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)
340222004596	771	Midstreams Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 Midstreams Rd	Brick	08724	Ocean County	Brick Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 785-3000	545	44	12.4	17.8%	441 (80.9%)	11 (2.0%)	62 (11.4%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$7,076						$7,076	42.7	47.7	696	75
341047000397	772	Oak Knoll Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	23 Bodine Avenue	Williamstown	08094	Gloucester County	Monroe Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 728-3944	641	54	11.7	25.7%	372 (58.0%)	136 (21.2%)	78 (12.2%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (6.9%)	$5,139						$5,139	42.6	47.1	702	70
341623004734	773	Hooper Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	1517 Hooper Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5850	676	48	14	17.3%	531 (78.6%)	11 (1.6%)	101 (14.9%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.6%)	$6,561			$346			$6,215	42.6	59.5	559	214
340774004614	774	Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Citadel Drive	Jackson	08527	Ocean County	Jackson Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 833-4630	248	27	9.1	47.2%	97 (39.1%)	18 (7.3%)	122 (49.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$13,203			$513			$12,690	42.5	38.8	811	37
340996001594	775	Merchantville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	130 S Centre St	Merchantville	08109	Camden County	Merchantville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 663-1091	377	37	10.3	31.0%	199 (52.8%)	39 (10.3%)	104 (27.6%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	20 (5.3%)	$10,608			$614			$9,994	42.4	37.9	826	51
340300001452	776	Joyce Kilmer Elementary School	Public	K-5	2900 Chapel Ave.	Cherry Hill	08002	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-3903	430	30	14.3	26.3%	175 (40.7%)	69 (16.0%)	78 (18.1%)	78 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.5%)	$7,774			$217			$7,557	42.3	38.2	822	46
341533002440	777	Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School	Public	K-5	274 Boyden Ave	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 378-5209	373	46	8.1	28.4%	129 (34.6%)	166 (44.5%)	36 (9.7%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	31 (8.3%)	$6,478						$6,478	42.1	47.2	701	76
340831004648	778	Lavallette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	105 Brooklyn Ave.	Lavallette	08735	Ocean County	Lavallette Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 793-7722	155	18	8.6	11.0%	135 (87.1%)	6 (3.9%)	9 (5.8%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$18,143			$726			$17,417	42	52.2	643	135
340810004628	779	Forked River Elementary School	Public	1-5	110 Lacey Road	Forked River	08731	Ocean County	Lacey Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 971-2080	456	38	11.9	32.2%	354 (77.6%)	3 (0.7%)	72 (15.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	$13,075			$732			$12,343	41.9	41.5	784	5
340813005374	780	Lafayette Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	178 Beaver Run Road	Lafayette	07848	Sussex County	Lafayette Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 875-3344	205	24	8.5	9.8%	155 (75.6%)	2 (1.0%)	41 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.9%)	$16,815			$613			$16,202	41.9	48.4	689	91

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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:

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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.