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Mendham Township Middle School

Public Grades 5-8

2^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 100% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Mendham Township Middle School is a highly-ranked public middle school located in Brookside, New Jersey, serving grades 5-8 with an enrollment of 320 students. This school is part of the Mendham Township School District, which is ranked 6 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mendham Township Middle School consistently ranks among the top middle schools in New Jersey, often placing in the top 2-3 schools in the state. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 2nd out of 752 New Jersey middle schools and maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school excels across various student subgroups, ranking 1st out of 507 New Jersey middle schools for special education students. Mendham Township Middle School's students demonstrate exceptional proficiency on the NJSLA assessments, with over 90% proficiency in English Language Arts and over 80% proficiency in Mathematics across all grade levels. Additionally, the school has maintained very low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 2.8% to 16.6% over the past few years, significantly lower than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Lincoln/Roosevelt School and Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, Mendham Township Middle School significantly outperforms them in academic metrics, such as test scores and rankings. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Mendham Township Middle School had over 90% proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics, while the nearby schools had proficiency rates ranging from 34% to 64% in these subjects. Mendham Township Middle School's high spending per student and low student-teacher ratio suggest that the district invests significant resources into the school, which may be a contributing factor to its exceptional academic performance.

342

Students ?

9.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,518

Per pupil spending ?

0.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

16 Washington Valley Road
Brookside, NJ 07926

(973) 543-7107

District: Mendham Township School District

Students who attend Mendham Township Middle School usually attend:

High:

West Morris Mendham High School

Feeder schools for Mendham Township Middle School:

Elementary:

Mendham Township Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

81.0%

Asian:

7.9%

Hispanic:

7.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2015 → 100th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (87% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of New Jersey middle schools

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school87%

District avg87%

New Jersey avg43%

2^nd of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Top 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 609Mendham Township 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
2025	97.4	2 of 752	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	3 of 743	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	97.8	2 of 748	99.7%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	2 of 745	99.7%	★★★★★
2021	97.2	11 of 652	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	96.4	3 of 745	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	95.7	3 of 716	99.6%	★★★★★
2017	95.2	4 of 712	99.4%	★★★★★
2016	96.1	3 of 713	99.6%	★★★★★
2015	96.9	2 of 713	99.7%	★★★★★
2014	91.2	2 of 717	99.7%	★★★★★
2013	90.4	12 of 704	98.3%	★★★★★
2012	91.2	5 of 677	99.3%	★★★★★
2011	89.2	12 of 684	98.2%	★★★★★
2010	90.4	6 of 677	99.1%	★★★★★
2009	88.6	8 of 664	98.8%	★★★★★
2008	89.4	10 of 640	98.4%	★★★★★
2007	86.3	21 of 631	96.7%	★★★★★
2006	84.1	65 of 615	89.4%	★★★★☆
2005	86.1	52 of 599	91.3%	★★★★★
2004	84.1	63 of 588	89.3%	★★★★☆
2003	85.8	50 of 574	91.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	97.1	2 of 728	99.7%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	2 of 717	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	98.2	3 of 720	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	98.9	1 of 726	99.9%	★★★★★
2021	97.0	11 of 625	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	95.4	5 of 703	99.3%	★★★★★
2018	95.6	2 of 680	99.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	98.9	4 of 726	99.4%	★★★★★
2024	99.3	2 of 719	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.3	3 of 718	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	99.1	2 of 730	99.7%	★★★★★
2021	94.0	20 of 635	96.9%	★★★★★
2019	98.3	3 of 697	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	98.0	3 of 675	99.6%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	100.0	1 of 507	99.8%	★★★★★
2024	100.0	1 of 510	99.8%	★★★★★
2022	100.0	1 of 535	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	84.5	27 of 401	93.3%	★★★★★
2019	100.0	1 of 492	99.8%	★★★★★
2018	100.0	1 of 471	99.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	97.4	4 of 502	99.2%	★★★★★
2024	98.6	2 of 510	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	98.6	3 of 509	99.4%	★★★★★
2022	98.6	3 of 512	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	96.5	6 of 435	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	97.1	2 of 504	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	97.3	2 of 497	99.6%	★★★★★

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)

Special Education (2025)100th percentile~ school

Female (2025)100th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

White (2025)99th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I100%+54 vs state

English Language Arts97%+42 vs state

Mathematics88%+50 vs state

Science59%+35 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Expect your child’s love of learning to quickly evaporate attending the Mendham township middle school. Unfortunately there are parents who don’t care how stressed there children due to the overwhelming amount of utterly pointless schoolwork. There is too much focus on testing & not enough on how a student learns & what motivates students internally. The practice for the yearly school musical is from 5:30-8:30pm 3 days a week. Somehow the school administration is not concerned how sleep deprivation may disrupt a student’s quality of life or schoolwork. The lack of pragmatic sensibility throughout the middle school administration is astounding. Long story short — do your child a favor & don’t send them here . Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Responding to another parent's comments about the middle school musical. The musical is run by the HSA, not the middle school. Like it or not, the musical is a pay to play. If you're not giving money to the HSA or Darlene has a grudge against you or your child, he's not getting a significant part in the musical even if he's Christian Bale or Meryl Streep. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, December 14, 2018

The school places a premium on quantity over quality, especially with math homework and night writes. One math teacher routinely assigns hours of iExcel homework rather than teach the kids math. The grammar teachers are mediocre to poor. Students report the teachers ignoring them in class while they play on their smart phones.

The school also has a bit of a social hierarchy. Some of the more popular kids form "clicks" and bully the less popular kids. The administration reinforces and enables this behavior by making the popular kids "peer leaders" and passing over the less popular kids. Casting for the HSA school musical tends to favor kids whose parents know the directors or have connections. Having seen first hand the auditions of many students and the performances at the end of the year, I can confidently say that casting is NOT based on the most talented kids. Ditto with the sports program. Kids who are really, really talented end up not making the team. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd 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 3rd 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 Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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	342	36	9.6	0.9%	277 (81.0%)	4 (1.2%)	25 (7.3%)	27 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	97.4	2^nd of 752 public middle schools	99.7%		98	3^rd of 743 public middle schools	99.6%	1	62.3	55.9			93.1	100.0	97.3	98.6			81.9	89.5	88.9	93.9		100.0	100.0			$18,518	$38	$18,480
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	208	30	6.9	3.4%	170 (81.7%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.6%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	95.4	5^th of 752 public middle schools	99.3%		96.4	7^th of 743 public middle schools	99.1%	2	51.0	69.7			83.0	92.1	100.0	89.4			68.1	92.1	75.7	80.7		100.0	97.3	100.0	100.0	$12,123	$118	$12,005
Frelinghuysen Middle School	Public	6-8	West Hanover Avenue	Morristown	07960	Morris County	Morris School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 292-2200	1,078	103	10.4	45.2%	439 (40.7%)	83 (7.7%)	493 (45.7%)	24 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.6%)	51.2	343^rd of 752 public middle schools	54.4%		50.1	341^st of 743 public middle schools	54.1%	2		21.0				62.0	54.8	67.1				38.2	23.7	6.2	100.0	74.8	81.7	97.8	97.8	$11,182	$194	$10,988
Randolph Middle School	Public	6-8	507 Millbrook Avenue	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 366-8700	959	88	10.8	14.7%	576 (60.1%)	44 (4.6%)	188 (19.6%)	121 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	27 (2.8%)	72.8	174^th of 752 public middle schools	76.9%		72.7	176^th of 743 public middle schools	76.3%	2		26.0				74.5	66.0	71.7				58.9	59.3	17.3	100.0	71.3	73.6	95.8	95.8	$10,005	$53	$9,952
Morris Plains Borough School	Public	3-8	500 Speedwell Avenue	Morris Plains	07950	Morris County	Morris Plains School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 538-1650	398	45	8.7	13.6%	263 (66.1%)	19 (4.8%)	73 (18.3%)	37 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	85.7	79^th of 752 public middle schools	89.5%		90.1	42^nd of 743 public middle schools	94.3%	37	49.4	20.3	60.0	86.1	78.9	85.1	84.1	84.4	72.3	73.8	70.6	82.6	59.4	65.2		100.0	100.0			$12,826		$12,826
Bernardsville Middle School	Public	5-8	141 Seney Drive	Bernardsville	07924	Somerset County	Somerset Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 204-1916	419	43	9.7	17.9%	269 (64.2%)	3 (0.7%)	108 (25.8%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	87.7	65^th of 752 public middle schools	91.4%		83.1	94^th of 743 public middle schools	87.3%	29	45.4	45.3			69.7	76.5	79.8	87.2			52.3	63.2	68.2	32.8		95.7	96.2			$9,053	$134	$8,919
Eisenhower Middle School	Public	7-8	47 Eyland Avenue	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 584-2973	531	53	9.9	21.3%	317 (59.7%)	26 (4.9%)	133 (25.0%)	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.7%)	55.8	304^th of 752 public middle schools	59.6%		60.9	269^th of 743 public middle schools	63.8%	35		18.9					62.1	66.0					40.7	12.6		75.9	76.2			$16,096		$16,096
Dover Middle School	Public	7-8	302 East McFarlan Street	Dover	07801	Morris County	Dover Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 989-2040	481	44	10.9	66.5%	26 (5.4%)	22 (4.6%)	426 (88.6%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31.8	496^th of 752 public middle schools	34.0%		35.8	458^th of 743 public middle schools	38.4%	38		6.8					44.3	43.6					26.8	16.5		84.1	84.1			$6,203	$489	$5,714
Black River Middle School	Public	6-8	133 Rt. 513 - North Road	Chester	07930	Morris County	Chester Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 879-6363	352	36	9.8	5.7%	255 (72.4%)	7 (2.0%)	52 (14.8%)	29 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	84.3	90^th of 752 public middle schools	88.0%		84.2	87^th of 743 public middle schools	88.3%	3		47.9				73.4	72.0	80.5				62.4	55.7	46.8	100.0	91.7	94.9	100.0	100.0	$11,856	$160	$11,696
Lincoln/Roosevelt School	Public	5-6	34 North Hillside Avenue	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 584-4331	484	46	10.5	25.4%	286 (59.1%)	21 (4.3%)	139 (28.7%)	22 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.9%)								(n/a)	26.6				41.0	48.9					37.4	36.3								$11,069		$11,069

Frequently Asked Questions about Mendham Township Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Mendham Township Middle School?

Students at Mendham Township Middle School are 81% White, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What district is Mendham Township Middle School in?

Mendham Township School District

Is Mendham Township Middle School a good school?

Yes! Mendham Township Middle School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 2^nd of 752 New Jersey middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Mendham Township Middle School attend?

Students who attend Mendham Township Middle School usually go on to attend West Morris Mendham High School

How many students attend Mendham Township Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 342 students attended Mendham Township Middle School.

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