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)
341134002278	1221	Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	42 Park Ave	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5250	745	61	12.2	83.8%	13 (1.7%)	99 (13.3%)	627 (84.2%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,556			$386			$12,170	11.3	11.9	1208	13
341347004938	1222	Prospect Park School No. 1	Public	PK, KG-8	94 Brown Avenue	Prospect Park	07508	Passaic County	Prospect Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 790-7909	761			57.0%	64 (8.4%)	97 (12.7%)	554 (72.8%)	39 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$11,282			$1,149			$10,133	11.2	11.3	1216	6
341269004916	1223	School 24	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Nineteenth Avenue	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0160	693	55	12.7	76.2%	6 (0.9%)	55 (7.9%)	627 (90.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,719						$7,719	11.2	10.3	1237	14
341254004852	1224	Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10	Public	K-6	151 Harrison St.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5510	285	21	13.5	100.0%	5 (1.8%)	3 (1.1%)	275 (96.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,200			$692			$9,508	11.2	9.4	1256	32
341134002342	1225	Roberto Clemente Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	257 Summer Ave	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5290	753	48	15.6	86.1%	9 (1.2%)	85 (11.3%)	652 (86.6%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,558			$393			$10,165	11.1	11.1	1223	2
340654003102	1226	George E. Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Park Avenue	Hamilton	08610	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 631-4169	469	37	12.5	75.3%	22 (4.7%)	90 (19.2%)	333 (71.0%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.8%)	$8,375			$1,259			$7,116	11	12.3	1201	25
340654003112	1227	Lalor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Barnt Deklyn Road	Hamilton	08610	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 631-4156	337	25	13.5	79.8%	13 (3.9%)	61 (18.1%)	245 (72.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	$10,859			$1,035			$9,824	10.9	8.4	1272	45
341815002696	1228	West End Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	215 Queen Street	Woodbury	08096	Gloucester County	Woodbury City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 853-0124	394	36	11	61.2%	97 (24.6%)	116 (29.4%)	141 (35.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.9%)	$11,934			$792			$11,142	10.9	19.2	1088	140
340768002947	1229	University Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 University Place	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6826	337	32	10.5	51.6%	0 (0.0%)	305 (90.5%)	30 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,913			$193			$9,720	10.9	10.9	1226	3
340396001832	1230	Downe Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Main St	Newport	08345	Cumberland County	Downe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 447-4673	153	16	9.3	45.8%	136 (88.9%)	5 (3.3%)	7 (4.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	$15,041			$953			$14,088	10.9	9.6	1248	18

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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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