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)
341620004114	481	Swimming River School	Public	3-5	220 Hance Avenue	Tinton Falls	07724	Monmouth County	Tinton Falls School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 460-2416	454	59	7.7	15.4%	293 (64.5%)	40 (8.8%)	70 (15.4%)	30 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	$12,736			$139			$12,597	65	65.2	487	6
340183002000	482	Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-6	85 Curtis Street	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 680-8560	345	34	10.1	36.5%	89 (25.8%)	67 (19.4%)	160 (46.4%)	18 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.7%)	$7,165			$233			$6,932	64.9	62.3	524	42
340489001076	483	Robert B Jaggard School	Public	K-5	2 Westcott Road	Marlton	08053	Burlington County	Evesham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 988-0679	439	43	10.2	13.2%	264 (60.1%)	53 (12.1%)	35 (8.0%)	55 (12.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.8%)	$10,326			$284			$10,042	64.8	67.9	450	33
341434004530	484	Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	35 Corn Hollow Road	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 584-8955	358	32	11.3	11.2%	247 (69.0%)	19 (5.3%)	59 (16.5%)	26 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$12,644						$12,644	64.8	61.2	533	49
340300001458	485	Thomas Paine Elementary School	Public	K-5	4001 Church Rd.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-1350	344	26	13.2	27.9%	160 (46.5%)	43 (12.5%)	75 (21.8%)	35 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.4%)	$9,500			$175			$9,325	64.8	74.4	367	118
341521003612	486	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	426	41	10.4	19.5%	70 (16.4%)	37 (8.7%)	73 (17.1%)	224 (52.6%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	$12,141			$555			$11,586	64.7	72.8	395	91
340903005034	487	Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	967 Main St Canton	Salem	08079	Salem County	The Lower Alloways Creek School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 935-2707	177	20	8.8	15.8%	165 (93.2%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.5%)	$15,051			$845			$14,206	64.7	43.7	751	264
341536003644	488	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	135 Jackson Avenue	South Plainfield	07080	Middlesex County	South Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-4620	475	46	10.4	26.1%	101 (21.3%)	42 (8.8%)	115 (24.2%)	199 (41.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	$5,795			$202			$5,593	64.7	67.8	451	37
340567005804	489	Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	780 Route 94	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Frelinghuysen Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 362-6319	131	13	9.9	9.9%	108 (82.4%)	6 (4.6%)	10 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.3%)	$12,044			$418			$11,626	64.7	63.5	514	25
341713000815	490	Benedict A. Cucinella School	Public	PK, KG-5	470 Naughright Road	Long Valley	07853	Morris County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 850-3161	492	49	10.1	4.7%	349 (70.9%)	22 (4.5%)	72 (14.6%)	30 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	$10,786			$23			$10,763	64.6	65.6	482	8

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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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.