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)
341245000712	201	East Brook Elementary School	Public	K-6	167 Sibbald Dr	Park Ridge	07656	Bergen County	Park Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 573-6000	331	32	10.3	6.3%	205 (61.9%)	5 (1.5%)	68 (20.5%)	31 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	$11,625			$337			$11,288	85.3	88.8	143	58
341365004488	202	Center Grove School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 School House Road	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 361-7835	533	40	13.2	7.9%	309 (58.0%)	22 (4.1%)	101 (18.9%)	83 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$12,140			$37			$12,103	85.1	84.3	221	19
341341000067	203	Johnson Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	285 Rosedale Road	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 806-4240	409	40	10.2	23.5%	159 (38.9%)	34 (8.3%)	94 (23.0%)	81 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.0%)	$15,867			$241			$15,626	85.1	87.5	163	40
340723005232	204	Woodfern Elementary School	Public	K-4	425 Woodfern Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	333	33	10	11.4%	161 (48.3%)	13 (3.9%)	58 (17.4%)	87 (26.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$5,571						$5,571	85	83.1	238	34
341248004458	205	Troy Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	509 S Beverwyck Road	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 428-7588	296	27	10.8	19.9%	105 (35.5%)	14 (4.7%)	58 (19.6%)	110 (37.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.0%)	$15,561			$248			$15,313	85	80.4	283	78
340123004568	206	Bay Head Elementary	Public	K-8	145 Grove Street	Bay Head	08742	Ocean County	Bay Head Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 892-0668	123	14	8.5	2.4%	111 (90.2%)	2 (1.6%)	6 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	$17,883			$586			$17,297	84.9	75.3	354	148
340537000462	207	Woodside Avenue School	Public	K-5	305 Woodside Avenue	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 891-5600	272	28	9.8	1.1%	192 (70.6%)	7 (2.6%)	36 (13.2%)	16 (5.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.4%)	$11,699						$11,699	84.9	71.6	412	205
340076703251	208	Jersey City Global Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	255 Congress Street	Jersey City	07307	Hudson County	Jersey City Global Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 744-2444	416	13	32	26.9%	20 (4.8%)	28 (6.7%)	129 (31.0%)	233 (56.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$6,567			$748			$5,819	84.9	88.4	151	57
340537000460	209	High Mountain Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	765 High Mountain Road	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 891-4433	300	33	9.2	4.0%	238 (79.3%)	3 (1.0%)	33 (11.0%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$12,337						$12,337	84.9	88.3	153	56
341056002176	210	Hillside Elementary School	Public	3-5	54 Orange Rd	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4200	541	49	11.1	13.3%	244 (45.1%)	125 (23.1%)	86 (15.9%)	22 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (11.5%)	$12,700			$181			$12,519	84.7	85.1	204	6

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.