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)
340987001128	221	Taunton Forge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	32 Evergreen Trail	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 654-6723	289	25	11.3	1.0%	251 (86.9%)	3 (1.0%)	19 (6.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	$9,935						$9,935	83.6	88.7	144	77
340669004256	222	Mountview Road School	Public	K-5	30 Mountview Road	Morris Plains	07950	Morris County	Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 637-1550	248	24	10.5	7.3%	159 (64.1%)	12 (4.8%)	40 (16.1%)	25 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	$8,505			$22			$8,483	83.5	89.8	125	97
340399000342	223	Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Grant Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3050	472	32	14.9	10.4%	175 (37.1%)	12 (2.5%)	183 (38.8%)	87 (18.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$8,269			$437			$7,832	83.4	77.9	319	96
341248004442	224	Knollwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	445 Knoll Road	Lake Hiawatha	07034	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-7060	358	31	11.5	21.8%	76 (21.2%)	6 (1.7%)	52 (14.5%)	199 (55.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.1%)	$9,117			$161			$8,956	83.2	79.2	300	76
340939003928	225	Lafayette Mills School	Public	1-5	66 Maxwell Lane	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2700	445	34	12.9	6.3%	342 (76.9%)	3 (0.7%)	42 (9.4%)	42 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$8,271			$52			$8,219	83.2	88.1	155	70
340873000525	226	Little Falls Township Public School # 3	Public	3-4	560 MainStreet	Little Falls	07424	Passaic County	Little Falls Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 256-1034	173	17	10.1	14.5%	103 (59.5%)	2 (1.2%)	54 (31.2%)	11 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$17,550			$642			$16,908	83	72.5	401	175
341014000612	227	Highland Elementary School	Public	3-6	31 Highland Ave	Midland Park	07432	Bergen County	Midland Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 445-3880	281	34	8.1	7.1%	206 (73.3%)	3 (1.1%)	50 (17.8%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$16,024			$154			$15,870	83	79.6	293	66
340006400373	228	The Gray Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	55 Liberty Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Gray Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 824-6661	344	18	19.1	65.4%	4 (1.2%)	118 (34.3%)	215 (62.5%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,242			$1,298			$7,944	82.9	86.4	180	48
341683001678	229	Kresson School	Public	PK, KG-5	7 School Lane	Voorhees	08043	Camden County	Voorhees Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 424-1816	492	43	11.4	9.6%	276 (56.1%)	40 (8.1%)	45 (9.1%)	95 (19.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.5%)	$12,759			$134			$12,625	82.8	82.4	250	21
341770003262	230	Maurice Hawk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	303 305 Clarksville Road	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 716-5425	758	58	12.9	7.5%	129 (17.0%)	43 (5.7%)	55 (7.3%)	451 (59.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	78 (10.3%)	$11,332			$110			$11,222	82.7	79.4	296	66

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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 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.