Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1342)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
340003200302	71	Hoboken Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	713 Washington St	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 963-0222	300	28	10.6	21.0%	151 (50.3%)	27 (9.0%)	75 (25.0%)	21 (7.0%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.7%)	$10,740			$525			$10,215	92.9	81.6	258	187
341389000794	72	Roosevelt School	Public	K-6	711 Summit Ave	River Edge	07661	Bergen County	River Edge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-1546	478	38	12.6	0.6%	264 (55.2%)	10 (2.1%)	57 (11.9%)	127 (26.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.2%)	$7,192						$7,192	92.8	94.6	44	28
340165005128	73	Oak Street School	Public	K-5	70 West Oak Street	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 204-2565	413	39	10.7	1.5%	289 (70.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (10.4%)	61 (14.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.4%)	$9,522						$9,522	92.8	94.6	46	27
340882002138	74	Hillside Elementary School	Public	K-5	98 Belmont Drive	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	438	40	10.9	3.9%	139 (31.7%)	17 (3.9%)	32 (7.3%)	219 (50.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	$11,276			$396			$10,880	92.7	93.2	73	1
341383000772	75	Hawes Elementary School	Public	K-5	531 Stevens Avenue	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2720	362	29	12.2	4.1%	146 (40.3%)	4 (1.1%)	40 (11.0%)	147 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.6%)	$10,461			$106			$10,355	92.5	94.7	40	35
340924004310	76	Torey J. Sabatini School	Public	K-5	Glenwild Circle	Madison	07940	Morris County	Madison Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 593-3182	309	29	10.7	5.2%	244 (79.0%)	6 (1.9%)	25 (8.1%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.8%)	$12,211			$73			$12,138	92.5	93.2	74	2
341557004106	77	H W Mountz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	411 Tuttle Ave	Spring Lake	07762	Monmouth County	Spring Lake Borough	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 449-6380	152	21	7.1	2.0%	148 (97.4%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,190			$1,406			$23,784	92.4	91.7	99	22
341065004344	78	Woodmont School	Public	K-5	39 Woodmont Road	Pine Brook	07058	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	310	34	9	5.8%	145 (46.8%)	10 (3.2%)	48 (15.5%)	92 (29.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.2%)	$15,994			$131			$15,863	92.4	92.1	95	17
340450003354	79	Martin Luther King Elementary School	Public	K-5	285 Tingley Lane	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2980	638	47	13.6	9.4%	16 (2.5%)	33 (5.2%)	31 (4.9%)	536 (84.0%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.9%)	$5,998						$5,998	92.4	93.5	69	10
341245000714	80	West Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18 South First Street	Park Ridge	07656	Bergen County	Park Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 573-6000	340	28	12.3	1.2%	256 (75.3%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (12.1%)	24 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	$11,688			$29			$11,659	92.4	89	139	59

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA English Language Arts, NJSLA Mathematics, NJSLA-S Science, NJSLA Algebra I test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.