New Jersey schools ranked by test score
Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 426 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 26.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington School Millburn · Millburn Township School District | Middle | 75.9% | +49.1pp |
| 2 | Upper School ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS · Englewood Cliffs School District | Middle | 67.7% | +40.9pp |
| 3 | Gould/Mountain Elementary School N CALDWELL · North Caldwell School District | Middle | 67.4% | +40.6pp |
| 4 | Forrestdale School RUMSON · Rumson Borough School District | Middle | 65.6% | +38.8pp |
| 5 | Community Middle School PLAINSBORO · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | Middle | 62.3% | +35.5pp |
| 6 | Millburn Middle School MILLBURN · Millburn Township School District | Middle | 62.0% | +35.2pp |
| 7 | Mountain View School MENDHAM · Mendham Borough School District | Middle | 61.9% | +35.1pp |
| 8 | Montgomery Upper Middle School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | Middle | 59.7% | +32.9pp |
| 9 | Mendham Township Middle School BROOKSIDE · Mendham Township School District | Middle | 59.5% | +32.7pp |
| 10 | Markham Place School LITTLE SILVER · Little Silver Boro School District | Middle | 59.0% | +32.2pp |
| 11 | Princeton Middle School PRINCETON · Princeton Public School District | Middle | 58.8% | +32.0pp |
| 12 | Montgomery Lower Middle School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | Middle | 57.6% | +30.8pp |
| 13 | Brookside School Allendale · Allendale Public School District | Middle | 57.0% | +30.2pp |
| 14 | Moorestown Upper Elementary School MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District | Middle | 56.6% | +29.8pp |
| 15 | Tenakill Middle School CLOSTER · Closter Public School District | Middle | 54.2% | +27.4pp |
| 16 | New Providence Middle School NEW PROVIDENCE · New Providence School District | Middle | 54.1% | +27.3pp |
| 17 | Wood-Ridge Intermediate School WOOD-RIDGE · Wood-Ridge School District | Middle | 52.9% | +26.1pp |
| 18 | Charles DeWolf Middle School OLD TAPPAN · Old Tappan Public School District | Middle | 52.5% | +25.7pp |
| 19 | Orange Avenue School CRANFORD · Cranford Public School District | Middle | 52.0% | +25.2pp |
| 20 | Old Turnpike School CALIFON · Tewksbury Township School District | Middle | 51.9% | +25.1pp |
| 21 | Thomas R Grover Middle School West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | Middle | 51.7% | +24.9pp |
| 22 | John Adams Middle School EDISON · Edison Township School District | Middle | 51.5% | +24.7pp |
| 23 | William Annin Middle School Basking Ridge · Bernards Township School District | Middle | 51.1% | +24.3pp |
| 24 | Union Township Middle School HAMPTON · Union Township School District | Middle | 51.0% | +24.2pp |
| 25 | Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District | Middle | 50.3% | +23.5pp |
| 26 | Deerfield Elementary School MOUNTAINSIDE · Mountainside School District | Middle | 50.1% | +23.3pp |
| 27 | Tenafly Middle School TENAFLY · Tenafly Public School District | Middle | 50.1% | +23.3pp |
| 28 | Indian Hill School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | Middle | 49.7% | +22.9pp |
| 29 | Knollwood School FAIR HAVEN · Fair Haven School District | Middle | 49.3% | +22.5pp |
| 30 | River Dell Middle School River Edge · River Dell Regional School District | Middle | 48.0% | +21.2pp |
| 31 | Valley View School Watchung · Watchung Borough School District | Middle | 48.0% | +21.2pp |
| 32 | Black River Middle School Chester · Chester Township School District | Middle | 47.9% | +21.1pp |
| 33 | Edgar Middle School METUCHEN · Metuchen Public School District | Middle | 47.7% | +20.9pp |
| 34 | Patrick M Villano School Emerson · Emerson Public School District | Middle | 47.6% | +20.8pp |
| 35 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School EDISON · Edison Township School District | Middle | 47.4% | +20.6pp |
| 36 | Lewis F. Cole Middle School FORT LEE · Fort Lee School District | Middle | 47.2% | +20.4pp |
| 37 | Pierrepont School RUTHERFORD · Rutherford School District | Middle | 46.6% | +19.8pp |
| 38 | Eric S. Smith Middle School RAMSEY · Ramsey School District | Middle | 46.5% | +19.7pp |
| 39 | Heritage Middle School LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District | Middle | 46.5% | +19.7pp |
| 40 | Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION · South Brunswick School District | Middle | 45.4% | +18.6pp |
| 41 | William R. Satz School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | Middle | 45.4% | +18.6pp |
| 42 | Bernardsville Middle School Bernardsville · Somerset Hills Regional School District | Middle | 45.3% | +18.5pp |
| 43 | Demarest Middle School DEMAREST · Demarest School District | Middle | 45.2% | +18.4pp |
| 44 | Emil A. Cavallini Middle School UPPER SADDLE RIVER · Upper Saddle River School District | Middle | 44.7% | +17.9pp |
| 45 | Madison Junior School MADISON · Madison Public School District | Middle | 44.7% | +17.9pp |
| 46 | Leonia Middle School Leonia · Leonia Public School District | Middle | 44.6% | +17.8pp |
| 47 | Frank Antonides School West Long Branch · West Long Branch School District | Middle | 44.5% | +17.7pp |
| 48 | Warren Middle School Warren · Warren Township School District | Middle | 44.3% | +17.5pp |
| 49 | Glen Rock Middle School GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District | Middle | 43.8% | +17.0pp |
| 50 | Thomas Jefferson Middle School FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District | Middle | 43.8% | +17.0pp |
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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 Science 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.