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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Clinton Township Middle School CLINTON · Clinton Township School District | Middle | 81.3% | +28.2pp |
| 52 | Maple Place Middle School OCEANPORT · Oceanport School District | Middle | 81.2% | +28.1pp |
| 53 | Indian Hill School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | Middle | 81.0% | +27.9pp |
| 54 | Valleyview Middle School DENVILLE · Denville Township K-8 School District | Middle | 81.0% | +27.9pp |
| 55 | George G White HILLSDALE · Hillsdale School District | Middle | 80.8% | +27.7pp |
| 56 | River Dell Middle School River Edge · River Dell Regional School District | Middle | 80.8% | +27.7pp |
| 57 | Orange Avenue School CRANFORD · Cranford Public School District | Middle | 80.5% | +27.4pp |
| 58 | Union School RUTHERFORD · Rutherford School District | Middle | 80.4% | +27.3pp |
| 59 | Belhaven Middle School LINWOOD · Linwood City School District | Middle | 80.3% | +27.2pp |
| 60 | Pine Brook School Manalapan · Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District | Middle | 80.3% | +27.2pp |
| 61 | Stewartsville Middle School STEWARTSVILLE · Greenwich Township School District | Middle | 80.3% | +27.2pp |
| 62 | Thomas R Grover Middle School West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | Middle | 80.2% | +27.1pp |
| 63 | Robert R Lazar Middle School MONTVILLE · Montville Township School District | Middle | 80.0% | +26.9pp |
| 64 | Columbia Middle School BERKELEY HTS · Berkeley Heights School District | Middle | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 65 | Pearl R. Miller Middle School KINNELON · Kinnelon School District | Middle | 79.7% | +26.6pp |
| 66 | Valley Middle School OAKLAND · Oakland Public School District | Middle | 79.7% | +26.6pp |
| 67 | Madison Junior School MADISON · Madison Public School District | Middle | 79.6% | +26.5pp |
| 68 | East Brook Middle School PARAMUS · Paramus Public School District | Middle | 79.4% | +26.3pp |
| 69 | Morris Plains Borough School MORRIS PLAINS · Morris Plains School District | Middle | 79.4% | +26.3pp |
| 70 | Central Middle School Stirling · Long Hill Township School District | Middle | 79.0% | +25.9pp |
| 71 | Long Valley Middle School LONG VALLEY · Washington Township School District | Middle | 78.9% | +25.8pp |
| 72 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School WYCKOFF · Wyckoff Township Public School District | Middle | 78.8% | +25.7pp |
| 73 | Eric S. Smith Middle School RAMSEY · Ramsey School District | Middle | 78.8% | +25.7pp |
| 74 | Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School Manalapan · Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District | Middle | 78.8% | +25.7pp |
| 75 | Schuyler Colfax Middle School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | Middle | 78.8% | +25.7pp |
| 76 | Thomas Jefferson Middle School LODI · Lodi School District | Middle | 78.7% | +25.6pp |
| 77 | Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Bridgewater · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | Middle | 78.6% | +25.5pp |
| 78 | Bernardsville Middle School Bernardsville · Somerset Hills Regional School District | Middle | 78.5% | +25.4pp |
| 79 | Thompson Middle School MIDDLETOWN · Middletown Township Public School District | Middle | 78.2% | +25.1pp |
| 80 | Glenfield Middle School MONTCLAIR · Montclair Public School District | Middle | 77.8% | +24.7pp |
| 81 | Terrill Middle School SCOTCH PLAINS · Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District | Middle | 77.8% | +24.7pp |
| 82 | Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building MONTCLAIR · Montclair Public School District | Middle | 77.4% | +24.3pp |
| 83 | Henry C. Beck Middle School CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District | Middle | 76.9% | +23.8pp |
| 84 | Long Pond School NEWTON · Andover Regional School District | Middle | 76.9% | +23.8pp |
| 85 | West Essex Middle School NORTH CALDWELL · West Essex Regional School District | Middle | 76.9% | +23.8pp |
| 86 | Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION · South Brunswick School District | Middle | 76.8% | +23.7pp |
| 87 | Pierrepont School RUTHERFORD · Rutherford School District | Middle | 76.8% | +23.7pp |
| 88 | Lewis F. Cole Middle School FORT LEE · Fort Lee School District | Middle | 76.3% | +23.2pp |
| 89 | Memorial Middle School Cedar Grove · Cedar Grove Township School District | Middle | 75.9% | +22.8pp |
| 90 | Lincoln Park Middle School LINCOLN PARK · Lincoln Park School District | Middle | 75.7% | +22.6pp |
| 91 | Little Falls Township Public School # 1 LITTLE FALLS · Little Falls Township Public School District | Middle | 75.6% | +22.5pp |
| 92 | Black River Middle School Chester · Chester Township School District | Middle | 75.5% | +22.4pp |
| 93 | Union Township Middle School HAMPTON · Union Township School District | Middle | 75.5% | +22.4pp |
| 94 | Cresskill Middle School Cresskill · Cresskill Public School District | Middle | 75.4% | +22.3pp |
| 95 | Waldwick Middle School WALDWICK · Waldwick School District | Middle | 75.3% | +22.2pp |
| 96 | Marlboro Memorial Middle School MORGANVILLE · Marlboro Township School District | Middle | 75.2% | +22.1pp |
| 97 | Roosevelt Intermediate School Westfield · Westfield Public School District | Middle | 75.1% | +22.0pp |
| 98 | Thomas Edison Intermediate School Westfield · Westfield Public School District | Middle | 75.0% | +21.9pp |
| 99 | Timberlane Middle School PENNINGTON · Hopewell Valley Regional School District | Middle | 75.0% | +21.9pp |
| 100 | Chatham Middle School CHATHAM · School District of the Chathams | Middle | 74.9% | +21.8pp |
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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.