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)
340156004576	691	Clara B. Worth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	57 Central Parkway	Bayville	08721	Ocean County	Berkeley Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 269-1700	686	57	12.1	21.3%	501 (73.0%)	27 (3.9%)	101 (14.7%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.7%)	$12,146			$498			$11,648	48.5	34.3	884	193
340429000474	692	McKenzie School	Public	PK, KG-3	125 Carlton Avenue	East Rutherford	07073	Bergen County	East Rutherford School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 531-1235	376	41	9.1	44.7%	132 (35.1%)	16 (4.3%)	155 (41.2%)	59 (15.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$10,579			$278			$10,301	48.4	61.4	527	165
340183001996	693	Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	376 Berkeley Avenue	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 680-8550	500	44	11.4	40.6%	59 (11.8%)	151 (30.2%)	245 (49.0%)	34 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$6,620			$291			$6,329	48	45.6	730	37
341230005846	694	Oxford Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	17 Kent Street	Oxford	07863	Warren County	Oxford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 453-4101	263	30	8.8	17.9%	197 (74.9%)	17 (6.5%)	36 (13.7%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	$14,106			$309			$13,797	48	57.1	584	110
341536003644	695	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	135 Jackson Avenue	South Plainfield	07080	Middlesex County	South Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-4620	475	51	9.3	30.3%	81 (17.1%)	43 (9.1%)	126 (26.5%)	205 (43.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	$5,795			$202			$5,593	48	64.7	488	207
341812003712	696	Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School	Public	K-5	19 Maryknoll Road	Metuchen	08840	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 596-4147	344	27	12.9	50.3%	80 (23.3%)	34 (9.9%)	143 (41.6%)	81 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$5,741						$5,741	48	45.4	732	36
340840006069	697	Eldridge Park School	Public	PK, KG-3	55 Lawn Park Ave	Lawrenceville	08648	Mercer County	Lawrence Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 671-5560	211	19	10.9	31.8%	89 (42.2%)	24 (11.4%)	66 (31.3%)	11 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.0%)	$16,447			$274			$16,173	48	45.4	733	36
340261002962	698	Califon Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	6 School Street	Califon	07830	Hunterdon County	Califon Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 832-2828	84	15	5.6		62 (73.8%)	2 (2.4%)	14 (16.7%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	$28,096			$304			$27,792	48	52.3	637	61
341554003662	699	E Raymond Appleby Elementary School	Public	2-5	23 Vliet Street	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	350	37	9.4	22.3%	215 (61.4%)	12 (3.4%)	89 (25.4%)	15 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.9%)	$11,070			$171			$10,899	47.9	52	643	56
341158003470	700	Endeavour Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1 School Road	Joint Base Mdl	08641	Burlington County	North Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 738-2653	784	69	11.3	30.9%	400 (51.0%)	74 (9.4%)	202 (25.8%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	91 (11.6%)								47.9	50.1	663	37

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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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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.