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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in science in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 25 qualifying public middle schools. Washington School leads the list at 75.9%, against a median of 27.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Essex County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Science)

75.9%

Median % Proficient (Science)

27.1%

BEST IN SCIENCE · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	Washington School	Millburn, NJ	Millburn Township School District	Middle	363	75.9%
2	Gould/Mountain Elementary School	N CALDWELL, NJ	North Caldwell School District	Middle	279	67.4%
3	Millburn Middle School	MILLBURN, NJ	Millburn Township School District	Middle	1,106	62.0%
4	Heritage Middle School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	Middle	994	46.5%
5	Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	VERONA, NJ	Verona Public School District	Middle	702	40.1%
6	South Orange Middle School	S ORANGE, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	Middle	752	36.1%
7	Memorial Middle School	Cedar Grove, NJ	Cedar Grove Township School District	Middle	468	33.4%
8	Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	203	33.3%
9	Maplewood Middle School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	Middle	762	31.5%
10	Glenfield Middle School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	512	30.2%
11	West Essex Middle School	NORTH CALDWELL, NJ	West Essex Regional School District	Middle	558	29.4%
12	Grover Cleveland Middle School	CALDWELL, NJ	Caldwell-West School District	Middle	610	27.7%
13	Roosevelt Middle School	W ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	Middle	457	27.1%
14	John H. Walker Middle School	NUTLEY, NJ	Nutley Public School District	Middle	637	25.0%
15	Buzz Aldrin Middle School	UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	618	24.0%
16	Rosa Parks Community School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	Middle	593	17.8%
17	Liberty Middle School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	Middle	559	16.9%
18	Bloomfield Middle School	Bloomfield, NJ	Bloomfield Township School District	Middle	944	15.7%
19	Pride Academy Charter School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	Pride Academy Charter School District	Middle	300	12.7%
20	Belleville Middle School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	Belleville Public School District	Middle	685	9.9%
21	Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	Middle	397	4.9%
22	Union Avenue Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	735	3.3%
23	Patrick F. Healy Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	Middle	322	1.3%
24	University Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	719	1.3%
25	John L. Costley Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	Middle	334	0.9%

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