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)
340669004258	321	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	231	28	8.3	1.3%	173 (74.9%)	3 (1.3%)	18 (7.8%)	19 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.8%)	$9,615			$29			$9,586	76.8	87.7	159	162
341560004108	322	Spring Lake Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1110 Highway 71	Spring Lake	07762	Monmouth County	Spring Lake Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 449-6149	307	40	7.7	6.5%	278 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$13,667			$484			$13,183	76.8	68.7	441	119
340150000272	323	Hoover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	273 Murray Hill Terrace	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 385-8582	263	24	10.8	52.1%	9 (3.4%)	27 (10.3%)	167 (63.5%)	53 (20.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$12,367			$398			$11,969	76.8	71.4	414	91
340927003524	324	Walter M. Schirra Elementary School	Public	K-5	One Awn St	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4495	269	23	11.9	7.1%	151 (56.1%)	13 (4.8%)	37 (13.8%)	63 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	$14,693			$63			$14,630	76.7	88.6	146	178
341698005306	325	Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	109 Mount Bethel Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-5300	308	37	8.4	3.2%	176 (57.1%)	3 (1.0%)	42 (13.6%)	66 (21.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.2%)	$13,768			$193			$13,575	76.6	74.9	360	35
341728004976	326	John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1310 Ratzer Road	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 633-3160	377	28	13.4	13.8%	204 (54.1%)	7 (1.9%)	80 (21.2%)	73 (19.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$14,918			$353			$14,565	76.6	79.3	299	27
340000900177	327	Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	141 Seney Drive	Bernardsville	07924	Somerset County	Somerset Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 204-1920	453	42	10.6	17.4%	305 (67.3%)	2 (0.4%)	111 (24.5%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.4%)	$12,505			$170			$12,335	76.6	78.3	315	12
341728004986	328	Randall Carter Elementary School	Public	K-5	531 Alps Road	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 633-3145	309	25	12.4	11.3%	210 (68.0%)	4 (1.3%)	56 (18.1%)	22 (7.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)	$15,525			$348			$15,177	76.6	77.8	322	6
341521003616	329	Constable Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	29 Constable Road	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 297-2488	513	47	10.8	15.0%	97 (18.9%)	56 (10.9%)	72 (14.0%)	260 (50.7%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.3%)	$11,281			$258			$11,023	76.5	78.7	309	20
340951000704	330	Mansfield Township Elementary School	Public	3-6	200 Mansfield Road East	Columbus	08022	Burlington County	Mansfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 298-2037	300	26	11.3	8.3%	196 (65.3%)	33 (11.0%)	27 (9.0%)	25 (8.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$9,680						$9,680	76.5	81.4	262	68

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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.
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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.