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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Essex County, New Jersey

Across Essex County, New Jersey, 28 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Edison Middle School leads the list at 70.5%, against a median of 55.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Essex County, New Jersey

Top Diversity index

70.5%

Median Diversity index

55.5%

MOST DIVERSE · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Edison Middle School	W ORANGE, NJ	477	70.5%	19.7%(94)	28.7%(137)	40.9%(195)	2.5%(12)
2	Glenfield Middle School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	512	69.9%	46.5%(238)	20.7%(106)	15.0%(77)	4.1%(21)
3	Roosevelt Middle School	W ORANGE, NJ	457	69.6%	18.4%(84)	35.0%(160)	37.9%(173)	2.0%(9)
4	Liberty Middle School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	559	67.9%	13.2%(74)	39.9%(223)	37.4%(209)	2.5%(14)
5	Buzz Aldrin Middle School	UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ	618	67.4%	51.3%(317)	14.6%(90)	14.7%(91)	7.3%(45)
6	Bloomfield Middle School	Bloomfield, NJ	944	67.3%	21.2%(200)	23.1%(218)	47.5%(448)	5.9%(56)
7	Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building	MONTCLAIR, NJ	203	65.7%	52.7%(107)	17.7%(36)	15.3%(31)	4.9%(10)
8	Mount Pleasant Middle School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	530	65.0%	38.9%(206)	6.0%(32)	6.2%(33)	43.4%(230)
9	Maplewood Middle School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	762	64.0%	53.3%(406)	22.8%(174)	11.7%(89)	3.8%(29)
10	John H. Walker Middle School	NUTLEY, NJ	637	63.3%	49.5%(315)	3.1%(20)	33.1%(211)	9.7%(62)
11	Heritage Middle School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	994	63.3%	39.1%(389)	4.8%(48)	6.3%(63)	45.4%(451)
12	Millburn Middle School	MILLBURN, NJ	1,106	63.2%	33.0%(365)	2.8%(31)	5.8%(64)	49.7%(550)
13	South Orange Middle School	S ORANGE, NJ	752	62.7%	55.9%(420)	20.2%(152)	9.0%(68)	3.9%(29)
14	Washington School	Millburn, NJ	363	60.5%	32.8%(119)	1.9%(7)	4.4%(16)	52.9%(192)
15	Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation	ORANGE, NJ	397	50.6%	0.3%(1)	47.1%(187)	52.1%(207)	0.0%(0)
16	University Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	719	48.0%	0.4%(3)	61.6%(443)	37.4%(269)	0.1%(1)
17	John L. Costley Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	334	45.1%	4.5%(15)	70.4%(235)	22.8%(76)	0.9%(3)
18	Rosa Parks Community School	ORANGE, NJ	593	45.0%	0.3%(2)	30.0%(178)	67.8%(402)	0.7%(4)
19	Union Avenue Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	735	44.7%	0.1%(1)	67.3%(495)	31.6%(232)	0.3%(2)
20	Patrick F. Healy Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	322	43.8%	6.2%(20)	71.7%(231)	20.8%(67)	0.0%(0)
21	West Essex Middle School	NORTH CALDWELL, NJ	558	42.0%	74.7%(417)	2.9%(16)	11.5%(64)	8.2%(46)
22	Sojourner Truth Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	264	41.8%	4.5%(12)	73.5%(194)	20.1%(53)	0.0%(0)
23	Belleville Middle School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	685	41.3%	9.1%(62)	7.7%(53)	75.5%(517)	5.5%(38)
24	Memorial Middle School	Cedar Grove, NJ	468	40.5%	75.8%(355)	2.6%(12)	12.4%(58)	5.1%(24)
25	Gould/Mountain Elementary School	N CALDWELL, NJ	279	40.0%	76.0%(212)	1.8%(5)	7.2%(20)	12.9%(36)
26	Grover Cleveland Middle School	CALDWELL, NJ	610	37.8%	77.2%(471)	2.3%(14)	15.6%(95)	3.4%(21)
27	Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	VERONA, NJ	702	29.9%	83.2%(584)	1.9%(13)	7.5%(53)	3.9%(27)
28	Pride Academy Charter School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	300	11.9%	0.3%(1)	93.7%(281)	6.0%(18)	0.0%(0)

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