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)
340723005226	91	Hillsborough Township Elementary School	Public	K-4	435 Route 206	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	486	38	12.7	15.0%	186 (38.3%)	25 (5.1%)	57 (11.7%)	189 (38.9%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (3.9%)	$5,497						$5,497	91.7	89.2	132	41
341776005784	92	Wilson Elementary School	Public	1-5	301 Linden Avenue	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 789-4605	345	26	13.2	0.9%	292 (84.6%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.6%)	27 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$6,428			$17			$6,411	91.7	85.2	203	111
341452000834	93	Wandell School	Public	PK, KG-5	97 E Allendale Rd	Saddle River	07458	Bergen County	Saddle River School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 327-0727	107	16	6.5	2.8%	62 (57.9%)	6 (5.6%)	4 (3.7%)	22 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (12.1%)	$23,157			$608			$22,549	91.7	90.8	115	22
341383000778	94	Travell Elementary School	Public	K-5	340 Bogert Ave	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2760	346	26	13.4	2.0%	204 (59.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.9%)	87 (25.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.7%)	$11,151			$36			$11,115	91.5	93.1	78	16
340450003366	95	Woodbrook Elementary School	Public	K-5	15 Robin Road	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2901	940	59	15.9	10.7%	34 (3.6%)	56 (6.0%)	28 (3.0%)	765 (81.4%)	33 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.6%)	$6,009						$6,009	91.5	93.4	70	25
340285002030	96	North End Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	122 Stevens Avenue	Cedar Grove	07009	Essex County	Cedar Grove Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 256-1454	305	30	10.1	5.9%	232 (76.1%)	8 (2.6%)	39 (12.8%)	17 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	5 (1.6%)	$12,408			$101			$12,307	91.5	85.7	196	100
341248004446	97	Lake Parsippany Elementary School	Public	K-5	225 Kingston Road	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 428-7572	301	26	11.5	14.0%	83 (27.6%)	8 (2.7%)	56 (18.6%)	140 (46.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	$13,041			$205			$12,836	91.5	82.7	246	149
340165006021	98	Cedar Hill School	Public	K-5	100 Peachtree Road	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 204-2633	520	47	11.1	1.9%	258 (49.6%)	5 (1.0%)	40 (7.7%)	186 (35.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	$10,975						$10,975	91.5	90.1	121	23
340639001562	99	J. Fithian Tatem School	Public	PK, KG-5	One Glover Avenue	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-0902	432	24	18.1	1.9%	361 (83.6%)	6 (1.4%)	23 (5.3%)	28 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.0%)	$6,211						$6,211	91.5	92.6	85	14
341662000882	100	Edith A. Bogert Elementary School	Public	3-5	391 W Saddle River Rd	Upper Saddle River	07458	Bergen County	Upper Saddle River School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 961-6350	374	39	9.6	0.8%	246 (65.8%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (9.4%)	74 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.3%)	$15,177			$414			$14,763	91.4	94.2	53	47

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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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