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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Essex County, New Jersey

27 public middle schools in Essex County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Rosa Parks Community School leads the list at 84.1%, against a median of 17.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
27
Essex County, New Jersey
Top % FRL
84.1%
Median % FRL
17.9%
HIGHEST POVERTY · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Rosa Parks Community SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictMiddle59384.1%
2Union Avenue Middle SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School DistrictMiddle73579.9%
3Pride Academy Charter SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJPride Academy Charter School DistrictMiddle30078.3%
4University Middle SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School DistrictMiddle71976.8%
5Belleville Middle SchoolBELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School DistrictMiddle68571.5%
6Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictMiddle39765.7%
7Bloomfield Middle SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School DistrictMiddle94450.1%
8Liberty Middle SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsMiddle55946.2%
9Roosevelt Middle SchoolW ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsMiddle45743.8%
10Edison Middle SchoolW ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsMiddle47742.6%
11Sojourner Truth Middle SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictMiddle26427.3%
12Glenfield Middle SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictMiddle51219.9%
13Maplewood Middle SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School DistrictMiddle76218.6%
14John H. Walker Middle SchoolNUTLEY, NJNutley Public School DistrictMiddle63717.9%
15Buzz Aldrin Middle SchoolUPPER MONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictMiddle61817.2%
16Renaissance Middle School at the Rand BuildingMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictMiddle20315.3%
17Patrick F. Healy Middle SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictMiddle32214.0%
18Grover Cleveland Middle SchoolCALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictMiddle61012.6%
19South Orange Middle SchoolS ORANGE, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School DistrictMiddle75211.6%
20John L. Costley Middle SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictMiddle3349.9%
21Memorial Middle SchoolCedar Grove, NJCedar Grove Township School DistrictMiddle4689.4%
22West Essex Middle SchoolNORTH CALDWELL, NJWest Essex Regional School DistrictMiddle5584.8%
23Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School DistrictMiddle5304.0%
24Millburn Middle SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School DistrictMiddle1,1062.4%
25Heritage Middle SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School DistrictMiddle9942.3%
26Washington SchoolMillburn, NJMillburn Township School DistrictMiddle3632.2%
27Henry B. Whitehorne Middle SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictMiddle7021.9%
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