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)
341020002152	31	Deerfield School	Public	K-4	26 Troy Lane	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-4843	402	30	13.2	0.7%	137 (34.1%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	219 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.2%)	$13,641			$34			$13,607	95.2	96.3	12	19
341473004098	32	Sea Girt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	451 Bell Place	Sea Girt	08750	Monmouth County	Sea Girt Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 449-3422	132	25	5.2	2.3%	125 (94.7%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,511			$387			$19,124	95	94	45	13
340879003900	33	Point Road School	Public	PK, KG-4	357 Little Silver Point Road	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-4022	370	37	9.9	0.8%	330 (89.2%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$9,910			$346			$9,564	95	96.2	17	16
340483002082	34	Essex Fells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	102 Hawthorne Rd	Essex Fells	07021	Essex County	Essex Fells School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-0505	244	24	10.2	1.2%	193 (79.1%)	6 (2.5%)	16 (6.6%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	$16,556			$263			$16,293	94.8	96	19	15
340882002140	35	Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Broadlawn Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	443	32	14	0.9%	202 (45.6%)	7 (1.6%)	15 (3.4%)	206 (46.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$10,849			$393			$10,456	94.8	95.3	25	10
341020002162	36	Wyoming School	Public	K-4	55 Myrtle Ave	Millburn	07041	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 761-1619	352	26	13.5	2.0%	111 (31.5%)	9 (2.6%)	36 (10.2%)	162 (46.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)	$14,064			$436			$13,628	94.7	97	9	27
340087000228	37	Alpine Elementary School	Public	K-8	500 Hillside Avenue	Alpine	07620	Bergen County	Alpine Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-8255	165	22	7.6	1.8%	103 (62.4%)	5 (3.0%)	8 (4.8%)	40 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	$27,835			$860			$26,975	94.6	92	83	46
340993004320	38	Mendham Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	18 West Main Street	Brookside	07926	Morris County	Mendham Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-7107	456	44	10.3	0.7%	389 (85.3%)	4 (0.9%)	20 (4.4%)	32 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$18,225			$1,112			$17,113	94.6	95.3	29	9
340300001450	39	Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Old Orchard Rd.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 424-1550	444	27	16.4	14.2%	205 (46.2%)	21 (4.7%)	45 (10.1%)	143 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.3%)	$6,656			$16			$6,640	94.6	93.8	52	13
340753000503	40	Stony Brook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Stephenson Road	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 737-4006	400	40	10	3.8%	173 (43.3%)	20 (5.0%)	28 (7.0%)	168 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$12,315						$12,315	94.6	90.8	109	69

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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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