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

39 public middle schools in Middlesex County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. John Adams Middle School leads the list at 86.9%, against a median of 53.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

86.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

53.9%

BEST IN READING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	John Adams Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	930	86.9%
2	Edgar Middle School	METUCHEN, NJ	Metuchen Public School District	Middle	761	84.7%
3	Crossroads South Middle School	MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ	South Brunswick School District	Middle	812	84.6%
4	Community Middle School	PLAINSBORO, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	Middle	1,029	83.8%
5	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	1,206	82.2%
6	Crossroads North Middle School	MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ	South Brunswick School District	Middle	935	76.8%
7	Monroe Township Middle School	MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ	Monroe Township School District	Middle	1,681	72.9%
8	Conackamack Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	466	70.0%
9	Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School	EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ	East Brunswick Township School District	Middle	1,221	67.4%
10	Churchill Junior High School	EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ	East Brunswick Township School District	Middle	2,080	66.3%
11	Jonas Salk Middle School	OLD BRIDGE, NJ	Old Bridge Township School District	Middle	886	63.5%
12	Iselin Middle School	ISELIN, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	794	62.5%
13	Carl Sandburg Middle School	OLD BRIDGE, NJ	Old Bridge Township School District	Middle	926	62.2%
14	Quibbletown Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	467	59.8%
15	Theodore Schor Middle School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	Middle	563	59.8%
16	Herbert Hoover Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	1,060	58.1%
17	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	Middle	954	55.9%
18	South Plainfield Middle School	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	South Plainfield School District	Middle	553	55.0%
19	Highland Park Middle School	HIGHLAND PARK, NJ	Highland Park Boro School District	Middle	349	54.2%
20	Sayreville Middle School	PARLIN, NJ	Sayreville School District	Middle	1,294	53.9%
21	Joyce Kilmer School	Milltown, NJ	Milltown School District	Middle	444	53.3%
22	Dual Language School	Fords, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	384	52.9%
23	Colonia Middle School	COLONIA, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	628	49.1%
24	North Brunswick Twp. Middle School	North Brunswick, NJ	North Brunswick Township School District	Middle	754	47.7%
25	Von E. Mauger Middle School	MIDDLESEX, NJ	Middlesex Borough School District	Middle	502	47.5%
26	Grant Elementary School	SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ	South Plainfield School District	Middle	568	45.7%
27	Carteret Middle School	CARTERET, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	540	45.0%
28	Spotswood Memorial Middle School	SPOTSWOOD, NJ	Spotswood Public School District	Middle	269	44.1%
29	Carteret Junior High School	Carteret, NJ	Carteret Public School District	Middle	568	43.3%
30	Lincoln Middle School	DUNELLEN, NJ	Dunellen Public School District	Middle	333	38.4%
31	Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School	JAMESBURG, NJ	Jamesburg Public School District	Middle	217	37.5%
32	Linwood School	NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ	North Brunswick Township School District	Middle	761	36.0%
33	William C. McGinnis Middle School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	984	33.2%
34	Avenel Middle School	AVENEL, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	629	33.1%
35	Fords Middle School	FORDS, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	645	31.8%
36	Samuel E. Shull Middle School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	Middle	941	31.6%
37	South River Middle School	SOUTH RIVER, NJ	South River Public School District	Middle	524	28.0%
38	New Brunswick Middle School	NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	New Brunswick School District	Middle	829	27.2%
39	Woodbridge Middle School	WOODBRIDGE, NJ	Woodbridge Township School District	Middle	513	24.7%

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