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)
341521000043	341	Indian Fields Elementary School	Public	K-5	359 Ridge Road	Dayton	08810	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 329-1043	565	54	10.5	9.2%	62 (11.0%)	37 (6.5%)	45 (8.0%)	395 (69.9%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	$12,419			$170			$12,249	75.9	78.6	311	30
341782000914	342	Jessie F. George Elementary	Public	K-5	1 Palm Street	Township Of Washington	07676	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-3033	275	22	12.5	6.5%	201 (73.1%)	4 (1.5%)	29 (10.5%)	22 (8.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.5%)	$6,151			$25			$6,126	75.9	78.1	318	24
341533002428	343	Clinton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27 Berkshire Rd	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-7686	550	50	11	13.6%	313 (56.9%)	97 (17.6%)	77 (14.0%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.1%)	$5,261						$5,261	75.8	72.6	398	55
340975003972	344	Strathmore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	282 Church Street	Aberdeen	07747	Monmouth County	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 705-5900	510	40	12.7	13.5%	332 (65.1%)	24 (4.7%)	113 (22.2%)	22 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	$11,082			$89			$10,993	75.8	80.8	276	68
340858004294	345	Lincoln Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	274 Pinebrook Road	Lincoln Park	07035	Morris County	Lincoln Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 696-5530	517	47	11	16.8%	322 (62.3%)	11 (2.1%)	142 (27.5%)	29 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.1%)	$10,226			$206			$10,020	75.8	80.6	278	67
341188002388	346	Spring Garden School	Public	PK, KG-6	59 S Spring Garden Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8896	453	31	14.8	4.9%	270 (59.6%)	15 (3.3%)	103 (22.7%)	44 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.4%)	$12,955			$167			$12,788	75.8	74.1	372	26
341011003998	347	Middletown Village Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	147 Kings Highway	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 671-0267	454	36	12.5	7.3%	341 (75.1%)	3 (0.7%)	70 (15.4%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (5.1%)	$8,779			$10			$8,769	75.7	83.9	228	119
340411003314	348	Frost Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	65 Frost Avenue	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 613-6850	375	35	10.7	13.1%	156 (41.6%)	24 (6.4%)	48 (12.8%)	123 (32.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.9%)	$11,319						$11,319	75.6	85.9	191	157
340885000564	349	Wilson School	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Union Street	Lodi	07644	Bergen County	Lodi School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 473-8189	356	27	13	55.9%	72 (20.2%)	18 (5.1%)	235 (66.0%)	19 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$6,821			$334			$6,487	75.5	70.6	422	73
340414000007	350	Samuel Mickle School	Public	3-6	559 Kings Highway	Mickleton	08056	Gloucester County	East Greenwich Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 423-0412	726	62	11.7	6.5%	567 (78.1%)	39 (5.4%)	42 (5.8%)	30 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.5%)	$10,092			$68			$10,024	75.3	77.1	332	18

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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