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)
340076303247	1161	Hope Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	836 S. 4th Street	Camden	08103	Camden County	Hope Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 379-3448	133	18	7.5	98.5%	1 (0.8%)	52 (39.1%)	79 (59.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$9,684			$2,493			$7,191	14.5	12	1206	45
340459005498	1162	Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6	Public	PK, KG-8	1071 Julia St	Elizabeth	07201	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5600	1,042	81	12.9	81.4%	83 (8.0%)	224 (21.5%)	707 (67.9%)	23 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,262			$234			$9,028	14.3	17.1	1119	43
341134002288	1163	Hawthorne Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	428 Hawthorne Ave	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3960	393	31	12.6	84.5%	1 (0.3%)	340 (86.5%)	51 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,415			$794			$9,621	14.3	11.3	1217	54
341269004886	1164	School 7	Public	K-5	106 Ramsey Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0070	326	24	13.5	54.9%	17 (5.2%)	24 (7.4%)	186 (57.1%)	98 (30.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,688						$12,688	14.3			(n/a)
341149003490	1165	Parsons	Public	PK, KG-4	116 Hollywood Street	North Brunswick	08902	Middlesex County	North Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 289-3402	553	60	9.2	43.4%	57 (10.3%)	88 (15.9%)	316 (57.1%)	80 (14.5%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$8,618			$24			$8,594	14.2	19.1	1090	75
341320000202	1166	South Main Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	701 South Main Street	Pleasantville	08232	Atlantic County	Pleasantville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 383-6800	463	48	9.6	84.2%	11 (2.4%)	152 (32.8%)	290 (62.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	$15,724			$663			$15,061	14.2	11.3	1215	49
341254003035	1167	Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19	Public	1-8	320 Highland Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 779-4219	731	58	12.6	99.7%	5 (0.7%)	32 (4.4%)	690 (94.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,378			$661			$8,717	14.1	17.7	1108	59
341134002354	1168	South 17th Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	619 S Seventeenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2570	335	28	11.9	90.7%	1 (0.3%)	271 (80.9%)	59 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,770			$879			$10,891	14.1	14.1	1174	6
341116004042	1169	Green Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	909 Green Grove Road	Neptune	07753	Monmouth County	Neptune Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 776-2200	291	30	9.6	31.6%	23 (7.9%)	146 (50.2%)	87 (29.9%)	12 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (7.2%)	$11,042			$808			$10,234	14	16.1	1134	35
341134003150	1170	Luis Munoz Marin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	663 Broadway	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5330	826	65	12.7	83.3%	19 (2.3%)	224 (27.1%)	580 (70.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,330			$803			$8,527	14	7.3	1298	128

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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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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.