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)
341134002232	1271	Avon Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	219 Avon Ave	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6750	563	41	13.7	80.3%	0 (0.0%)	477 (84.7%)	78 (13.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,937			$3,032			$9,905	8.5	9.5	1250	21
341134002356	1272	Speedway Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	701 South Orange Avenue	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2740	566	40	14.1	86.2%	3 (0.5%)	462 (81.6%)	86 (15.2%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,301			$622			$7,679	8.4	7.4	1294	22
341134005912	1273	George Washington Carver Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	333 Clinton Pl	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3800	486	36	13.5	80.7%	2 (0.4%)	405 (83.3%)	77 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,378			$520			$9,858	8.1	7.3	1299	26
340074903184	1274	Millville Public Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1101 Wheaton Avenue	Millville	08332	Cumberland County	Millville Public Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 506-8143	310	27	11.4	28.7%	33 (10.6%)	151 (48.7%)	111 (35.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$8,381			$2,343			$6,038	8.1	13.1	1188	86
340783002808	1275	Chaplain Charles Watters School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Virginia Ave	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6510	697	45	15.4	57.8%	104 (14.9%)	285 (40.9%)	221 (31.7%)	64 (9.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	15 (2.2%)	$11,181			$395			$10,786	8.1	10.6	1232	43
341134002262	1276	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	388 Bergen St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6944	341	28	12.1	84.5%	1 (0.3%)	276 (80.9%)	61 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,554			$624			$10,930	8	8.8	1267	9
340348001810	1277	Commercial Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	1308 North Avenue	Port Norris	08349	Cumberland County	Commercial Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 785-0222	470	39	12	66.6%	291 (61.9%)	65 (13.8%)	88 (18.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.3%)	$9,500			$1,198			$8,302	8	11.1	1220	57
341122003456	1278	A Chester Redshaw School	Public	PK, KG-5	216 Livingston Avenue	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	784	69	11.4	73.1%	7 (0.9%)	37 (4.7%)	734 (93.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	$8,353						$8,353	7.9	8.9	1265	13
341293003540	1279	Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School	Public	K-5	318 Stockton Street	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6010	458	57	8.1	88.9%	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.8%)	440 (96.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,241			$1,114			$19,127	7.9	15.5	1142	137
341134002234	1280	Belmont Runyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Belmont Runyon Way	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6920	539	36	14.9	78.7%	6 (1.1%)	444 (82.4%)	87 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,240			$3,240			$10,000	7.9	7.7	1289	9

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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.