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)
341464003588	501	Harry S. Truman Elementary School	Public	K-3	One Taft Place	Parlin	08859	Middlesex County	Sayreville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 525-5215	440	35	12.4	37.3%	192 (43.6%)	84 (19.1%)	31 (7.0%)	64 (14.5%)	23 (5.2%)	14 (3.2%)	32 (7.3%)	$7,343			$130			$7,213	63.5	68.6	443	58
340669004250	502	Bee Meadow School	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Reynolds Avenue	Whippany	07981	Morris County	Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 515-2419	292	31	9.4	9.9%	177 (60.6%)	2 (0.7%)	49 (16.8%)	44 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.8%)	$12,321			$22			$12,299	63.5	70.9	418	84
340459005522	503	Victor Mravlag School No. 21	Public	PK, KG-8	132 Shelley Avenue	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5850	623	50	12.5	46.5%	133 (21.3%)	51 (8.2%)	422 (67.7%)	17 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,124						$10,124	63.4	60.7	543	40
340330004780	504	School #9	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Brighton Road	Clifton	07012	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2396	282	27	10.4	40.8%	95 (33.7%)	11 (3.9%)	131 (46.5%)	34 (12.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	$13,262						$13,262	63.3	60.5	546	42
341047005938	505	Radix Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	363 Radix Rd	Williamstown	08094	Gloucester County	Monroe Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 728-8650	619	58	10.6	30.4%	384 (62.0%)	87 (14.1%)	95 (15.3%)	12 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (6.1%)	$5,194			$05			$5,189	63.3	73.8	376	129
341308002618	506	Elwood Kindle Elementary School	Public	2-5	211 Washington Avenue	Pitman	08071	Gloucester County	Pitman Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 589-2628	166	16	10.6	16.9%	144 (86.7%)	4 (2.4%)	10 (6.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	$10,965						$10,965	63.1	73.1	388	118
341323004688	507	Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	44 N Main St	New Egypt	08533	Ocean County	Plumsted Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 758-6800	532	47	11.2	13.9%	434 (81.6%)	8 (1.5%)	71 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.2%)	$9,581			$41			$9,540	63.1	72	404	103
340699004814	508	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	233 Goffle Hill Road	Hawthorne	07507	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 423-6480	266	25	10.8	14.7%	157 (59.0%)	3 (1.1%)	82 (30.8%)	12 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.1%)	$17,713			$37			$17,676	63	58.1	576	68
340336002970	509	Round Valley	Public	3-5	128 Cokesbury Rd	Lebanon	08833	Hunterdon County	Clinton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 236-6341	366	43	8.6	7.4%	259 (70.8%)	5 (1.4%)	44 (12.0%)	33 (9.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.6%)	$3,600						$3,600	62.8	65	491	18
341368003834	510	Middle Road School	Public	1-4	305 Middle Road	Hazlet	07730	Monmouth County	Hazlet Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 264-9012	271	23	11.6	17.3%	219 (80.8%)	3 (1.1%)	34 (12.5%)	9 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$8,074						$8,074	62.7	59.1	564	54

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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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