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)
341269004918	1211	School 25	Public	PK, KG-8	287 Trenton Avenue	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0250	540	43	12.5	83.7%	99 (18.3%)	39 (7.2%)	394 (73.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,314						$8,314	11.8	18.1	1115	96
341254004854	1212	William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11	Public	K-8	390 Gregory Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5511	867	70	12.3	99.1%	2 (0.2%)	19 (2.2%)	835 (96.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$9,572			$759			$8,813	11.8	13.3	1181	31
341269004872	1213	Edward W. Kilpatrick	Public	PK, KG-3	295-315 Ellison Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0330	300	28	10.7	76.3%	1 (0.3%)	82 (27.3%)	208 (69.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	$9,155						$9,155	11.8	3.5	1338	125
340423002044	1214	Edward T. Bowser Senior School of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Lincoln Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 414-4170	528	35	15	61.4%	34 (6.4%)	253 (47.9%)	229 (43.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$13,332			$402			$12,930	11.5	11.9	1208	6
341032001872	1215	R. M. Bacon Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 South Third Street	Millville	08332	Cumberland County	Millville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 327-6100	270	28	9.6	82.2%	51 (18.9%)	101 (37.4%)	84 (31.1%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.1%)	$10,502			$592			$9,910	11.4	9.5	1258	43
340816004632	1216	Lakehurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 Union Ave	Lakehurst	08733	Ocean County	Lakehurst School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 657-5741	404	41	9.9	63.4%	187 (46.3%)	56 (13.9%)	128 (31.7%)	11 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.5%)	$16,629			$961			$15,668	11.3	13.6	1178	38
341269004876	1217	School 2	Public	K-8	22 Passaic Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0020	511	41	12.4	67.3%	8 (1.6%)	76 (14.9%)	397 (77.7%)	30 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,646						$11,646	11.3	10.5	1234	17
340894003325	1218	George L Catrambone	Public	K-5	240 Park Avenue	Long Branch	07740	Monmouth County	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 222-3215	675	63	10.7	80.1%	160 (23.7%)	42 (6.2%)	464 (68.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$9,600			$563			$9,037	11.3	12	1205	13
341134002356	1219	Speedway Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	701 South Orange Avenue	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2740	555	41	13.7	82.2%	0 (0.0%)	465 (83.8%)	72 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (2.0%)	$8,301			$622			$7,679	11.3	8.4	1272	53
340459005506	1220	Benjamin Franklin School No. 13	Public	K-8	248 Ripley Pl	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5700	382	33	11.5	86.1%	24 (6.3%)	80 (20.9%)	277 (72.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,847			$259			$11,588	11.1	11.5	1215	5

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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.