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)
340000406017	11	Milton Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-3	16 Milton Avenue	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2508	282	25	11.2	1.8%	203 (72.0%)	4 (1.4%)	17 (6.0%)	41 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	$12,491						$12,491	96.5	96.4	12	1
341020002152	12	Deerfield School	Public	K-4	26 Troy Lane	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-4843	402	30	13.2	0.7%	137 (34.1%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	219 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.2%)	$13,641			$34			$13,607	96.3	95.2	34	22
340000406018	13	Washington Avenue School	Public	K-3	102 Washington Avenue	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2510	296	25	11.7	1.0%	211 (71.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (7.1%)	43 (14.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.4%)	$8,994						$8,994	96.2	93.8	63	50
341020002154	14	Glenwood School	Public	K-4	325 Taylor Road South	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-7576	378	28	13.6	0.8%	104 (27.5%)	7 (1.9%)	19 (5.0%)	219 (57.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.7%)	$13,622			$34			$13,588	96.2	96.4	11	3
341590005718	15	Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School	Public	1-5	52 Woodland Ave	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 273-1333	328	32	10.2	3.0%	224 (68.3%)	11 (3.4%)	34 (10.4%)	45 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	$6,083			$03			$6,080	96.2	96.8	7	8
341101004422	16	Wildwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	51 Glen Rd.	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 334-3609	458	37	12.3	0.7%	295 (64.4%)	8 (1.7%)	25 (5.5%)	91 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.5%)	$14,491			$228			$14,263	96.2	96.3	14	2
340879003900	17	Point Road School	Public	PK, KG-4	357 Little Silver Point Road	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-4022	370	37	9.9	0.8%	330 (89.2%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$9,910			$346			$9,564	96.2	94.5	48	31
341776005782	18	Washington Elementary School	Public	1-5	900 St. Marks Avenue	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 789-4600	263	22	11.9	1.1%	193 (73.4%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (10.6%)	24 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	$6,459			$17			$6,442	96.1	96.9	6	12
340483002082	19	Essex Fells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	102 Hawthorne Rd	Essex Fells	07021	Essex County	Essex Fells School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-0505	244	24	10.2	1.2%	193 (79.1%)	6 (2.5%)	16 (6.6%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	$16,556			$263			$16,293	96	96.6	9	10
341638000143	20	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Public	1-8	1700 Kerrigan Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5851	390	25	15.6	57.4%	45 (11.5%)	10 (2.6%)	303 (77.7%)	32 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	95.8	92.2	94	74

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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.
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Educational resources:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.