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)
340450003356	151	Menlo Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	155 Monroe Avenue	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2910	825	56	14.7	18.3%	32 (3.9%)	49 (5.9%)	60 (7.3%)	654 (79.3%)	15 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.8%)	$5,996						$5,996	88.1	88.1	154	3
340339000316	152	Hillside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	340 Homans Avenue	Closter	07624	Bergen County	Closter Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-3860	623	60	10.4	0.8%	271 (43.5%)	6 (1.0%)	47 (7.5%)	252 (40.4%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.4%)	37 (5.9%)	$10,174						$10,174	88.1	92.5	86	66
341242000696	153	Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	East 203 Midland Avenue	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 261-7800	297	26	11.5	13.5%	122 (41.1%)	14 (4.7%)	47 (15.8%)	96 (32.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (5.1%)	$15,311						$15,311	88.1	85.8	194	41
341242000400	154	Midland Elementary School	Public	K-4	241 West Midland Avenue	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	189	21	9.1	13.2%	63 (33.3%)	6 (3.2%)	45 (23.8%)	64 (33.9%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	$15,352						$15,352	88	78.5	313	159
341065004334	155	Cedar Hill School	Public	PK, KG-5	46 Pine Brook Road	Towaco	07082	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 331-7100	328	33	9.8	0.9%	210 (64.0%)	3 (0.9%)	47 (14.3%)	52 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.9%)	$18,902			$42			$18,860	88	91.2	108	47
340459000013	156	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,126	79	14.3	75.8%	101 (9.0%)	169 (15.0%)	803 (71.3%)	47 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	88	86.2	184	28
341341006034	157	Littlebrook School	Public	PK, KG-5	39 Magnolia Lane	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 806-4250	387	38	10.3	6.7%	161 (41.6%)	19 (4.9%)	34 (8.8%)	127 (32.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (11.6%)	$13,695						$13,695	87.9	91	112	45
341728004970	158	Albert Payson Terhune Elementary	Public	K-5	40 Geoffrey Way	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3150	373	27	13.6	7.5%	236 (63.3%)	9 (2.4%)	45 (12.1%)	65 (17.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$15,455			$277			$15,178	87.8	85.9	190	32
340342001486	159	Zane North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	801 Stokes Avenue	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5703	164	15	10.6	16.5%	129 (78.7%)	5 (3.0%)	21 (12.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	$13,644			$349			$13,295	87.7	93.4	71	88
340723005228	160	Sunnymead Elementary School	Public	K-4	55 Sunnymead Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	496	35	14.1	15.3%	158 (31.9%)	36 (7.3%)	85 (17.1%)	185 (37.3%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.8%)	$5,627						$5,627	87.7	89.8	126	34

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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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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.