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)
340444000362	441	Eleanor Van Gelder	Public	3-6	251 Undercliff Ave	Edgewater	07020	Bergen County	Edgewater School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 945-4106	341	29	11.7	16.4%	91 (26.7%)	29 (8.5%)	71 (20.8%)	129 (37.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.2%)	$10,452			$685			$9,767	68.4	67.4	456	15
341728004984	442	Pines Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	511 Pines Lake Drive	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3175	387	31	12.4	6.7%	290 (74.9%)	6 (1.6%)	46 (11.9%)	28 (7.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.9%)	$14,923			$358			$14,565	68.4	67.2	457	15
340258002020	443	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Central Ave	West Caldwell	07006	Essex County	Caldwell-West School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 228-8941	391	29	13.7	5.4%	310 (79.3%)	4 (1.0%)	49 (12.5%)	12 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	$11,389			$36			$11,353	68.3	74.6	364	79
340411003312	444	Chittick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	5 Flagler Street	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6830	392	42	9.3	31.4%	142 (36.2%)	15 (3.8%)	97 (24.7%)	120 (30.6%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.3%)	$13,704			$183			$13,521	68.2	55	609	165
340783002786	445	Dr. Michael Conti School	Public	PK, KG-8	182 Merseles St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4300	672	55	12.3	40.9%	130 (19.3%)	78 (11.6%)	244 (36.3%)	173 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.7%)	$10,825			$420			$10,405	68.1	68.8	439	6
340564003812	446	C. Richard Applegate School	Public	K-5	47 Jeanne Brennan Drive	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 431-5460	366	44	8.2	12.3%	260 (71.0%)	12 (3.3%)	53 (14.5%)	27 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (3.0%)	$13,333			$715			$12,618	68.1	59.3	562	116
341011003992	447	Harmony Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Murphy Road	New Monmouth	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 671-2111	472	41	11.5	13.8%	373 (79.0%)	5 (1.1%)	67 (14.2%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$9,359			$121			$9,238	67.6	51.7	649	202
341191000666	448	Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	114 Seminole Ave	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 337-4147	357	30	12	4.5%	269 (75.4%)	6 (1.7%)	43 (12.0%)	20 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.0%)	$11,259						$11,259	67.5	77.5	324	124
341290004474	449	North Boulevard School	Public	PK, KG-5	363 Boulevard	Pompton Plains	07444	Morris County	Pequannock Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 616-6070	335	28	12	2.7%	296 (88.4%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.5%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	$13,107			$91			$13,016	67.5	75.6	351	98
340372002974	450	Delaware Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	501 Rosemont Ringoes Road	Sergeantsville	08557	Hunterdon County	Delaware Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 397-3179	411	44	9.2	6.8%	323 (78.6%)	11 (2.7%)	53 (12.9%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$17,866			$293			$17,573	67.4	68.1	448	2

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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.