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The highest-poverty public middle schools in New Jersey

436 public middle schools in 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. Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 leads the list at 100%, against a median of 32.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

436

New Jersey

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

32.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	Middle	742	100%
2	Ellen Ochoa School Number 22	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	Middle	613	99.7%
3	Muhammad Ali School Number 23	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	Middle	442	99.3%
4	New Brunswick Middle School	NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	New Brunswick School District	Middle	829	94.8%
5	Pathways Middle School	New Brunswick, NJ	New Brunswick School District	Middle	262	93.5%
6	Lakewood Middle School	LAKEWOOD, NJ	Lakewood Township School District	Middle	574	93.0%
7	West New York Middle School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	Middle	1,087	91.4%
8	Clara Parker Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	583	88.2%
9	Wildwood Middle School	WILDWOOD, NJ	Wildwood City School District	Middle	157	87.9%
10	Battle Monument Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	499	87.8%
11	Grant Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	610	87.2%
12	Emerson Middle School	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	Middle	999	86.7%
13	Hubbard Middle School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	Middle	737	86.4%
14	Lindenwold Middle School	LINDENWOLD, NJ	Lindenwold Public School District	Middle	896	86.3%
15	Community Middle School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	Middle	291	85.2%
16	Washington Middle School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	Middle	466	85.0%
17	Rosa Parks Community School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	Middle	593	84.1%
18	Ezra L. Nolan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	250	84.0%
19	Union Hill Middle School	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	Middle	865	83.5%
20	Red Bank Middle School	RED BANK, NJ	Red Bank Borough Public School District	Middle	600	83.3%
21	Arthur J. Holland Middle School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	474	82.7%
22	Pleasantville Middle School	PLEASANTVILLE, NJ	Pleasantville Public School District	Middle	847	82.6%
23	Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	546	82.2%
24	Somerset School	North Plainfield, NJ	North Plainfield School District	Middle	485	82.1%
25	Paulsboro Junior High School	Paulsboro, NJ	Paulsboro School District	Middle	155	81.9%
26	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	906	81.9%
27	Long Branch Middle School	LONG BRANCH, NJ	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	Middle	1,142	81.6%
28	Smalley Elementary School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	Middle	424	81.6%
29	Howard M. Phifer Middle School	PENNSAUKEN, NJ	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	Middle	988	81.4%
30	Janis E. Dismus Middle School	ENGLEWOOD, NJ	Englewood Public School District	Middle	342	81.3%
31	Freehold Intermediate School	FREEHOLD, NJ	Freehold Borough School District	Middle	498	80.5%
32	Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School	ENGLEWOOD, NJ	Englewood Public School District	Middle	489	80.2%
33	Salem Middle School	SALEM, NJ	Salem City School District	Middle	472	80.1%
34	Carteret Middle School	CARTERET, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	540	80.0%
35	Union Avenue Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	735	79.9%
36	Egg Harbor City Community School	EGG HARBOR CITY, NJ	Egg Harbor City School District	Middle	266	79.3%
37	Lakeside Middle School	MILLVILLE, NJ	Millville School District	Middle	929	79.2%
38	William C. McGinnis Middle School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	984	78.8%
39	North Plainfield Middle School	North Plainfield, NJ	North Plainfield School District	Middle	538	78.6%
40	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	Middle	1,130	78.5%
41	Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	329	78.4%
42	Pride Academy Charter School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	Pride Academy Charter School District	Middle	300	78.3%
43	William F. Halloran School No.22	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	Middle	1,140	78.1%
44	Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	668	78.0%
45	Carteret Junior High School	Carteret, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	568	78.0%
46	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	ASBURY PARK, NJ	Asbury Park School District	Middle	195	77.4%
47	Grace A Dunn Middle School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	703	77.1%
48	Pine Hill Middle School	PINE HILL, NJ	Pine Hill School District	Middle	323	76.8%
49	University Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	719	76.8%
50	Maxson Middle School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	Middle	721	76.7%

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