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)
341122003460	1311	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	66 Bartlett Street	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	578	58	9.9	80.1%	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.6%)	550 (95.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,278						$10,278	5.7	5.3	1335	24
341455005094	1312	Salem Middle School	Public	3-8	51 New Market Street	Salem	08079	Salem County	Salem City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 935-2700	487	30	16.2	79.3%	43 (8.8%)	337 (69.2%)	91 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	$9,419			$430			$8,989	5.6	6.6	1309	3
340507000438	1313	Number Three School	Public	PK, KG-4	403 Cliff Street	Fairview	07022	Bergen County	Fairview Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 943-0563	705	33	21.3	78.3%	53 (7.5%)	3 (0.4%)	647 (91.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$8,298			$643			$7,655	5.5	7.8	1288	25
341269004898	1314	School 13	Public	K-8	690 East 23rd St	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0130	680	34	20	67.4%	7 (1.0%)	174 (25.6%)	491 (72.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,300						$8,300	5.5	5	1341	27
340225001800	1315	Quarter Mile Lane School	Public	PK, KG-8	300 Quarter Mile Lane	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	699	57	12.3		21 (3.0%)	160 (22.9%)	496 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.6%)	$10,618			$590			$10,028	5.4	5.6	1327	12
340264003065	1316	Thomas H. Dudley Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	2250 Berwick Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 365-0636	591	60	9.8	66.8%	10 (1.7%)	150 (25.4%)	413 (69.9%)	11 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	$19,328			$3,830			$15,498	5.3	6.5	1310	6
340008000566	1317	Freedom Prep Charter School	Public, Charter	K-12	1000 Atlantic AVE	Camden	08104	Camden County	Freedom Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 962-0766	743	38	19.5	58.1%	7 (0.9%)	264 (35.5%)	456 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	$11,641			$1,702			$9,939	5.3	6.4	1317
340783002798	1318	Whitney M. Young Junior School	Public	PK, KG-8	135 Stegman St	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6440	655	60	11	70.8%	32 (4.9%)	392 (59.8%)	203 (31.0%)	13 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.6%)	8 (1.2%)	$15,967			$786			$15,181	5.3	5.6	1328	10
341269004896	1319	School 12	Public	K-8	121 North Second Street	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0120	533	37	14.4	63.8%	6 (1.1%)	162 (30.4%)	354 (66.4%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$9,638						$9,638	5.2	6.1	1323	4
340096000020	1320	New York Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	411 N New York Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 343-7280	571	53	10.7	93.0%	4 (0.7%)	394 (69.0%)	128 (22.4%)	19 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	$13,378			$1,752			$11,626	4.9	5.1	1337	17

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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 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.
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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.