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)
340810004630	511	Lanoka Harbor Elementary School	Public	1-5	281 Manchester Ave	Lanoka Harbor	08734	Ocean County	Lacey Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 971-2090	443	42	10.5	26.9%	364 (82.2%)	3 (0.7%)	57 (12.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	$11,750			$561			$11,189	62.6	68.6	442	69
341215005390	512	Ogdensburg Borough School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Main Street	Ogdensburg	07439	Sussex County	Ogdensburg Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 827-7126	281	27	10.3	20.3%	226 (80.4%)	6 (2.1%)	44 (15.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,824			$254			$14,570	62.4	57.5	583	71
340450003364	513	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	153 Winthrop Road	Edison	08817	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 650-5280	572	45	12.5	24.1%	92 (16.1%)	36 (6.3%)	103 (18.0%)	323 (56.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.4%)	$6,250			$238			$6,012	62.4	61.8	531	18
340399000346	514	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	80 Prospect Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 387-3040	190	19	10	10.5%	66 (34.7%)	11 (5.8%)	75 (39.5%)	25 (13.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.8%)	$10,424			$372			$10,052	62.3	76	349	165
340630005820	515	Willow Grove Elementary School	Public	2-4	601 Willow Grove Street	Hackettstown	07840	Warren County	Hackettstown Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 852-2805	369	36	10.3	39.8%	181 (49.1%)	10 (2.7%)	151 (40.9%)	14 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	$14,182			$141			$14,041	62.2	66.4	470	45
340126002712	516	John M. Bailey Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	75 West 10th Street	Bayonne	07002	Hudson County	Bayonne School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 858-5824	655	51	12.8	59.8%	279 (42.6%)	111 (16.9%)	177 (27.0%)	45 (6.9%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	35 (5.3%)	$10,468			$531			$9,937	62.2	44.6	738	222
340810006050	517	Cedar Creek Elementary School	Public	1-5	220 Western Blvd	Lanoka Harbor	08734	Ocean County	Lacey Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 971-5850	451	44	10.2	18.6%	393 (87.1%)	5 (1.1%)	31 (6.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.0%)	$12,360			$297			$12,063	62.1	69.2	432	85
341254003365	518	Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20	Public	2-8	19 Henry Street	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5500	756	54	14	100.0%	9 (1.2%)	19 (2.5%)	708 (93.7%)	20 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,620			$653			$6,967	62.1	59.7	556	38
340546002990	519	Franklin Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	226 Quakertown Road	Quakertown	08868	Hunterdon County	Franklin Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-7929	280	32	8.8	10.0%	211 (75.4%)	15 (5.4%)	40 (14.3%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$14,956			$365			$14,591	61.9	74	374	145
341791005894	520	White Township Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	565 Cr 519	Belvidere	07823	Warren County	White Township Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 475-4773	265	32	8.3	15.1%	224 (84.5%)	4 (1.5%)	19 (7.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)	$16,580			$287			$16,293	61.9	66.3	471	49

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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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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.