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)
341128000626	301	Berkley Street School	Public	PK, KG-5	812 Berkley Street	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 262-0191	434	31	13.8	19.1%	145 (33.4%)	48 (11.1%)	136 (31.3%)	100 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,667			$403			$8,264	78.5	70.6	418	117
341188002388	302	Spring Garden School	Public	PK, KG-6	59 S Spring Garden Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8896	553	38	14.6	4.3%	322 (58.2%)	20 (3.6%)	121 (21.9%)	62 (11.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.3%)	$12,955			$167			$12,788	78.5	75.8	346	44
340852000538	303	Anna C. Scott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	281 Broad Avenue	Leonia	07605	Bergen County	Leonia Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 302-5200	565	67	8.4	10.8%	100 (17.7%)	12 (2.1%)	129 (22.8%)	287 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.4%)	$13,425			$244			$13,181	78.5	77.6	305	2
341728004992	304	Theunis Dey Elementary School	Public	K-5	55 Webster Drive	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3155	457	31	14.8	4.6%	332 (72.6%)	6 (1.3%)	76 (16.6%)	24 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.9%)	$15,454			$277			$15,177	78.4	71.7	403	99
340771004608	305	Island Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	115 Summit Ave	Island Heights	08732	Ocean County	Island Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 929-1222	135	13	10.5	2.2%	116 (85.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$14,138			$293			$13,845	78.2	80.5	265	40
341248004442	306	Knollwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	445 Knoll Road	Lake Hiawatha	07034	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-7060	389	30	12.7	25.2%	93 (23.9%)	10 (2.6%)	53 (13.6%)	210 (54.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	$9,117			$161			$8,956	78	83.2	224	82
341740001762	307	West Cape May Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Moore Street	West Cape May	08204	Cape May County	West Cape May School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 884-4614	82	10	8.4	18.3%	62 (75.6%)	1 (1.2%)	16 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	$14,370			$1,213			$13,157	77.9	60.3	541	234
341770003260	308	Dutch Neck Elementary School	Public	K-3	392 Village Road East	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 716-5400	660	54	12.1	6.8%	103 (15.6%)	41 (6.2%)	59 (8.9%)	411 (62.3%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.9%)	$10,469			$161			$10,308	77.8	82.7	231	77
341533002442	309	South Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	444 West South Orange Ave	South Orange	07079	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-5216	650	49	13.1	4.2%	391 (60.2%)	77 (11.8%)	66 (10.2%)	25 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	89 (13.7%)	$5,242						$5,242	77.8	78.4	295	14
341128000628	310	Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Sutton Place	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-0939	508	38	13.2	16.3%	229 (45.1%)	32 (6.3%)	162 (31.9%)	78 (15.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,803			$298			$9,505	77.7	86.8	176	134

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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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