Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1337)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
340885000552	471	Columbus School	Public	PK, KG-5	370 Westervelt Place	Lodi	07644	Bergen County	Lodi School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 478-0514	254	17	14.9	53.5%	54 (21.3%)	18 (7.1%)	157 (61.8%)	17 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$8,336			$314			$8,022	65.8	61.7	524	53
340636001542	472	Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Melrose Avenue	Westmont	08108	Camden County	Haddon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 869-7715	144	10	14.5	4.2%	127 (88.2%)	4 (2.8%)	7 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	$9,097			$251			$8,846	65.7	74.8	360	112
341335004936	473	Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Mill Street	Pompton Lakes	07442	Passaic County	Pompton Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 835-7100	360	33	10.8	20.3%	200 (55.6%)	17 (4.7%)	108 (30.0%)	26 (7.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	$14,057			$474			$13,583	65.5	58.3	561	88
340183002000	474	Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-6	85 Curtis Street	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 680-8560	354	37	9.5	37.3%	91 (25.7%)	52 (14.7%)	182 (51.4%)	20 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	$7,165			$233			$6,932	65.5	64.9	482	8
340079303413	475	College Achieve Paterson Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	21 Market Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	College Achieve Paterson Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(862) 257-1423	1,499	64	23.4	91.2%	9 (0.6%)	523 (34.9%)	959 (64.0%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,075			$694			$9,381	65.5	52.5	632	157
341095000423	476	Springville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	520 Hartford Road	Mount Laurel	08054	Burlington County	Mount Laurel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 231-4140	501	41	12.2	7.8%	235 (46.9%)	57 (11.4%)	43 (8.6%)	108 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.6%)	$8,454						$8,454	65.2	65.9	471	5
340699004814	477	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	233 Goffle Hill Road	Hawthorne	07507	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 423-6480	277	27	10.4	19.1%	149 (53.8%)	4 (1.4%)	99 (35.7%)	12 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	$17,713			$37			$17,676	65.1	63	508	31
340002400289	478	North Star Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	10 Washington Place	Newark	07102	Essex County	North Star Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 642-0101	6,476	250	25.8	84.7%	81 (1.3%)	5,312 (82.0%)	982 (15.2%)	15 (0.2%)	17 (0.3%)	3 (0.0%)	63 (1.0%)	$10,058			$1,071			$8,987	65.1	67.2	453	25
340330004780	479	School #9	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Brighton Road	Clifton	07012	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2396	301	28	10.7	34.9%	97 (32.2%)	9 (3.0%)	155 (51.5%)	28 (9.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$13,262						$13,262	65	63.3	504	25
341056002182	480	Northeast Elementary School	Public	K-5	603 Grove St	Upper Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-4242	374	32	11.6	16.0%	190 (50.8%)	37 (9.9%)	82 (21.9%)	23 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (11.0%)	$11,807			$55			$11,752	65	80.1	273	207

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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 4, 2024, 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.
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Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.