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)
341770003260	231	Dutch Neck Elementary School	Public	K-3	392 Village Road East	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 716-5400	674	50	13.4	5.5%	107 (15.9%)	37 (5.5%)	51 (7.6%)	445 (66.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.5%)	$10,469			$161			$10,308	82.7	89.2	134	97
340723005230	232	Triangle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	156 South Triangle Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	371	38	9.7	8.9%	132 (35.6%)	20 (5.4%)	48 (12.9%)	155 (41.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	$5,950						$5,950	82.7	84.8	214	18
340576000387	233	James Madison School #10	Public	PK, KG-5	55 Lincoln Place	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(862) 306-7190	247	28	8.9	61.1%	55 (22.3%)	25 (10.1%)	162 (65.6%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,134			$150			$11,984	82.7	72.3	403	170
340693000514	234	Euclid Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Burton Avenue	Hasbrouck Heights	07604	Bergen County	Hasbrouck Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 288-6150	381	33	11.6	11.3%	207 (54.3%)	12 (3.1%)	110 (28.9%)	45 (11.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$12,378			$39			$12,339	82.5	83.6	232	2
340150000276	235	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Highview Avenue	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 385-8759	406	30	13.5	27.3%	58 (14.3%)	35 (8.6%)	223 (54.9%)	74 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	13 (3.2%)	$11,093			$52			$11,041	82.5	78.5	312	77
340387004202	236	Lakeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	44 Cooper Road	Denville	07834	Morris County	Denville Township K-8 School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 983-6540	674	62	10.7	2.2%	477 (70.8%)	14 (2.1%)	74 (11.0%)	80 (11.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.0%)	$10,419			$102			$10,317	82.4	82	255	19
340753003142	237	Hopewell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	35 Princeton Avenue	Hopewell	08525	Mercer County	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 737-4007	414	43	9.6	3.1%	320 (77.3%)	16 (3.9%)	32 (7.7%)	24 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.8%)	$11,069						$11,069	82.3	83.1	239	2
340417004224	238	Central Elementary School	Public	3-5	400 Ridgedale Avenue	East Hanover	07936	Morris County	East Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 887-0358	378	39	9.6	0.8%	248 (65.6%)	7 (1.9%)	61 (16.1%)	52 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	$12,210			$189			$12,021	82.2	83.7	230	8
341341003192	239	Community Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	372 Witherspoon Street	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 806-4230	286	33	8.6	15.4%	147 (51.4%)	16 (5.6%)	76 (26.6%)	26 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.3%)	$14,862			$167			$14,695	82.2	84.1	226	13
341521003614	240	Cambridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 Cambridge Road	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 297-2941	410	32	12.6	8.0%	113 (27.6%)	23 (5.6%)	40 (9.8%)	218 (53.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$10,867			$49			$10,818	82.1	88.5	147	93

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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.
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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.