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)
340459000825	1001	Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30	Public	PK, KG-8	730 Pennsylvania Ave	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6950	764	58	13.2	86.1%	48 (6.3%)	88 (11.5%)	621 (81.3%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,093			$227			$7,866	26.2	27.3	974	27
340783002806	1002	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	Public	PK, KG-8	143 Romaine Ave	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6490	1,001	76	13.2	54.2%	303 (30.3%)	185 (18.5%)	182 (18.2%)	308 (30.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	17 (1.7%)	$10,107			$154			$9,953	25.9	29.5	941	61
340651000015	1003	George L. Hess Educational Complex	Public	1-5	700 Babcock Road	Mays Landing	08330	Atlantic County	Hamilton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 476-6101	1,363	129	10.5	52.8%	471 (34.6%)	326 (23.9%)	380 (27.9%)	58 (4.3%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	123 (9.0%)	$9,563			$342			$9,221	25.9	23.2	1033	30
341287001632	1004	G.H. Carson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	4150 Garfield Avenue	Pennsauken	08109	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 662-5751	360	32	11.2	44.7%	16 (4.4%)	53 (14.7%)	239 (66.4%)	39 (10.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$9,874			$505			$9,369	25.8	40.9	789	215
340075503187	1005	Roseville Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	540 Orange Street	Newark	07107	Essex County	Roseville Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 483-4400	272	26	10.4	93.4%	1 (0.4%)	138 (50.7%)	131 (48.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								25.8	25.6	997	8
341134002338	1006	Ridge Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	735 Ridge St	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5210	578	46	12.5	82.2%	5 (0.9%)	51 (8.8%)	514 (88.9%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,099			$477			$9,622	25.8	18	1104	98
340222004600	1007	Veterans Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	103 Hendrickson Avenue	Brick	08724	Ocean County	Brick Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 785-3000	618	55	11.1	47.9%	365 (59.1%)	82 (13.3%)	130 (21.0%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.7%)	$7,392			$209			$7,183	25.4	26.6	987	20
340423002054	1008	Dionne Warwick Institute	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Central Ave	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5930	397	31	12.8	73.8%	3 (0.8%)	334 (84.1%)	58 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,897			$446			$10,451	25.2	26.4	990	18
341353005642	1009	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	486 E Milton Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1040	469	38	12.4	59.9%	33 (7.0%)	229 (48.8%)	160 (34.1%)	21 (4.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	$12,500			$257			$12,243	25.2	20.2	1073	64
341134002368	1010	Wilson Avenue School	Public	K-8	19 Wilson Ave	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4910	1,099	66	16.7	84.1%	266 (24.2%)	10 (0.9%)	820 (74.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,387			$438			$7,949	25.1	26	994	16

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About our rankings:

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.

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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.