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New Jersey schools ranked by test score

Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 440 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
Subject:English Language ArtsMathematicsScience
Order:Highest firstLowest first
Level:AllElementaryMiddleHighCombined
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
101David E. Owens Middle School
NEW MILFORD · New Milford Public School District
Middle74.8%+21.7pp
102Hillsborough Township Middle School
Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District
Middle74.8%+21.7pp
103Upper Township Middle School
PETERSBURG · Upper Township School District
Middle74.7%+21.6pp
104Collingswood Middle School
COLLINGSWOOD · Collingswood Public School District
Middle74.6%+21.5pp
105Ridgedale Middle School
FLORHAM PARK · Florham Park School District
Middle74.6%+21.5pp
106Memorial Middle School
FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District
Middle74.5%+21.4pp
107Wall Intermediate School
WALL · Wall Township Public School District
Middle74.5%+21.4pp
108Medford Memorial Middle School
MEDFORD · Medford Township School District
Middle74.4%+21.3pp
109Pequannock Valley School
Pompton Plains · Pequannock Township School District
Middle74.4%+21.3pp
110Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20
Passaic · Passaic City School District
Middle74.3%+21.2pp
111Voorhees Middle School
VOORHEES · Voorhees Township School District
Middle74.1%+21.0pp
112Walter Hill School
Swedesboro · Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
Middle74.1%+21.0pp
113Nehaunsey Middle School
GIBBSTOWN · Greenwich Township School District
Middle73.7%+20.6pp
114Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School
VERONA · Verona Public School District
Middle73.6%+20.5pp
115Lakeside School
POMPTON LAKES · Pompton Lakes School District
Middle73.4%+20.3pp
116Valley View School
Watchung · Watchung Borough School District
Middle73.4%+20.3pp
117John H. Walker Middle School
NUTLEY · Nutley Public School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
118Westwood Regional Middle School
WESTWOOD · Westwood Regional School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
119Wood-Ridge Intermediate School
WOOD-RIDGE · Wood-Ridge School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
120Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School
SCOTCH PLAINS · Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
Middle73.0%+19.9pp
121Moorestown Upper Elementary School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
Middle73.0%+19.9pp
122Monroe Township Middle School
MONROE TOWNSHIP · Monroe Township School District
Middle72.9%+19.8pp
123Leonia Middle School
Leonia · Leonia Public School District
Middle72.8%+19.7pp
124Pleasant Valley School
MULLICA HILL · Harrison Township School District
Middle72.8%+19.7pp
125Beers Street School
HAZLET · Hazlet Township Public School District
Middle72.7%+19.6pp
126Indian Mills Memorial School
SHAMONG · Shamong Township School District
Middle72.7%+19.6pp
127Marlboro Middle School
MARLBORO · Marlboro Township School District
Middle72.7%+19.6pp
128Lincoln Middle School
HAWTHORNE · Hawthorne Public School District
Middle72.6%+19.5pp
129Bayshore Middle School
LEONARDO · Middletown Township Public School District
Middle72.5%+19.4pp
130Buzz Aldrin Middle School
UPPER MONTCLAIR · Montclair Public School District
Middle72.5%+19.4pp
131Haines Sixth Grade Center
MEDFORD · Medford Township School District
Middle72.5%+19.4pp
132Ramapo Ridge
MAHWAH · Mahwah Township Public School District
Middle72.5%+19.4pp
133Alfred S. Faust Middle School
East Rutherford · East Rutherford School District
Middle72.4%+19.3pp
134Maywood Avenue School
MAYWOOD · Maywood School District
Middle71.7%+18.6pp
135Carl H. Kumpf School
CLARK · Clark Township Public School District
Middle71.5%+18.4pp
136William Allen Middle School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
Middle71.3%+18.2pp
137South Orange Middle School
S ORANGE · South Orange-Maplewood School District
Middle71.2%+18.1pp
138Anthony Wayne Middle School
WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District
Middle70.6%+17.5pp
139Randolph Middle School
RANDOLPH · Randolph Township School District
Middle70.6%+17.5pp
140Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School
CLIFFWOOD · Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
Middle70.5%+17.4pp
141Roosevelt Middle School
W ORANGE · West Orange Public Schools
Middle70.5%+17.4pp
142Woodstown Middle School
WOODSTOWN · Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
Middle70.5%+17.4pp
143Ocean City Intermediate School
OCEAN CITY · Ocean City School District
Middle70.3%+17.2pp
144Tinton Falls Middle School
TINTON FALLS · Tinton Falls School District
Middle70.3%+17.2pp
145Conackamack Middle School
PISCATAWAY · Piscataway Township School District
Middle70.0%+16.9pp
146Clifton T. Barkalow School
FREEHOLD · Freehold Township School District
Middle69.9%+16.8pp
147Mount Arlington Public School
MT ARLINGTON · Mount Arlington Public School District
Middle69.5%+16.4pp
148Dwight D. Eisenhower School
FREEHOLD · Freehold Township School District
Middle69.4%+16.3pp
149Lyndhurst Middle School
Lyndhurst · Lyndhurst Public School District
Middle69.4%+16.3pp
150Hasbrouck Heights Middle School
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS · Hasbrouck Heights School District
Middle69.3%+16.2pp
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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.