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)
341011004002	511	New Monmouth Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 New Monmouth Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 671-5317	511	46	11	15.7%	412 (80.6%)	11 (2.2%)	68 (13.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$13,439			$153			$13,286	62.5	54.2	615	104
341098004406	512	Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	118 Clover Hill Drive	Flanders	07836	Morris County	Mount Olive Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 927-2201	575	52	11	16.7%	309 (53.7%)	22 (3.8%)	152 (26.4%)	69 (12.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	$10,378			$265			$10,113	62.4	67.2	454	58
341398004498	513	Riverdale School	Public	PK, KG-8	52 Newark Pompton Turnpike	Riverdale	07457	Morris County	Riverdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 839-1300	287	32	8.9	14.3%	179 (62.4%)	10 (3.5%)	59 (20.6%)	19 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.9%)	$12,574			$156			$12,418	62.4	66.6	463	50
341380000756	514	Grant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	104 Henry St	Ridgefield Park	07660	Bergen County	Ridgefield Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 641-0441	204	25	8.1	56.4%	23 (11.3%)	7 (3.4%)	146 (71.6%)	24 (11.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$12,601			$291			$12,310	62.3	55.2	605	91
341521003612	515	Brunswick Acres Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	41 Kory Drive	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 297-6621	444	42	10.5	20.7%	72 (16.2%)	35 (7.9%)	70 (15.8%)	248 (55.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$12,141			$555			$11,586	62.3	64.7	486	29
341488001240	516	Indian Mills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	112 Indian Mills Road	Shamong	08088	Burlington County	Shamong Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 268-0220	351	35	10	6.0%	317 (90.3%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (5.7%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	$15,158			$139			$15,019	62.2	67.4	451	65
340564003820	517	Laura Donovan School	Public	K-5	237 Stonehurst Blvd	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 431-3321	454	41	11	19.6%	319 (70.3%)	13 (2.9%)	93 (20.5%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	$10,648			$484			$10,164	62.2	66.3	466	51
340001500259	518	Teaneck Community Charter school	Public, Charter	K-8	563 Chestnut Avenue	Teaneck	07666	Bergen County	Teaneck Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 833-9600	367	31	11.8	20.2%	66 (18.0%)	116 (31.6%)	117 (31.9%)	33 (9.0%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (7.6%)	$10,075			$358			$9,717	62.2	63.6	498	20
341551003243	519	Mohawk Avenue School	Public	3	18 Mohawk Avneue	Sparta	07871	Sussex County	Sparta Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 729-1289	244	20	12.2	3.7%	181 (74.2%)	8 (3.3%)	34 (13.9%)	10 (4.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.1%)	$9,749						$9,749	62.1	58	566	47
340549005196	520	Conerly Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	35 Conerly Road	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Franklin Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 249-9362	333	33	10	32.4%	53 (15.9%)	122 (36.6%)	98 (29.4%)	37 (11.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.3%)	$10,545			$184			$10,361	62	50.2	660	140

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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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