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)
341710003252	391	Sharon School	Public	PK, KG-4	234 Sharon Road	Robbinsville	08691	Mercer County	Robbinsville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 632-0960	1,005	81	12.3	6.9%	373 (37.1%)	53 (5.3%)	70 (7.0%)	464 (46.2%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.8%)	$4,555						$4,555	72.3	80.4	282	109
340102003746	392	Atlantic Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	140 First Avenue	Atlantic Highlands	07716	Monmouth County	Atlantic Highlands School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 291-2020	256	27	9.4	10.5%	211 (82.4%)	7 (2.7%)	20 (7.8%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)	$14,588			$400			$14,188	72.2	85	206	186
341812003714	393	Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	720 Inman Avenue	Colonia	07067	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 499-6553	276	22	12.8	18.5%	161 (58.3%)	13 (4.7%)	49 (17.8%)	43 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$4,848						$4,848	72	57	590	197
341081000337	394	Normandy Park School	Public	K-5	19a Normandy Parkway	Morristown	07960	Morris County	Morris School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 889-7690	347	35	9.9	27.7%	153 (44.1%)	14 (4.0%)	149 (42.9%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.9%)	$12,130			$263			$11,867	72	60.9	538	144
340411003300	395	Bowne-Munro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	120 Main Street	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6810	176	18	9.8	22.7%	92 (52.3%)	14 (8.0%)	32 (18.2%)	31 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	$13,912			$163			$13,749	72	74.5	365	30
340342001478	396	James A. Garfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	480 Haddon Ave	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5705	128	11	11.7	21.9%	79 (61.7%)	11 (8.6%)	24 (18.8%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.8%)	$9,274			$462			$8,812	72	73.7	379	17
341404001238	397	Riverton School District	Public	PK, KG-8	600 Fifth Street	Riverton	08077	Burlington County	Riverton School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 829-0087	272	28	9.6	12.9%	220 (80.9%)	9 (3.3%)	32 (11.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$12,139			$425			$11,714	72	72.8	392	5
341650005760	398	Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	301 Washington Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 851-6460	572	39	14.6	17.8%	144 (25.2%)	145 (25.3%)	194 (33.9%)	59 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.5%)	$7,881						$7,881	71.9	64.9	495	97
341011003990	399	Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	230 Cooper Road	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-3308	302	26	11.7	12.3%	240 (79.5%)	5 (1.7%)	24 (7.9%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$9,003			$10			$8,993	71.8	81.4	263	136
341329004696	400	Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Riviera Parkway	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 701-1900	719	53	13.4	7.4%	657 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.5%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	$9,835			$46			$9,789	71.8	71	417	17

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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.