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)
341395000802	161	Woodside Elementary School	Public	K-5	801 Rivervale Rd	River Vale	07675	Bergen County	River Vale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 358-4028	316	24	13.3		243 (76.9%)	6 (1.9%)	29 (9.2%)	33 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$14,921			$41			$14,880	87.5	81.4	250	89
341467005692	162	William J. McGinn Elementary School	Public	K-4	1100 Roosevelt Avenue	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 233-7950	549	39	13.9	0.7%	369 (67.2%)	13 (2.4%)	71 (12.9%)	64 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	$8,178			$04			$8,174	87.4	86.9	172	10
340498000420	163	Lyncrest Elementary School	Public	K-4	9-04 Morlot Ave	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5555	197	19	10.1	12.7%	103 (52.3%)	9 (4.6%)	47 (23.9%)	28 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.1%)	$6,699			$104			$6,595	87.4	90.5	113	50
341761002492	164	St. Cloud Elementary School	Public	K-5	71 Sheridan Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5393	424	35	12	13.2%	130 (30.7%)	120 (28.3%)	80 (18.9%)	31 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (14.6%)	$10,534			$220			$10,314	87.4	80.2	270	106
340669004258	165	Salem Drive School	Public	K-5	29 Salem Drive	Whippany	07981	Morris County	Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 515-2440	236	25	9.4	2.5%	173 (73.3%)	4 (1.7%)	22 (9.3%)	20 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	$9,615			$29			$9,586	87.3	76.8	321	156
340684000508	166	Harrington Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	191 Harriot Ave	Harrington Park	07640	Bergen County	Harrington Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-5700	628	57	11		340 (54.1%)	7 (1.1%)	42 (6.7%)	197 (31.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.5%)	$16,559			$102			$16,457	87.3	87.3	165	1
340939000453	167	Wemrock Brook School	Public	K-5	118 Millhurst Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2610	559	49	11.4	11.3%	357 (63.9%)	10 (1.8%)	57 (10.2%)	111 (19.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.8%)	$7,216			$39			$7,177	87.2	88.6	143	24
340153005440	168	Mountain Park School	Public	3-5	55 Fairfax Dr	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1713	214	24	9.1	1.9%	116 (54.2%)	4 (1.9%)	27 (12.6%)	45 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.3%)	$10,264			$03			$10,261	87.2	86.8	174	6
341533002444	169	Tuscan Elementary School	Public	K-5	25 Harvard Ave	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-5221	547	45	12.1	6.6%	357 (65.3%)	59 (10.8%)	62 (11.3%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.1%)	$5,473						$5,473	87.2	81.6	247	78
341584001890	170	Stow Creek Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	11 Gum Tree Corner Road	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Stow Creek Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-1717	136	23	5.9	30.9%	116 (85.3%)	3 (2.2%)	13 (9.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$13,343			$947			$12,396	87.2	59.8	548	378

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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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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.