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)
340639001560	131	Elizabeth Haddon School	Public	PK, KG-5	501 West Redman Avenue	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-0811	376	31	12.2	0.8%	339 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$6,973						$6,973	89.2	94	56	75
341383000774	132	Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	325 West Ridgewood Ave	Ridgewood	07450	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2740	441	33	13.4	0.7%	305 (69.2%)	4 (0.9%)	39 (8.8%)	44 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.1%)	$11,275			$32			$11,243	89.2	94.6	45	87
340987001120	133	Cranberry Pines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Fairview Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 983-2861	358	29	12.3	2.2%	317 (88.5%)	5 (1.4%)	15 (4.2%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$8,592						$8,592	89	86.5	177	44
341467005686	134	J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	16 Kevin Road	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 757-7555	535	39	13.5	1.5%	349 (65.2%)	28 (5.2%)	61 (11.4%)	70 (13.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.5%)	$7,390			$09			$7,381	89	90.9	114	20
340357005470	135	Livingston Avenue School	Public	3-5	75 Livingston Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6248	253	23	11	1.2%	187 (73.9%)	3 (1.2%)	37 (14.6%)	14 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.3%)	$8,649			$06			$8,643	88.9	87.6	162	27
341776005780	136	Tamaques Elementary School	Public	1-5	641 Willow Grove Road	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-4580	414	33	12.3	2.4%	305 (73.7%)	9 (2.2%)	19 (4.6%)	54 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	23 (5.6%)	$6,564			$189			$6,375	88.9	88.5	148	12
341776005770	137	Franklin Elementary School	Public	1-5	700 Prospect Street	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 789-4590	532	38	14	0.6%	407 (76.5%)	7 (1.3%)	34 (6.4%)	54 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.6%)	$6,401			$17			$6,384	88.8	94.1	55	82
341191000668	138	Manito Elementary School	Public	K-5	111 Manito Ave	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 337-6106	256	28	9.3	2.3%	221 (86.3%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (7.0%)	12 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$14,161						$14,161	88.8	89.5	129	9
340357005462	139	Orange Avenue School	Public	3-8	901 Orange Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6257	765	68	11.3	0.8%	633 (82.7%)	20 (2.6%)	59 (7.7%)	28 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.3%)	$7,540						$7,540	88.8	85.8	193	54
341290004482	140	Stephen J. Gerace School	Public	K-5	59 Boulevard	Pequannock	07440	Morris County	Pequannock Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 305-5615	303	22	13.5	3.0%	247 (81.5%)	3 (1.0%)	37 (12.2%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$8,745			$91			$8,654	88.7	80.6	277	137

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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.