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)
341812003710	361	Mawbey Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	275 Mawbey Street	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8401	350	25	14.2	18.9%	98 (28.0%)	29 (8.3%)	73 (20.9%)	138 (39.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$5,002						$5,002	74.8	74.9	362	1
340981000604	362	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-3	764 Grant Ave	Maywood	07607	Bergen County	Maywood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 845-9113	431	37	11.7	10.0%	134 (31.1%)	33 (7.7%)	167 (38.7%)	78 (18.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$11,306			$33			$11,273	74.7	72.3	402	40
340636001548	363	Strawbridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	307 Strawbridge Avenue	Westmont	08108	Camden County	Haddon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 869-7735	236	14	16.9	8.1%	211 (89.4%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$13,228			$407			$12,821	74.7	85	205	158
340843003012	364	Lebanon Borough School	Public	PK, KG-6	6 Maple St	Lebanon	08833	Hunterdon County	Lebanon Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 236-2448	94	13	7.3	12.8%	72 (76.6%)	2 (2.1%)	14 (14.9%)	5 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$16,745			$508			$16,237	74.6	74.1	373	9
340300001428	365	Bret Harte Elementary School	Public	K-5	1909 Queen Anne Dr.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 795-0515	355	23	15.4	7.9%	199 (56.1%)	29 (8.2%)	30 (8.5%)	69 (19.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.0%)	$7,655						$7,655	74.5	76.9	335	30
341674002454	366	Forest Avenue School	Public	K-4	118 Forest Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6754	215	15	14	1.4%	187 (87.0%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.6%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$14,134			$141			$13,993	74.5	80.1	286	80
341524000836	367	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-8	Memorial School	South Hackensack	07606	Bergen County	South Hackensack School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 440-2782	246	26	9.6	31.7%	56 (22.8%)	18 (7.3%)	159 (64.6%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$14,711			$431			$14,280	74.4	70.4	425	58
340531000450	368	School No. 4	Public	K-4	1193 Anderson Ave	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4650	400	31	12.9	10.0%	132 (33.0%)	17 (4.3%)	81 (20.3%)	158 (39.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.5%)	$7,973						$7,973	74.3	84.1	225	143
341371003034	369	Whitehouse School	Public	PK, KG-3	50 Whitehouse Ave	Whitehouse Station	08889	Hunterdon County	Readington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 534-4411	322	31	10.3	17.4%	215 (66.8%)	10 (3.1%)	54 (16.8%)	28 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	$10,740			$07			$10,733	74.2	77.5	325	44
340342001480	370	Mark Newbie Elementary School	Public	K-5	2 East Browning Rd	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5706	135	14	9.7	26.7%	87 (64.4%)	16 (11.9%)	19 (14.1%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.1%)	$11,326			$436			$10,890	74.2	69.9	430	60

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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.
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