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)
340264001406	1331	Henry B. Wilson Family School	Public	K-8	2250 South 8th Street	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-3691	448	44	10.1	81.5%	7 (1.6%)	305 (68.1%)	132 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$17,638			$3,947			$13,691	4.2	5.5	1330	1
341134006138	1332	Ironbound Academy Elementary School	Public	K-5	366 East Kinney Street	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 465-4996	190	14	14	54.2%	33 (17.4%)	14 (7.4%)	141 (74.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								4.1			(n/a)
340264001408	1333	Yorkship Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1251 Collings Road	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5110	320	40	8	80.0%	1 (0.3%)	218 (68.1%)	94 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$16,425			$3,703			$12,722	4.1	3.6	1345	12
340093000157	1334	Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Monroe Avenue	Asbury Park	07712	Monmouth County	Asbury Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 776-2660	231	36	6.5	40.7%	14 (6.1%)	127 (55.0%)	88 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$23,480			$410			$23,070	4	6.4	1316	18
341269004892	1335	School 10	Public	K-8	48 Mercer Street	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0100	569	34	16.7	75.7%	6 (1.1%)	180 (31.6%)	378 (66.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$8,827						$8,827	3.9	5.2	1336	1
340264001374	1336	Forest Hill School	Public	K-5	1625 Wildwood Avenue	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-8930	365	37	9.8	74.8%	3 (0.8%)	232 (63.6%)	124 (34.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$19,601			$3,076			$16,525	3.7	5	1342	6
340264001354	1337	Veterans Memorial Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	800 N 26th Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5090	358	50	7.2	60.9%	4 (1.1%)	60 (16.8%)	290 (81.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,878			$3,409			$13,469	3.6	6	1324	13
341269004872	1338	Edward W. Kilpatrick	Public	PK, KG-3	295-315 Ellison Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0330	345	28	12.3	66.4%	3 (0.9%)	99 (28.7%)	237 (68.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$9,155						$9,155	3.5	3.7	1344	6
341269004884	1339	Senator Frank Lautenberg School	Public	K-8	137 Carroll Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0060	585	35	16.9	69.9%	2 (0.3%)	276 (47.2%)	305 (52.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,560						$8,560	3.4	5.3	1334	5
341629006143	1340	Joseph Stokes Elementary School	Public	K-3	915 Parkside Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4930	306	26	11.7	49.3%	3 (1.0%)	199 (65.0%)	102 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)								3.3			(n/a)

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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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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.