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The smallest public middle schools in Essex County, New Jersey

Across Essex County, New Jersey, 29 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Discovery Charter School leads the list at 99, against a median of 558 across the ranked schools.

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Essex County, New Jersey

Best Students

Median Students

558

SMALLEST · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Discovery Charter School	NEWARK, NJ	Discovery Charter School	Middle	99
2	Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	203
3	Sojourner Truth Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	Middle	264
4	Gould/Mountain Elementary School	N CALDWELL, NJ	North Caldwell School District	Middle	279
5	Pride Academy Charter School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	Pride Academy Charter School District	Middle	300
6	Patrick F. Healy Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	Middle	322
7	John L. Costley Middle School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	Middle	334
8	Washington School	Millburn, NJ	Millburn Township School District	Middle	363
9	Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	Middle	397
10	Roosevelt Middle School	W ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	Middle	457
11	Memorial Middle School	Cedar Grove, NJ	Cedar Grove Township School District	Middle	468
12	Edison Middle School	W ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	Middle	477
13	Glenfield Middle School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	512
14	Mount Pleasant Middle School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	Middle	530
15	West Essex Middle School	NORTH CALDWELL, NJ	West Essex Regional School District	Middle	558
16	Liberty Middle School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	Middle	559
17	Rosa Parks Community School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	Middle	593
18	Grover Cleveland Middle School	CALDWELL, NJ	Caldwell-West School District	Middle	610
19	Buzz Aldrin Middle School	UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	Middle	618
20	John H. Walker Middle School	NUTLEY, NJ	Nutley Public School District	Middle	637
21	Belleville Middle School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	Belleville Public School District	Middle	685
22	Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	VERONA, NJ	Verona Public School District	Middle	702
23	University Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	719
24	Union Avenue Middle School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	Middle	735
25	South Orange Middle School	S ORANGE, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	Middle	752
26	Maplewood Middle School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	Middle	762
27	Bloomfield Middle School	Bloomfield, NJ	Bloomfield Township School District	Middle	944
28	Heritage Middle School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	Middle	994
29	Millburn Middle School	MILLBURN, NJ	Millburn Township School District	Middle	1,106

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