Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1337)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
340492003082	1161	Parkway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	446 Parkway Avenue	Ewing	08618	Mercer County	Ewing Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 538-9800	397	40	10	63.5%	43 (10.8%)	189 (47.6%)	135 (34.0%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.0%)	$16,070			$242			$15,828	14.2	12.6	1196	35
341134002318	1162	McKinley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Colonnade Pl	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5270	777	55	14.1	82.8%	16 (2.1%)	236 (30.4%)	518 (66.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	$9,994			$791			$9,203	14.1	16	1138	24
341401001236	1163	Riverside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	112 E Washington Street	Riverside	08075	Burlington County	Riverside Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 461-1255	770	55	13.9	56.2%	275 (35.7%)	76 (9.9%)	392 (50.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	$11,560			$816			$10,744	14.1	12.9	1190	27
341227002400	1164	Cleveland Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	355 Cleveland St	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4100	322	31	10.3	63.4%	1 (0.3%)	165 (51.2%)	153 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$11,904			$437			$11,467	14.1	12.9	1189	25
341320000202	1165	South Main Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	701 South Main Street	Pleasantville	08232	Atlantic County	Pleasantville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 383-6800	490	51	9.6	76.3%	7 (1.4%)	164 (33.5%)	305 (62.2%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	$15,724			$663			$15,061	14	14.2	1166	1
341314005612	1166	Cedarbrook Elementary School	Public	K-8	1049 Central Ave	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4280	663	48	13.8	69.5%	3 (0.5%)	191 (28.8%)	454 (68.5%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	$9,658			$142			$9,516	13.9	15.9	1140	26
341134002354	1167	South 17th Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	619 S Seventeenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2570	324	28	11.5	84.6%	5 (1.5%)	235 (72.5%)	81 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,770			$879			$10,891	13.9	14.1	1168	1
340768000089	1168	Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	141 181 Montgomery Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 416-3824	414	33	12.5	54.3%	0 (0.0%)	313 (75.6%)	99 (23.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$9,596			$184			$9,412	13.9	16.4	1134	34
340423002058	1169	Ecole Toussaint Louverture	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Central Ave	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5940	262	18	14.5	60.3%	1 (0.4%)	204 (77.9%)	48 (18.3%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.1%)	$12,074			$351			$11,723	13.8	11.8	1210	41
341134002278	1170	Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	42 Park Ave	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5250	737	55	13.4	90.0%	12 (1.6%)	98 (13.3%)	621 (84.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$12,556			$386			$12,170	13.7	11.3	1221	51

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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 4, 2024, 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.