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)
340234003479	601	Brigantine Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 East Evans Blvd	Brigantine	08203	Atlantic County	Brigantine Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 266-3603	390	59	6.5	31.0%	291 (74.6%)	5 (1.3%)	53 (13.6%)	36 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)								55.6	44.5	739	138
340279000813	602	Carlstadt Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	550 Washington Street	Carlstadt	07072	Bergen County	Carlstadt Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 672-3000	520	46	11.4	33.3%	228 (43.8%)	17 (3.3%)	204 (39.2%)	54 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.7%)	$13,954			$476			$13,478	55.5	63.2	517	85
341434004532	603	Kennedy Elementary School	Public	K-4	20 Pleasant Hill Road	Succasunna	07876	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 584-3938	267	22	12.3	4.9%	204 (76.4%)	3 (1.1%)	46 (17.2%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$13,088						$13,088	55.4	56.6	593	10
341188002382	604	Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Harrison St	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8882	436	41	10.7	20.2%	191 (43.8%)	13 (3.0%)	171 (39.2%)	44 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.9%)	$11,383			$288			$11,095	55.2	58.1	577	27
341380000756	605	Grant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	104 Henry St	Ridgefield Park	07660	Bergen County	Ridgefield Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 641-0441	204	23	8.8	49.5%	26 (12.7%)	6 (2.9%)	139 (68.1%)	28 (13.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	$12,601			$291			$12,310	55.2	61	537	68
341761002484	606	Hazel Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	45 Hazel Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 669-5448	328	32	10.1	53.4%	35 (10.7%)	99 (30.2%)	168 (51.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.0%)	$11,540			$966			$10,574	55.2	48.5	688	82
340756003870	607	Ramtown Elementary School	Public	3-5	216 Ramtown -Greenville Road	Howell	07731	Monmouth County	Howell Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 751-2493	357	32	11.2	14.8%	247 (69.2%)	7 (2.0%)	81 (22.7%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.6%)	$10,995			$17			$10,978	55.1	63.3	516	91
341707005922	608	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	95 Altair Dr	Turnersville	08012	Camden County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 589-8248	479	53	8.9	25.1%	302 (63.0%)	83 (17.3%)	44 (9.2%)	21 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	$10,138			$625			$9,513	54.7	45.1	730	122
341689004144	609	West Belmar Elementary School	Public	K-5	925 17th Avenue	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 556-2560	165	24	7	33.9%	101 (61.2%)	1 (0.6%)	56 (33.9%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$13,457			$308			$13,149	54.6	79.1	303	306
341081004384	610	Sussex Avenue School	Public	3-5	125 Sussex Avenue	Morristown	07960	Morris County	Morris School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 292-2250	299	26	11.3	39.1%	133 (44.5%)	16 (5.4%)	133 (44.5%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$11,169			$283			$10,886	54.5	60.1	550	60

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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.