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)
341134002280	1261	Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	291 N 7th St	Newark	07107	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5260	754	51	14.7	85.1%	6 (0.8%)	168 (22.3%)	574 (76.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,470			$682			$8,788	9.3	8	1280	19
341134002256	1262	Chancellor Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	321 Chancellor Ave	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3870	618	33	18.7	86.7%	1 (0.2%)	537 (86.9%)	68 (11.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,224			$849			$9,375	9.1	9.4	1255	7
340077703307	1263	KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation	Public, Alternative	K-12	525 Clinton Street	Camden	08103	Camden County	KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 622-0905	2,026	106	19.1	96.4%	4 (0.2%)	1,110 (54.8%)	826 (40.8%)	3 (0.1%)	8 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	67 (3.3%)	$12,672			$1,819			$10,853	9	8.7	1268	5
340783002824	1264	President Barack Obama Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1830 Kennedy Blvd	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6550	420	32	13.3	63.8%	14 (3.3%)	238 (56.7%)	129 (30.7%)	29 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$15,299			$629			$14,670	8.9	10.5	1234	30
341254003487	1265	Sonia Sotomayor School #21	Public	K-8	225 Madison Street	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5500	588	47	12.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.9%)	550 (93.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								8.8	8.1	1277	12
341269004888	1266	School 8	Public	K-8	35 Chadwick Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0080	454	38	12.1	57.0%	23 (5.1%)	36 (7.9%)	392 (86.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,233						$9,233	8.8	7.8	1286	20
340834001572	1267	Lawnside School District	Public	PK, KG-8	426 East Charleston Ave	Lawnside	08045	Camden County	Lawnside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 546-4850	324	27	12	39.5%	10 (3.1%)	231 (71.3%)	67 (20.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	$13,798			$1,024			$12,774	8.7	15.9	1137	130
340225001786	1268	Broad Street School	Public	K-8	251 West Broad Street	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	773	80	9.7		15 (1.9%)	62 (8.0%)	687 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	$13,961			$1,315			$12,646	8.6	8.2	1275	7
340225001804	1269	West Avenue School	Public	K-8	51 North West Avenue	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	642	58	11.1	1.9%	23 (3.6%)	159 (24.8%)	449 (69.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$12,057			$733			$11,324	8.6	10.6	1231	38
341134002282	1270	Harriet Tubman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	504 S Tenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6934	326	30	10.8	86.5%	0 (0.0%)	294 (90.2%)	31 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,921			$469			$9,452	8.5	9.1	1263	7

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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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