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)
341590005714	101	Franklin Elementary School	Public	1-5	136 Blackburn Road	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 277-2613	327	29	11.4	4.9%	226 (69.1%)	12 (3.7%)	30 (9.2%)	46 (14.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$6,028			$01			$6,027	91.4	92.9	81	20
341218000676	102	T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1 School St	Old Tappan	07675	Bergen County	Old Tappan Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-7176	373	33	11.3	0.8%	181 (48.5%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.7%)	150 (40.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.8%)	$8,945						$8,945	91.2	92.4	87	15
340723005234	103	Woods Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	120 South Woods Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 431-6600	375	38	9.8	6.9%	181 (48.3%)	9 (2.4%)	36 (9.6%)	128 (34.1%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	13 (3.5%)	$4,675						$4,675	91.1	87.3	167	64
341590005712	104	Brayton Elementary School	Public	1-5	89 Tulip Street	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 273-1276	304	33	9.2	17.1%	203 (66.8%)	13 (4.3%)	50 (16.4%)	30 (9.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$6,383			$68			$6,315	91.1	93.7	67	37
340990004314	105	Hilltop School	Public	PK, KG-4	12 Hilltop Road	Mendham	07945	Morris County	Mendham Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 543-4251	262	27	9.7	1.5%	221 (84.4%)	2 (0.8%)	17 (6.5%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	$10,299			$105			$10,194	91	92.4	88	17
340354003282	106	Cranbury School	Public	PK, KG-8	23 N Main St	Cranbury	08512	Middlesex County	Cranbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 395-1700	447	59	7.5	7.2%	234 (52.3%)	19 (4.3%)	40 (8.9%)	128 (28.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.4%)	$18,574			$108			$18,466	91	90.1	120	14
340924004302	107	Central Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Central Avenue	Madison	07940	Morris County	Madison Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 593-3173	509	47	10.9	5.9%	342 (67.2%)	7 (1.4%)	92 (18.1%)	39 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.5%)	$13,439			$200			$13,239	90.9	87.3	168	61
340000406019	108	Southern Boulevard School	Public	K-3	192 Southern Boulevard	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2509	373	35	10.7	0.8%	247 (66.2%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.6%)	60 (16.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (10.2%)	$8,780						$8,780	90.8	93.9	61	47
340753000503	109	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	90.8	84.3	223	114
341185000660	110	Norwood Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	177 Summit St	Norwood	07648	Bergen County	Norwood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-6363	610	49	12.5	2.1%	239 (39.2%)	9 (1.5%)	83 (13.6%)	246 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (5.1%)	$12,636			$340			$12,296	90.8	87.6	161	51

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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

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.