Summary:
Middle Schools in ZIP code 07643 include one school, Memorial Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 353 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. Its main academic concern is mathematics: in 2025–2026, the average across grades 5–8 was 31%, compared with 37% statewide, and results were below the state in three of the four grades.
Within Memorial’s results, grade 8 Algebra I and grade 6 ELA stand out at the top: 83% were proficient in Algebra I, 9 points above the state, and 64% in grade 6 ELA, 13 points above. The lowest regular grade-level result was grade 8 math, at 14%, 9 points below the state; grade 7 math was 10 points below. Across grades, ELA averaged 56%, 3 points above the state, while science averaged 25%, 2 points above. These stronger results do not erase the uneven math picture: the school’s math proficiency ranged from 44% in grade 6 to 14% in grade 8.
Recent results show different directions by subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Memorial’s math average fell by 2 points, while the state average rose by 1 point; its gap widened from 3 points below the state to 6 points below. Science improved by 2 points to 25%, while the state average declined by 1 point to 23%; ELA remained near 57%, as the state average fell from 56% to 53%. SchoolDigger ranks Memorial 309 of 743 schools statewide, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 50th percentile and 3 stars in each of the previous two listed years. For context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 10.6, and 45% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 11.4%, compared with 10.5% in the Little Ferry Public School District and 14% statewide.
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