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)
341758002948	951	Public School Number Five	Public	K-6	5401 Hudson Ave	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4080	540	44	12.3	93.7%	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	530 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,084			$708			$8,376	30.2	22.7	1041	90
341134002298	952	Lafayette Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	205 Lafayette St	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 465-4860	1,180	71	16.6	90.5%	203 (17.2%)	12 (1.0%)	960 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,737			$782			$6,955	30.1	22.6	1042	90
340222004586	953	Emma Havens Young Elementary School	Public	K-5	43 Drum Point Rd	Brick	08723	Ocean County	Brick Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 785-3000	756	61	12.3	43.4%	437 (57.8%)	26 (3.4%)	237 (31.3%)	22 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.1%)	$6,611			$211			$6,400	29.8	21.4	1056	103
340588000064	954	Dorothy L. Bullock School	Public	1-5	370 New St E	Glassboro	08028	Gloucester County	Glassboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 652-2700	651	51	12.8	51.3%	199 (30.6%)	219 (33.6%)	157 (24.1%)	26 (4.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (7.2%)								29.7	19	1093	139
340870006051	955	Frog Pond Elementary School	Public	3-6	305 Frog Pond Road	Little Egg Harbor	08087	Ocean County	Little Egg Harbor Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 296-1719	771	67	11.5	47.7%	569 (73.8%)	34 (4.4%)	94 (12.2%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.8%)	39 (5.1%)	$13,004			$1,045			$11,959	29.6	26.9	981	26
341632004750	956	Tuckerton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	Marine Street	Tuckerton	08087	Ocean County	Tuckerton Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 296-2858	280	32	8.7	51.8%	218 (77.9%)	4 (1.4%)	42 (15.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$13,791			$531			$13,260	29.6	33.3	902	54
341431005666	957	Ernest J. Finizio Junior - Aldene School	Public	PK, KG-5	339 West Webster Avenue	Roselle Park	07204	Union County	Roselle Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 245-1521	261	28	9.3	40.6%	63 (24.1%)	24 (9.2%)	149 (57.1%)	17 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$7,029						$7,029	29.5	21.5	1054	97
340558003792	958	Park Avenue Elementary School	Public	3-5	280 Park Ave.	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 761-2124	484	54	8.9	74.4%	51 (10.5%)	34 (7.0%)	382 (78.9%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$12,564			$988			$11,576	29.3	30.2	936	22
340822004638	959	Clifton Ave Grade School	Public	2-6	625 Clifton Avenue	Lakewood	08701	Ocean County	Lakewood Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 905-3650	357	46	7.8	93.3%	15 (4.2%)	34 (9.5%)	303 (84.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$14,783			$771			$14,012	29.3	29.8	939	20
341638000715	960	Veterans' Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Central Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-2737	551	37	14.8	87.1%	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	531 (96.4%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,358			$522			$9,836	29	24.7	1010	50

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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.