of 635	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.9	448 of 697	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.1	462 of 675	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	48.5	200 of 482	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	39.9	274 of 507	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.2	273 of 510	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.2	260 of 505	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.0	467 of 535	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.2	247 of 401	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.2	244 of 492	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.8	259 of 471	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	20.8	428 of 490	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.4	400 of 502	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	408 of 510	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.3	373 of 509	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	423 of 512	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.4	351 of 435	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	320 of 504	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.1	362 of 497	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)76th percentile+44 vs school

Special Education (2026)59th percentile+27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2026)37th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2026)32nd percentile~ school

Male (2026)29th percentile~ school

African American (2026)24th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)13th percentile-19 vs school

Asian (2026)3rd percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I81%+34 vs state

English Language Arts43%-10 vs state

Mathematics18%-17 vs state

Science11%-8 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)					NJSLA Mathematics (2026)					NJSLA Algebra I (2026)			NJSLA Algebra II (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	375 River Drive	Elmwood Park	07407	Bergen County	Elmwood Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 796-8700	569	46	12.4	53.3%	168 (29.5%)	76 (13.4%)	272 (47.8%)	42 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	30	510^th of 743 public middle schools	31.4%		30.8	506^th of 752 public middle schools	32.7%	4		11.1			44.1	41.1	44.3			19.9	20.7	11.2		81.1	81.1			$16,486	$335	$16,151
New Roberto Clemente	Public	6-8	482-506 Market Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0240	473	45	10.5	63.0%	3 (0.6%)	54 (11.4%)	413 (87.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.5	729^th of 743 public middle schools	1.9%		7.5	742^nd of 752 public middle schools	1.3%	13		0.6			15.9	3.1	9.0			8.8	4.2	3.8		21.4	21.4			$26,498	$1,107	$25,391
Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	12 - 00 First Street	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5470	655	69	9.5	25.6%	323 (49.3%)	23 (3.5%)	176 (26.9%)	110 (16.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.7%)	77	145^th of 743 public middle schools	80.5%		82.9	100^th of 752 public middle schools	86.7%	45	30.0	22.3		50.7	66.3	72.0	62.1		55.8	71.0	54.8	37.9	100.0	91.7	96.1	77.0	77.0	$21,218	$148	$21,070
Garfield Middle School	Public	6-8	175 Lanza Ave	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 272-7020	971	87	11.1	66.6%	321 (33.1%)	88 (9.1%)	547 (56.3%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.9%)	38.9	442^nd of 743 public middle schools	40.5%		31.4	499^th of 752 public middle schools	33.6%	57		15.9			48.8	54.7	41.3			25.3	25.1	16.5		82.9	82.9			$17,748	$710	$17,038
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Public	5-8	35 - 01 Morlot Avenue	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 703-2240	1,100	97	11.3	16.6%	596 (54.2%)	25 (2.3%)	222 (20.2%)	216 (19.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (3.4%)	88.6	54^th of 743 public middle schools	92.7%		90	47^th of 752 public middle schools	93.8%	7	46.2	33.3		80.1	82.2	77.7	74.0		80.4	81.6	63.1	47.1	100.0	98.6	99.1	77.4	77.4	$18,343	$21	$18,322
Dr. Hani Awadallah	Public	6-8	515 Marshall Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(973) 413-2600	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	14.6	649^th of 743 public middle schools	12.7%					(n/a)		8.3								6.3	0.0	8.3
Young Men's Academy	Public	3-8	45 Smith Street	Paterson	07505	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-2380	50	7	7.1	90.0%	0 (0.0%)	31 (62.0%)	18 (36.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$50,327	$2,096	$48,231
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton	Public, Charter	5-8	1255 Main Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 278-7707	185	10	18.5	54.1%	58 (31.4%)	5 (2.7%)	93 (50.3%)	26 (14.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	50.8	342^nd of 743 public middle schools	54.0%		52.6	328^th of 752 public middle schools	56.4%	14	7.7	20.4		7.7	48.6	56.7	43.7		8.3	37.2	48.5	14.7		77.3	77.3			$10,154	$1,058	$9,096
Christopher Columbus Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Piaget Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2360	1,092	120	9.1	74.1%	204 (18.7%)	35 (3.2%)	771 (70.6%)	50 (4.6%)	13 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.5%)	25.7	541^st of 743 public middle schools	27.2%		28.5	528^th of 752 public middle schools	29.8%	13		6.9			28.6	31.1	36.8			25.6	26.2	17.0		93.9	93.9			$15,335	$1,535	$13,800
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22	Public	4-6	95 Dayton Ave	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 470-5500	613	54	11.3	—	3 (0.5%)	14 (2.3%)	591 (96.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								(n/a)	6.0		4.3	9.7	12.4			8.0	10.2	5.2								$23,115	$1,598	$21,517

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