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)
340774004618	881	Howard C. Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1021 Larsen Road	Jackson	08527	Ocean County	Jackson Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 833-4640	383	35	10.9	37.6%	199 (52.0%)	26 (6.8%)	127 (33.2%)	15 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.7%)	$9,917			$22			$9,895	33.9	39.7	807	74
341146002888	882	John F Kennedy Elementary School	Public	1-8	1210 Eleventh St	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-7000	566	48	11.7	73.3%	33 (5.8%)	4 (0.7%)	503 (88.9%)	23 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$6,067						$6,067	33.9	33.4	900	18
341011003988	883	Ocean Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	235 Ocean Avenue	North Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 787-0092	278	27	10.1	36.7%	186 (66.9%)	17 (6.1%)	50 (18.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.6%)	$8,747			$190			$8,557	33.8	65.2	479	404
341638002924	884	Robert Waters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2800 Summit Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5925	1,019			88.0%	11 (1.1%)	11 (1.1%)	993 (97.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,833			$546			$9,287	33.8	33.4	898	14
340729005550	885	Ola Edwards Community School	Public	2-6	1530 Leslie St	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	394	35	11.2	76.6%	36 (9.1%)	195 (49.5%)	154 (39.1%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$5,766						$5,766	33.8	31.5	932	47
340912005068	886	Central Park Elementary School	Public	K-3	43 Oliver Ave	Pennsville	08070	Salem County	Pennsville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 540-6200	234	23	10.4	38.0%	155 (66.2%)	16 (6.8%)	45 (19.2%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.6%)	$14,263			$511			$13,752	33.7	27.6	979	93
341815002694	887	Walnut Street School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Walnut Street	Woodbury	08096	Gloucester County	Woodbury City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 853-0126	128	11	11.1	60.2%	37 (28.9%)	38 (29.7%)	34 (26.6%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.5%)	$13,368			$819			$12,549	33.7	24.8	1014	127
340330004778	888	School #8	Public	PK, KG-5	41 Oak Street	Clifton	07014	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2392	165	18	9.1	58.8%	28 (17.0%)	6 (3.6%)	114 (69.1%)	13 (7.9%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	$18,003						$18,003	33.7	42.7	768	120
340079503451	889	Middlesex County STEM Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	613 Carlock Ave	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Middlesex County STEM Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(848) 242-1818	571	31	18.5	65.5%	33 (5.8%)	84 (14.7%)	430 (75.3%)	12 (2.1%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	$8,572			$501			$8,071	33.6	30.6	947	58
340447001062	890	Mildred Magowan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	405 Cherrix Avenue	Edgewater Park	08010	Burlington County	Edgewater Park Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 877-1430	563	51	11	57.5%	206 (36.6%)	159 (28.2%)	151 (26.8%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.7%)	$11,624			$626			$10,998	33.6	32.1	920	30

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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.