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)
341134002352	1171	South Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	44-48 Hermon Street	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4880	864	64	13.5	88.3%	181 (20.9%)	53 (6.1%)	619 (71.6%)	7 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,591			$549			$10,042	14	14.1	1171
340074403139	1172	Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	11 South Sunset Road	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8370	359	29	12.3	51.8%	7 (1.9%)	306 (85.2%)	38 (10.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$8,406			$294			$8,112	13.9	14.7	1162	10
340768002108	1173	Berkeley Terrace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	787 Grove Street	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6852	425	39	10.8	49.2%	6 (1.4%)	257 (60.5%)	154 (36.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$9,122			$125			$8,997	13.9	16.2	1127	46
340783002832	1174	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	Public	PK, KG-8	214 Plainfield Ave	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6560	302	33	9.2	57.9%	56 (18.5%)	103 (34.1%)	104 (34.4%)	32 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	$16,245			$610			$15,635	13.8	13.9	1178	4
340096000026	1175	Pennsylvania Ave School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 N. Pennsylvania Avenue	Atlantic City	08401	Atlantic County	Atlantic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 343-7290	531	56	9.5	89.1%	9 (1.7%)	322 (60.6%)	161 (30.3%)	31 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$14,638			$2,159			$12,479	13.8	10.7	1230	55
341299001642	1176	Dr. Albert M. Bean School	Public	PK, KG-5	70 E Third Ave	Pine Hill	08021	Camden County	Pine Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-5300	366	33	11.2	66.9%	122 (33.3%)	91 (24.9%)	102 (27.9%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.9%)	$9,096			$416			$8,680	13.7	20.2	1075	101
340264000793	1177	Octavio V. Catto Community Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	3100 Westfield Ave	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-4097	584	56	10.4	66.4%	3 (0.5%)	142 (24.3%)	429 (73.5%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,913			$3,301			$13,612	13.7	10.9	1227	50
340816004632	1178	Lakehurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 Union Ave	Lakehurst	08733	Ocean County	Lakehurst School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 657-5741	381	38	10	54.1%	199 (52.2%)	55 (14.4%)	101 (26.5%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$16,629			$961			$15,668	13.6	9.8	1243	65
340966001106	1179	Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School	Public	2-4	34 West Mill Road	Maple Shade	08052	Burlington County	Maple Shade School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 779-1129	554	50	11	44.0%	233 (42.1%)	97 (17.5%)	155 (28.0%)	30 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.0%)	$8,864						$8,864	13.5	17	1121	58
341320000194	1180	Washington Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	225 W Washington Avenue	Pleasantville	08232	Atlantic County	Pleasantville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 383-6865	411	34	12	79.8%	5 (1.2%)	60 (14.6%)	341 (83.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$17,263			$1,063			$16,200	13.5	11.3	1218	38

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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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