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)
341341003190	81	Riverside School	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Riverside Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 806-4260	293	35	8.3	5.8%	165 (56.3%)	17 (5.8%)	31 (10.6%)	46 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.6%)	$17,874			$105			$17,769	92.4	93.2	72	9
340741003856	82	Village School	Public	PK, KG-3	67 McCampbell Road	Holmdel	07733	Monmouth County	Holmdel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 946-1820	803	78	10.2	2.0%	509 (63.4%)	10 (1.2%)	95 (11.8%)	121 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (8.5%)	$19,682			$333			$19,349	92.1	91.3	106	24
340087000228	83	Alpine Elementary School	Public	K-8	500 Hillside Avenue	Alpine	07620	Bergen County	Alpine Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-8255	165	22	7.6	1.8%	103 (62.4%)	5 (3.0%)	8 (4.8%)	40 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	$27,835			$860			$26,975	92	96.8	8	75
341248000241	84	Mount Tabor Elementary School	Public	K-5	900 Park Rd & Route 53	Mount Tabor	07878	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 889-3361	371	28	13.4	8.9%	126 (34.0%)	7 (1.9%)	56 (15.1%)	171 (46.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$8,719			$125			$8,594	92	93.8	64	20
340002900297	85	Elysian Charter School of Hoboken	Public, Charter	K-8	1460 Garden Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Elysian Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 876-0102	292	26	11.1	10.6%	203 (69.5%)	8 (2.7%)	45 (15.4%)	21 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$8,361			$513			$7,848	92	86.2	186	101
340360000326	86	Edward H. Bryan	Public	PK, KG-5	51 Brookside Ave	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	531	43	12.4	0.6%	256 (48.2%)	9 (1.7%)	48 (9.0%)	201 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$11,618			$32			$11,586	92	91.6	101	15
340882006052	87	Burnet Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Byron Place	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	462	33	13.9	1.1%	192 (41.6%)	22 (4.8%)	27 (5.8%)	200 (43.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$12,821			$421			$12,400	91.9	94.6	42	45
340498000416	88	Henry B. Milnes Elementary School	Public	K-4	8-01 Phillip St	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5550	428	32	13.3	11.0%	252 (58.9%)	13 (3.0%)	58 (13.6%)	94 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$5,535			$11			$5,524	91.9	91.8	98	10
340531000444	89	School No. 1	Public	K-4	250 Hoym Street	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4620	542	47	11.5	8.7%	115 (21.2%)	8 (1.5%)	79 (14.6%)	311 (57.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.4%)	$7,644						$7,644	91.9	93.8	65	24
340882002134	90	Collins Elementary School	Public	K-5	67 Martin Rd	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	461	40	11.5	2.0%	219 (47.5%)	22 (4.8%)	30 (6.5%)	157 (34.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.9%)	$11,450			$413			$11,037	91.8	92.4	89	1

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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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