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)
340846003018	641	Valley View School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 Route 513	Califon	07830	Hunterdon County	Lebanon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 832-2175	290	31	9.2	7.2%	260 (89.7%)	3 (1.0%)	20 (6.9%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,199						$11,199	52.2	70.4	426	215
340699004816	642	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	176 Mohawk Avenue	Hawthorne	07506	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 423-6495	257	25	10.3	55.6%	59 (23.0%)	15 (5.8%)	176 (68.5%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$16,467			$516			$15,951	52	44.1	746	104
341554003662	643	E Raymond Appleby Elementary School	Public	2-5	23 Vliet Street	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	334	34	9.8	20.1%	206 (61.7%)	13 (3.9%)	85 (25.4%)	15 (4.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$11,070			$171			$10,899	52	53.2	635	8
341608000852	644	Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	K-4	201 Fycke Lane	Teaneck	07666	Bergen County	Teaneck School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 833-5540	274	32	8.5	39.8%	25 (9.1%)	82 (29.9%)	120 (43.8%)	38 (13.9%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.8%)	$6,234			$236			$5,998	52	44.2	745	101
340549005200	645	Franklin Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	30 Eden Street	Franklin Park	08823	Somerset County	Franklin Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 297-5666	660	70	9.4	37.0%	66 (10.0%)	229 (34.7%)	153 (23.2%)	196 (29.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	$12,403			$240			$12,163	52	55.6	600	45
340138001318	646	Bellmawr Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	29 Peach Road	Bellmawr	08031	Camden County	Bellmawr Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 931-6272	463	39	11.8	40.4%	272 (58.7%)	21 (4.5%)	112 (24.2%)	33 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.4%)	$12,420			$1,397			$11,023	51.9	61.1	536	110
340654003118	647	Mercerville Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Regina Avenue	Hamilton	08619	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 631-4159	357	28	12.9	32.5%	160 (44.8%)	26 (7.3%)	122 (34.2%)	28 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$8,682			$06			$8,676	51.8	44.6	737	90
340861005580	648	Number 9	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Deerfield Terrace	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 486-5164	324	31	10.4	40.7%	74 (22.8%)	88 (27.2%)	113 (34.9%)	20 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	23 (7.1%)	$9,767			$186			$9,581	51.6	46.1	717	69
341656004126	649	Newell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	27 High Street	Allentown	08501	Monmouth County	Upper Freehold Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 259-7292	547	58	9.3	6.9%	436 (79.7%)	13 (2.4%)	50 (9.1%)	36 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	$11,192			$244			$10,948	51.5	66.6	466	183
341029003434	650	Parkview School	Public	PK, KG-3	80 Violet Terrace	Milltown	08850	Middlesex County	Milltown School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 214-2360	375	31	12.2	14.7%	250 (66.7%)	12 (3.2%)	80 (21.3%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.3%)	$10,823						$10,823	51.3	54.3	615	35

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About our rankings:

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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.