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The highest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Across Middlesex County, New Jersey, 39 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Community Middle School leads the list at 70.2%, against a median of 39.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient

70.2%

Median % Proficient

39.3%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Community Middle School	PLAINSBORO, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	Middle	8.7%	1,029	70.2%
2	Edgar Middle School	METUCHEN, NJ	Metuchen Public School District	Middle	10.0%	761	68.9%
3	John Adams Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	13.0%	930	68.7%
4	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	13.9%	1,206	65.7%
5	Crossroads South Middle School	MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ	South Brunswick School District	Middle	17.0%	812	65.2%
6	Monroe Township Middle School	MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ	Monroe Township School District	Middle	10.2%	1,681	63.6%
7	Crossroads North Middle School	MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ	South Brunswick School District	Middle	18.9%	935	61.6%
8	Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School	EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ	East Brunswick Township School District	Middle	25.1%	1,221	59.5%
9	Iselin Middle School	ISELIN, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	36.1%	794	52.3%
10	Churchill Junior High School	EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ	East Brunswick Township School District	Middle	25.8%	2,080	51.2%
11	Jonas Salk Middle School	OLD BRIDGE, NJ	Old Bridge Township School District	Middle	25.1%	886	50.8%
12	Conackamack Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	33.9%	466	50.5%
13	Carl Sandburg Middle School	OLD BRIDGE, NJ	Old Bridge Township School District	Middle	30.7%	926	48.9%
14	Theodore Schor Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	47.4%	563	44.7%
15	South Plainfield Middle School	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	South Plainfield School District	Middle	37.1%	553	43.4%
16	Quibbletown Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	53.5%	467	41.7%
17	Herbert Hoover Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	44.3%	1,060	40.1%
18	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	45.6%	954	39.9%
19	Colonia Middle School	COLONIA, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	30.7%	628	39.4%
20	Joyce Kilmer School	Milltown, NJ	Milltown School District	Middle	21.8%	444	39.3%
21	Sayreville Middle School	PARLIN, NJ	Sayreville School District	Middle	46.4%	1,294	38.6%
22	Von E. Mauger Middle School	MIDDLESEX, NJ	Middlesex Borough School District	Middle	43.8%	502	37.6%
23	Grant Elementary School	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	South Plainfield School District	Middle	35.4%	568	37.2%
24	Highland Park Middle School	HIGHLAND PARK, NJ	Highland Park Boro School District	Middle	46.1%	349	34.9%
25	North Brunswick Twp. Middle School	North Brunswick, NJ	North Brunswick Township School District	Middle	59.9%	754	33.2%
26	Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School	JAMESBURG, NJ	Jamesburg Public School District	Middle	65.9%	217	32.9%
27	Dual Language School	Fords, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	76.3%	384	32.5%
28	Carteret Junior High School	Carteret, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	78.0%	568	32.3%
29	Spotswood Memorial Middle School	SPOTSWOOD, NJ	Spotswood Public School District	Middle	30.9%	269	31.3%
30	Fords Middle School	FORDS, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	56.9%	645	30.1%
31	Carteret Middle School	CARTERET, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	80.0%	540	29.1%
32	Linwood School	NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ	North Brunswick Township School District	Middle	62.7%	761	27.9%
33	Lincoln Middle School	DUNELLEN, NJ	Dunellen Public School District	Middle	47.7%	333	27.9%
34	South River Middle School	SOUTH RIVER, NJ	South River Public School District	Middle	66.8%	524	24.2%
35	Avenel Middle School	AVENEL, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	59.5%	629	23.7%
36	Samuel E. Shull Middle School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	73.3%	941	23.2%
37	William C. McGinnis Middle School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	78.8%	984	20.5%
38	Woodbridge Middle School	WOODBRIDGE, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	56.7%	513	19.7%
39	New Brunswick Middle School	NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	New Brunswick School District	Middle	94.8%	829	16.3%

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