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)
340228005168	161	Bradley Gardens Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	148 Pine Street	Bridgewater	08807	Somerset County	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 725-8444	255	26	9.9	6.7%	114 (44.7%)	13 (5.1%)	45 (17.6%)	63 (24.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	$12,003						$12,003	87.5	90.5	116	45
340597000490	162	Clara E Coleman School	Public	K-5	100 Pinelynn Rd	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	351	26	13.5	0.9%	228 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.0%)	86 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	$12,862			$27			$12,835	87.5	94.5	49	113
341698005310	163	Mt. Horeb School	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Mount Horeb Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 753-5300	248	32	7.6	1.6%	141 (56.9%)	7 (2.8%)	30 (12.1%)	53 (21.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.5%)	$18,115			$104			$18,011	87.5	89.1	138	25
341782000910	164	Berkeley Elementary	Public	K-5	47 Berkeley Ave	Westwood	07675	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 664-7760	274	26	10.4	17.5%	158 (57.7%)	17 (6.2%)	57 (20.8%)	26 (9.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.7%)	$4,648			$231			$4,417	87.5	92.2	93	71
340684000508	165	Harrington Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	191 Harriot Ave	Harrington Park	07640	Bergen County	Harrington Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-5700	615	59	10.4	0.5%	340 (55.3%)	6 (1.0%)	39 (6.3%)	189 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.5%)	$16,559			$102			$16,457	87.3	87.9	157	8
341071001138	166	Mary E. Roberts Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	290 Crescent Avenue	Moorestown	08057	Burlington County	Moorestown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 778-6635	313	28	11	16.0%	203 (64.9%)	23 (7.3%)	41 (13.1%)	24 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.0%)	$7,429						$7,429	87.2	86.5	178	12
341617000545	167	Tewksbury Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	109 Fairmount Road East	Califon	07830	Hunterdon County	Tewksbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 832-2594	265	29	9.1	2.6%	214 (80.8%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.7%)	13 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.5%)	$11,708			$183			$11,525	87.2	81.5	259	92
340300001422	168	A. Russell Knight Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Old Carriage Rd.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 428-0830	452	31	14.5	8.0%	348 (77.0%)	16 (3.5%)	35 (7.7%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.1%)	$8,892						$8,892	87.2	86.8	174	6
340360000328	169	Merritt Memorial	Public	1-5	1 Dogwood Lane	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	276	29	9.5	1.1%	132 (47.8%)	7 (2.5%)	16 (5.8%)	111 (40.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$10,439			$203			$10,236	87.1	92.2	92	77
341467005688	170	Evergreen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	2280 Evergreen Avenue	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 889-5331	405	33	12.1	1.5%	247 (61.0%)	27 (6.7%)	54 (13.3%)	51 (12.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.4%)	$9,438			$41			$9,397	87	84.9	209	39

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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.