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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Mercer County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Mercer County, New Jersey, drawn from 20 qualifying public middle schools. Princeton Middle School leads the list at 85.3%, against a median of 38.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mercer County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

85.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

38.6%

BEST IN READING · MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Princeton Middle School	PRINCETON, NJ	Princeton Public School District	Middle	794	85.3%
2	Thomas R Grover Middle School	West Windsor, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	Middle	1,183	80.2%
3	Timberlane Middle School	PENNINGTON, NJ	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	Middle	803	75.0%
4	Pond Road Middle School	ROBBINSVILLE, NJ	Robbinsville Public School District	Middle	1,022	68.6%
5	Lawrence Middle School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	Middle	584	63.3%
6	Melvin H. Kreps Middle School	EAST WINDSOR, NJ	East Windsor Regional School District	Middle	1,160	55.7%
7	Lawrence Intermediate School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	Middle	775	51.1%
8	Gilmore J Fisher Middle School	EWING, NJ	Ewing Township School District	Middle	789	41.5%
9	Albert E Grice Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	991	41.5%
10	Emily C. Reynolds Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	966	41.4%
11	Richard C Crockett Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	834	35.9%
12	Clara Parker Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	583	12.7%
13	Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	650	11.0%
14	Grace A Dunn Middle School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	703	9.9%
15	Arthur J. Holland Middle School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	474	9.5%
16	Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	668	8.8%
17	Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	546	8.8%
18	Grant Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	610	7.3%
19	Battle Monument Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	499	4.4%
20	Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	329	4.0%

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