New Jersey schools ranked by test score
Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 440 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mendham Township Middle School BROOKSIDE · Mendham Township School District | Middle | 97.2% | +44.1pp |
| 2 | Markham Place School LITTLE SILVER · Little Silver Boro School District | Middle | 94.8% | +41.7pp |
| 3 | Academy I JERSEY CITY · Jersey City Public Schools | Middle | 93.4% | +40.3pp |
| 4 | Forrestdale School RUMSON · Rumson Borough School District | Middle | 91.9% | +38.8pp |
| 5 | Briarcliff Middle School Mountain Lakes · Mountain Lakes Public School District | Middle | 91.8% | +38.7pp |
| 6 | Gould/Mountain Elementary School N CALDWELL · North Caldwell School District | Middle | 91.5% | +38.4pp |
| 7 | Mountain View School MENDHAM · Mendham Borough School District | Middle | 90.9% | +37.8pp |
| 8 | Hillside Innovation Academy Hillside · Hillside Public School District | Middle | 90.5% | +37.4pp |
| 9 | Explore Middle School JERSEY CITY · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | Middle | 90.1% | +37.0pp |
| 10 | Haddonfield Middle School HADDONFIELD · Haddonfield School District | Middle | 89.9% | +36.8pp |
| 11 | Upper School ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS · Englewood Cliffs School District | Middle | 89.5% | +36.4pp |
| 12 | Cedar Drive Middle School COLTS NECK · Colts Neck Township School District | Middle | 88.3% | +35.2pp |
| 13 | Charles DeWolf Middle School OLD TAPPAN · Old Tappan Public School District | Middle | 87.8% | +34.7pp |
| 14 | Emil A. Cavallini Middle School UPPER SADDLE RIVER · Upper Saddle River School District | Middle | 87.8% | +34.7pp |
| 15 | Washington School Millburn · Millburn Township School District | Middle | 87.8% | +34.7pp |
| 16 | Brookside School Allendale · Allendale Public School District | Middle | 87.6% | +34.5pp |
| 17 | Montgomery Upper Middle School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | Middle | 87.5% | +34.4pp |
| 18 | New Providence Middle School NEW PROVIDENCE · New Providence School District | Middle | 87.2% | +34.1pp |
| 19 | Terence C. Reilly School No 7 ELIZABETH · Elizabeth Public Schools | Middle | 87.1% | +34.0pp |
| 20 | Benjamin Franklin Middle School RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District | Middle | 87.0% | +33.9pp |
| 21 | Heritage Middle School LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District | Middle | 86.9% | +33.8pp |
| 22 | John Adams Middle School EDISON · Edison Township School District | Middle | 86.9% | +33.8pp |
| 23 | Millburn Middle School MILLBURN · Millburn Township School District | Middle | 86.9% | +33.8pp |
| 24 | Woodcliff Middle School WOODCLIFF LAKE · Woodcliff Lake School District | Middle | 86.6% | +33.5pp |
| 25 | William Annin Middle School Basking Ridge · Bernards Township School District | Middle | 86.2% | +33.1pp |
| 26 | George Washington Middle School RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District | Middle | 86.0% | +32.9pp |
| 27 | Fieldstone Middle School Montvale · Montvale Board of Education School District | Middle | 85.9% | +32.8pp |
| 28 | Glen Rock Middle School GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District | Middle | 85.4% | +32.3pp |
| 29 | Princeton Middle School PRINCETON · Princeton Public School District | Middle | 85.3% | +32.2pp |
| 30 | Old Turnpike School CALIFON · Tewksbury Township School District | Middle | 85.0% | +31.9pp |
| 31 | Eugene A. Tighe Middle School MARGATE · Margate City School District | Middle | 84.8% | +31.7pp |
| 32 | Edgar Middle School METUCHEN · Metuchen Public School District | Middle | 84.7% | +31.6pp |
| 33 | Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION · South Brunswick School District | Middle | 84.6% | +31.5pp |
| 34 | William R. Satz School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | Middle | 84.3% | +31.2pp |
| 35 | William F. Halloran School No.22 ELIZABETH · Elizabeth Public Schools | Middle | 84.2% | +31.1pp |
| 36 | Holdrum Middle School RIVER VALE · River Vale Public School District | Middle | 84.1% | +31.0pp |
| 37 | Community Middle School PLAINSBORO · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | Middle | 83.8% | +30.7pp |
| 38 | East Hanover Middle School EAST HANOVER · East Hanover Township School District | Middle | 83.7% | +30.6pp |
| 39 | Knollwood School FAIR HAVEN · Fair Haven School District | Middle | 83.7% | +30.6pp |
| 40 | Thomas Jefferson Middle School FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District | Middle | 83.5% | +30.4pp |
| 41 | Mount Pleasant Middle School LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District | Middle | 83.4% | +30.3pp |
| 42 | Demarest Middle School DEMAREST · Demarest School District | Middle | 83.1% | +30.0pp |
| 43 | Montgomery Lower Middle School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | Middle | 83.0% | +29.9pp |
| 44 | Tenakill Middle School CLOSTER · Closter Public School District | Middle | 82.9% | +29.8pp |
| 45 | Avalon Elementary School AVALON · Avalon School District | Middle | 82.8% | +29.7pp |
| 46 | Franklin Avenue Middle School Franklin Lakes · Franklin Lakes School District | Middle | 82.2% | +29.1pp |
| 47 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School EDISON · Edison Township School District | Middle | 82.2% | +29.1pp |
| 48 | Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School SUMMIT · Summit Public School District | Middle | 82.1% | +29.0pp |
| 49 | Deerfield Elementary School MOUNTAINSIDE · Mountainside School District | Middle | 82.0% | +28.9pp |
| 50 | Tenafly Middle School TENAFLY · Tenafly Public School District | Middle | 81.9% | +28.8pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NJSLA % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations threshold on the latest available NJSLA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New Jersey, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.