This Mendham Middle School Ranks Among Top 10 In NJ

MENDHAM, NJ — Mendham Township Middle School officials recently recognized students and staff for their achievements on new U.S. News & World Report education rankings.

The rankings once again show that Mendham Township continues to rank among the best K–8 schools in New Jersey.

Specifically, Mendham Township Middle School ranked number 7 among the top 10 public middle schools in the Garden State.

The news outlet based its 2024 Best Elementary and Middle School rankings on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education, focusing on student proficiency in core subject areas.

“U.S. News & World Report showed what we have always known: Mendham Township School District provides an exceptional education for our students,” said Superintendent Sal Constantino. “We’re proud of the faculty, staff, students, and their parents, whose hard work and dedication reflects positively on the district and our town.”

The U.S. News list includes data on more than 79,000 public elementary and middle schools nationwide.

In the analysis, U.S. News looked closely at state assessments of students who were proficient or above-proficient in mathematics and reading/language arts, while also accounting for student backgrounds, achievement in core subjects, and how well schools are educating their students. Student-teacher ratios are applied to break ties in the overall score.

The rankings were based on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education and reflected state assessments from the 2020–21 school year—the first school year that followed the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“While we know that there are many factors that contribute to quality schools beyond state assessments, it is nice to be recognized nationally by a media outlet for the hard work of our collective school community,” said Mendham Township Middle School Principal Patrick Ciccone. “I especially want to congratulate MTMS’s faculty, whose teaching and mentoring of our students is reflected in the U.S. News & World Report ranking.”

To be included in district-level rankings, at least two of the top-performing schools must rank in the top 75 percent of the overall elementary or middle school rankings to qualify for district-level recognition.