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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Branchburg Central Middle School Branchburg · Branchburg Township School District | Middle | 69.0% | +15.9pp |
| 152 | Stonebridge Middle School Allentown · Upper Freehold Regional School District | Middle | 68.9% | +15.8pp |
| 153 | Memorial Junior School Whippany · Hanover Township School District | Middle | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 154 | Richard Butler School BUTLER · Butler Public School District | Middle | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 155 | Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School Springfield · Springfield Public School District | Middle | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 156 | Hillside Intermediate School Bridgewater · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | Middle | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 157 | Pond Road Middle School ROBBINSVILLE · Robbinsville Public School District | Middle | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 158 | Maplewood Middle School MAPLEWOOD · South Orange-Maplewood School District | Middle | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 159 | Discovery Charter School NEWARK · Discovery Charter School | Middle | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 160 | West Brook Middle School PARAMUS · Paramus Public School District | Middle | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 161 | Union Hill Middle School UNION CITY · Union City School District | Middle | 68.3% | +15.2pp |
| 162 | William G. Rohrer Middle School WESTMONT · Haddon Township School District | Middle | 68.3% | +15.2pp |
| 163 | Copeland Middle School ROCKAWAY · Rockaway Township School District | Middle | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 164 | Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township · Millstone Township School District | Middle | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 165 | Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | Middle | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 166 | Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District | Middle | 67.5% | +14.4pp |
| 167 | Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK · East Brunswick Township School District | Middle | 67.4% | +14.3pp |
| 168 | George Washington Middle School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | Middle | 67.1% | +14.0pp |
| 169 | Grover Cleveland Middle School CALDWELL · Caldwell-West School District | Middle | 67.1% | +14.0pp |
| 170 | Patrick M Villano School Emerson · Emerson Public School District | Middle | 67.1% | +14.0pp |
| 171 | Readington Middle School WHITEHOUSE STATION · Readington Township School District | Middle | 67.1% | +14.0pp |
| 172 | Bunker Hill Middle School SEWELL · Washington Township School District | Middle | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 173 | Hoboken Middle School HOBOKEN · Hoboken Public School District | Middle | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 174 | Ventnor Middle School VENTNOR · Ventnor City School District | Middle | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 175 | Warren Middle School Warren · Warren Township School District | Middle | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 176 | Neeta School Medford Lakes · Medford Lakes School District | Middle | 66.8% | +13.7pp |
| 177 | Northfield Community Middle School NORTHFIELD · Northfield City School District | Middle | 66.8% | +13.7pp |
| 178 | Central Middle School Parsippany · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | Middle | 66.6% | +13.5pp |
| 179 | Kawameeh Middle School UNION · Township of Union School District | Middle | 66.5% | +13.4pp |
| 180 | Orchard Valley Middle School SEWELL · Washington Township School District | Middle | 66.5% | +13.4pp |
| 181 | Churchill Junior High School EAST BRUNSWICK · East Brunswick Township School District | Middle | 66.3% | +13.2pp |
| 182 | Rosa International Middle School CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District | Middle | 65.9% | +12.8pp |
| 183 | Eisenhower Intermediate School Bridgewater · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | Middle | 65.7% | +12.6pp |
| 184 | Roy W. Brown Middle School BERGENFIELD · Bergenfield Borough School District | Middle | 65.7% | +12.6pp |
| 185 | Byram Intermediate School STANHOPE · Byram Township School District | Middle | 65.4% | +12.3pp |
| 186 | Southern Regional Middle School MANAHAWKIN · Southern Regional School District | Middle | 65.2% | +12.1pp |
| 187 | Chestnut Ridge Middle School SEWELL · Washington Township School District | Middle | 64.9% | +11.8pp |
| 188 | Edison Middle School W ORANGE · West Orange Public Schools | Middle | 64.9% | +11.8pp |
| 189 | Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE · Howell Township Public School District | Middle | 64.8% | +11.7pp |
| 190 | Frank Antonides School West Long Branch · West Long Branch School District | Middle | 64.7% | +11.6pp |
| 191 | High Bridge Middle School HIGH BRIDGE · High Bridge Borough School District | Middle | 64.4% | +11.3pp |
| 192 | Southampton Township School #3 SOUTHAMPTON · Southampton Township School District | Middle | 64.4% | +11.3pp |
| 193 | Memorial Middle School POINT PLEASANT · Point Pleasant Borough School District | Middle | 64.3% | +11.2pp |
| 194 | Emerson Middle School UNION CITY · Union City School District | Middle | 64.2% | +11.1pp |
| 195 | Bogota Middle School Bogota · Bogota Public School District | Middle | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 196 | Eisenhower Middle School SUCCASUNNA · Roxbury Township School District | Middle | 64.0% | +10.9pp |
| 197 | Sparta Middle School SPARTA · Sparta Township Public School District | Middle | 63.9% | +10.8pp |
| 198 | Kingsway Regional Middle School WOOLWICH TWP · Kingsway Regional School District | Middle | 63.7% | +10.6pp |
| 199 | High Mountain School NORTH HALEDON · North Haledon School District | Middle | 63.5% | +10.4pp |
| 200 | Jonas Salk Middle School OLD BRIDGE · Old Bridge Township School District | Middle | 63.5% | +10.4pp |
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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.