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)
341248004440	261	Intervale Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Pitt Rd	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 263-7075	266	26	10.1	13.2%	99 (37.2%)	8 (3.0%)	56 (21.1%)	92 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	$11,528			$245			$11,283	80.8	89.1	136	125
340564003822	262	West Freehold School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Castronova Way	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 431-5101	404	44	9.2	11.9%	299 (74.0%)	15 (3.7%)	54 (13.4%)	25 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$10,466			$170			$10,296	80.7	65.4	484	222
340216000199	263	Whiton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	470 Whiton Road	Neshanic Station	08853	Somerset County	Branchburg Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 371-0842	587	61	9.6	4.1%	403 (68.7%)	12 (2.0%)	61 (10.4%)	74 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.1%)	$15,143			$90			$15,053	80.5	69	437	174
340927003518	264	Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Liberty Street	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4544	394	36	11	16.0%	245 (62.2%)	30 (7.6%)	57 (14.5%)	47 (11.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.0%)	$12,225			$63			$12,162	80.5	73	389	125
340771004608	265	Island Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	115 Summit Ave	Island Heights	08732	Ocean County	Island Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 929-1222	131	13	9.8	2.3%	110 (84.0%)	1 (0.8%)	13 (9.9%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.6%)	$14,138			$293			$13,845	80.5	84.8	212	53
340411003310	266	Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-4	14 Innes Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6860	425	43	9.8	24.5%	165 (38.8%)	24 (5.6%)	75 (17.6%)	137 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	$12,923			$187			$12,736	80.4	69	436	170
341386004946	267	Peter Cooper School	Public	K-3	54 Roger Court	Ringwood	07456	Passaic County	Ringwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 835-5844	243	25	9.7	4.5%	173 (71.2%)	5 (2.1%)	47 (19.3%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)	$13,283			$195			$13,088	80.3	67.7	452	185
341776005778	268	McKinley Elementary School	Public	1-5	500 First Street	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-4555	332	29	11.6	2.1%	223 (67.2%)	7 (2.1%)	42 (12.7%)	38 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	$6,690			$306			$6,384	80.3	78.4	314	46
340300001462	269	Woodcrest Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Cranford Dr.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-2058	360	27	13.3	9.4%	194 (53.9%)	27 (7.5%)	42 (11.7%)	72 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	22 (6.1%)	$8,197						$8,197	80.2	76.8	338	69
341761002492	270	St. Cloud Elementary School	Public	K-5	71 Sheridan Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5393	435	35	12.5	12.0%	117 (26.9%)	141 (32.4%)	72 (16.6%)	38 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	65 (14.9%)	$10,534			$220			$10,314	80.2	84.3	222	48

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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:

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

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.