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)
341005003414	271	Watchung Elementary School	Public	K-3	Fisher Avenue	Middlesex	08846	Middlesex County	Middlesex Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 317-6000	221	17	13	28.5%	112 (50.7%)	9 (4.1%)	64 (29.0%)	22 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (5.9%)	$7,418			$39			$7,379	80.7	61.6	525	254
341341003192	272	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	80.6	82.2	239	33
341305003576	273	Randolphville Elementary School	Public	K-3	One Suttie Avenue	Piscataway	08854	Middlesex County	Piscataway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 699-1573	445	28	15.8	32.1%	52 (11.7%)	90 (20.2%)	78 (17.5%)	188 (42.2%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	30 (6.7%)	$5,821						$5,821	80.6	81.4	251	22
340216000199	274	Whiton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	470 Whiton Road	Neshanic Station	08853	Somerset County	Branchburg Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 371-0842	587	61	9.6	4.1%	403 (68.7%)	12 (2.0%)	61 (10.4%)	74 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.1%)	$15,143			$90			$15,053	80.5	80.5	263	11
340531000448	275	School No. 3	Public	PK, KG-4	2405 Second Street	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4640	339	34	9.8	16.5%	52 (15.3%)	24 (7.1%)	65 (19.2%)	180 (53.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	$6,876			$185			$6,691	80.5	88.5	145	130
341707002656	276	Whitman Elementary School	Public	K-5	827 Whitman School Dr	Turnersville	08012	Camden County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 227-1103	519	47	11	18.3%	368 (70.9%)	40 (7.7%)	70 (13.5%)	21 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	$10,724			$322			$10,402	80.5	78.1	299	23
340411003314	277	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	80.4	75.6	348	71
341011003990	278	Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	230 Cooper Road	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-3308	302	26	11.7	12.3%	240 (79.5%)	5 (1.7%)	24 (7.9%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$9,003			$10			$8,993	80.4	71.8	399	121
341728004978	279	Lafayette Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Laauwe Avenue	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3165	311	22	14.3	3.9%	220 (70.7%)	4 (1.3%)	44 (14.1%)	33 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$15,454			$277			$15,177	80.3	77.6	304	25
341332004704	280	G. Harold Antrim Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	401 Niblick Street	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 899-3737	315	41	7.7	21.6%	238 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (20.0%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$18,007			$677			$17,330	80.2	81.7	244	36

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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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Educational resources:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.