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)
341563005704	281	Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School	Public	3-5	666 South Springfield Ave.	Springfield	07081	Union County	Springfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 376-1025	245	22	11.1	9.0%	133 (54.3%)	30 (12.2%)	40 (16.3%)	25 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	13 (5.3%)	$13,736			$180			$13,556	79	84.5	219	62
341242000706	282	Stony Lane Elementary School	Public	K-4	W 110 Ridgewood Avenue	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	216	19	11.3	9.7%	111 (51.4%)	6 (2.8%)	28 (13.0%)	60 (27.8%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.2%)	$15,297						$15,297	79	76.4	343	61
341056002184	283	Watchung Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Garden St	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-4259	394	33	11.9	9.9%	218 (55.3%)	43 (10.9%)	58 (14.7%)	32 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.7%)	$11,719			$53			$11,666	78.9	85.6	197	86
340987001126	284	Milton H. Allen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	24 Allen Avenue	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 654-4203	377	33	11.4	4.5%	323 (85.7%)	4 (1.1%)	31 (8.2%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$9,181						$9,181	78.9	87.1	172	112
340783002848	285	Jotham W. Wakeman School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 St Pauls Ave	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4310	598	56	10.7	46.7%	49 (8.2%)	64 (10.7%)	201 (33.6%)	261 (43.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.5%)	$12,283			$554			$11,729	78.9	68	449	164
341068000620	286	Robert L. Craig School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 West Park Street	Moonachie	07074	Bergen County	Moonachie School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 641-5833	357	36	9.9	53.8%	107 (30.0%)	1 (0.3%)	197 (55.2%)	42 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.7%)	$16,011			$749			$15,262	78.8	71	416	130
340939003936	287	Taylor Mills School	Public	K-5	77 Gordons Corner Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 786-2760	558	46	12.2	15.1%	370 (66.3%)	14 (2.5%)	94 (16.8%)	53 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.7%)	$9,016			$307			$8,709	78.8	81.3	264	23
340633001536	288	Seventh Avenue	Public	3-6	316 Seventh Avenue	Haddon Heights	08035	Camden County	HADDON HEIGHTS School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 547-0610	145	11	13.6	2.1%	118 (81.4%)	3 (2.1%)	10 (6.9%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.9%)	$10,786			$243			$10,543	78.7	79	305	17
340003600309	289	Soaring Heights Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1 Romar Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Soaring Heights Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 434-4800	270	15	18.2	38.1%	31 (11.5%)	70 (25.9%)	33 (12.2%)	118 (43.7%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	12 (4.4%)	$8,696			$1,133			$7,563	78.7	81	268	21
340576003443	290	Thomas Jefferson School #9	Public	PK, KG-5	62 Alpine Street	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 340-5039	328	35	9.2	43.6%	154 (47.0%)	20 (6.1%)	145 (44.2%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$15,130			$159			$14,971	78.6	58.5	572	282

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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.

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