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)
341638002916	611	Hudson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	167 19th St	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 624-9800	300	29	10.3	77.7%	20 (6.7%)	7 (2.3%)	260 (86.7%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$11,375			$464			$10,911	54.6	56.6	591	20
340003400305	612	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3044 Kennedy Blvd	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 795-4400	687	37	18.8	58.1%	62 (9.0%)	152 (22.1%)	186 (27.1%)	263 (38.3%)	11 (1.6%)	12 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,171			$763			$6,408	54.5	57.9	573	39
340462002538	613	Aura Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	900 Clems Run	Glassboro	08028	Gloucester County	Elk Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 881-4551	347	32	10.8	26.8%	242 (69.7%)	49 (14.1%)	38 (11.0%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.9%)	$13,054			$664			$12,390	54.5	46.6	713	100
341464003588	614	Harry S. Truman Elementary School	Public	K-3	One Taft Place	Parlin	08859	Middlesex County	Sayreville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 525-5215	440	36	12.2	40.9%	198 (45.0%)	77 (17.5%)	41 (9.3%)	55 (12.5%)	25 (5.7%)	13 (3.0%)	31 (7.0%)	$7,343			$130			$7,213	54.4	63.5	501	113
340876000544	615	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	130 A Liberty St	Little Ferry	07643	Bergen County	Little Ferry Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 641-6760	471	46	10.2	35.7%	121 (25.7%)	12 (2.5%)	240 (51.0%)	83 (17.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	9 (1.9%)	$1,225						$1,225	54.4	48.9	680	65
340192000290	616	Lillian M. Steen	Public	PK, KG-5	134 W. Main	Bogota	07603	Bergen County	Bogota Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 342-6446	330	26	12.6	57.6%	34 (10.3%)	29 (8.8%)	227 (68.8%)	29 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$8,428			$531			$7,897	54.4	59.4	553	63
340006100378	617	The Queen City Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	815 West Seventh Street	Plainfield	07063	Union County	The Queen City Academy Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-4700	300	26	11.7	77.0%	0 (0.0%)	88 (29.3%)	204 (68.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$9,791			$779			$9,012	54.3	45.3	736	119
340921000574	618	Jefferson School	Public	3-5	336 Lake Ave.	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 896-2065	236	21	11.2	44.1%	99 (41.9%)	5 (2.1%)	108 (45.8%)	11 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (5.1%)	$8,025			$146			$7,879	54.3	55.8	600	18
340075903196	619	BelovED Community Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	508 Grand Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	BelovED Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 630-4700	1,556	77	20.2	76.0%	318 (20.4%)	413 (26.5%)	495 (31.8%)	243 (15.6%)	7 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	74 (4.8%)	$7,699			$817			$6,882	54.2	54.4	611	8
340756003862	620	Ardena Elementary School	Public	3-5	355 Adelphia Road	Farmingdale	07727	Monmouth County	Howell Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 751-2485	324	31	10.4	24.4%	198 (61.1%)	12 (3.7%)	79 (24.4%)	17 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)	$9,486			$330			$9,156	54.2	45.6	728	108

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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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