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)
340096000022	1301	Uptown School Complex	Public	PK, KG-8	323 Madison Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 344-8809	556	53	10.4	92.8%	3 (0.5%)	285 (51.3%)	241 (43.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	$14,625			$2,387			$12,238	6.1	6.3	1321	20
340504000811	1302	Fairfield Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	375 Gouldtown Woodruff Road	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Fairfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 453-1882	505	32	15.7	14.7%	31 (6.1%)	233 (46.1%)	196 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.7%)	$13,433			$1,429			$12,004	6.1	8.2	1274	28
341254006150	1303	Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25	Public	K-3	64 Parker Ave	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 470-5500	515	42	12.2	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	497 (96.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)								6			(n/a)
341269004912	1304	School 20	Public	K-8	500 East 37th Street	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0201	374	36	10.3	55.1%	3 (0.8%)	141 (37.7%)	225 (60.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,935						$10,935	6	7.4	1295	9
341134002302	1305	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	87 Richelieu Ter	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2290	377	31	12.1	86.5%	5 (1.3%)	300 (79.6%)	67 (17.8%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,024			$340			$9,684	5.9	7.4	1293	12
341254004844	1306	Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6	Public	PK, KG-8	85 Hamilton Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5506	682	73	9.3	99.4%	4 (0.6%)	41 (6.0%)	630 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	$10,342			$836			$9,506	5.8	9.3	1261	45
341629003242	1307	Carroll Robbins Elementary School	Public	K-3	283 Tyler Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4910	413	39	10.5	67.8%	2 (0.5%)	34 (8.2%)	374 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$8,534			$733			$7,801	5.8	6.3	1320	13
341134002284	1308	Hawkins Street School	Public	K-8	8 Hawkins St	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4920	726	49	14.8	86.2%	149 (20.5%)	77 (10.6%)	494 (68.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,204			$723			$8,481	5.8	9.7	1244	64
340264001368	1309	Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3425 Cramer Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-8920	507	60	8.4	65.7%	6 (1.2%)	107 (21.1%)	372 (73.4%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,427			$3,485			$16,942	5.8	5.7	1325	16
341134002360	1310	Sussex Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	307 Sussex Ave	Newark	07107	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5200	513	32	16	77.4%	15 (2.9%)	162 (31.6%)	332 (64.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,703			$721			$8,982	5.7	12.1	1204	106

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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.

Educational resources:

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

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.