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)
341020000230	31	South Mountain School	Public	PK, KG-4	2 Southern Slope Drive	Millburn	07041	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 921-1394	284	30	9.5	1.8%	65 (22.9%)	13 (4.6%)	15 (5.3%)	159 (56.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (10.9%)	$14,387			$211			$14,176	95.1	95.4	31
341248004452	32	Northvail Elementary School	Public	K-5	10 Eileen Court	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 263-7070	369	27	13.6	7.9%	49 (13.3%)	17 (4.6%)	25 (6.8%)	263 (71.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$9,614			$157			$9,457	95.1	95.3	33	1
341065004338	33	Hilldale School	Public	K-5	123 Konner Avenue	Pine Brook	07058	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 331-7100	320	32	10.1	0.9%	150 (46.9%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.4%)	139 (43.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.1%)	$13,513			$38			$13,475	95	94.9	37	4
341131005600	34	Salt Brook School	Public	K-6	40 Maple St	New Providence	07974	Union County	New Providence School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-7100	607	49	12.3	1.5%	342 (56.3%)	5 (0.8%)	77 (12.7%)	157 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	22 (3.6%)	$8,390			$122			$8,268	95	95.8	23	11
341131005594	35	Allen W. Roberts School	Public	PK, KG-6	80 Jones Dr	New Providence	07974	Union County	New Providence School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-4707	676	49	13.9	1.8%	345 (51.0%)	6 (0.9%)	80 (11.8%)	208 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	$8,365			$167			$8,198	94.9	94.4	50	15
340597000486	36	Richard E Byrd School	Public	K-5	640 Doremus Ave	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	269	19	14.5	1.1%	173 (64.3%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (7.4%)	48 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.7%)	$13,228			$28			$13,200	94.8	94.1	54	18
341383000776	37	Somerville Elementary School	Public	K-5	45 South Pleasant Ave	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2750	367	27	13.5	1.1%	224 (61.0%)	7 (1.9%)	35 (9.5%)	71 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.2%)	$11,464			$88			$11,376	94.7	92.3	90	53
340696000520	38	Haworth Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	205 Valley Rd	Haworth	07641	Bergen County	Haworth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 384-5526	424	48	8.8	0.7%	305 (71.9%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (4.7%)	62 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.3%)	$17,223						$17,223	94.7	93.9	59	21
340672004260	39	Harding Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	34 Lees Hill Road	New Vernon	07976	Morris County	Harding Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 267-6398	285	44	6.4	2.8%	239 (83.9%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.8%)	18 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.3%)	$20,191			$755			$19,436	94.5	93.2	75	36
340732000530	40	Ho-Ho-Kus Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	70 Lloyd Road	Ho Ho Kus	07423	Bergen County	Ho-Ho-Kus School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 652-4555	542	49	11	0.6%	431 (79.5%)	7 (1.3%)	39 (7.2%)	56 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	94.4	93.8	66	26

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

Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.