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)
341413004518	401	Katharine D Malone Elementary School	Public	K-5	524 Green Pond Road	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Rockaway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-7512	259	31	8.4	12.4%	169 (65.3%)	9 (3.5%)	50 (19.3%)	15 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	13 (5.0%)	$19,911			$50			$19,861	71.8	82.2	253	148
340330004792	402	School #16	Public	K-5	755 Grove Street	Clifton	07013	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2420	196	22	8.9	50.5%	69 (35.2%)	7 (3.6%)	72 (36.7%)	38 (19.4%)	3 (1.5%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.6%)	$13,684						$13,684	71.7	69.1	435	33
341728004992	403	Theunis Dey Elementary School	Public	K-5	55 Webster Drive	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3155	435	29	15	4.6%	323 (74.3%)	7 (1.6%)	73 (16.8%)	17 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$15,454			$277			$15,177	71.7	65.1	489	86
340609005350	404	Green Hills School	Public	PK, KG-8	69 Mackerly Road	Greendell	07839	Sussex County	Green Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 300-3800	368	42	8.8	6.0%	304 (82.6%)	13 (3.5%)	36 (9.8%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$14,773			$261			$14,512	71.6	71.8	407	3
340203005927	405	Peter Muschal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	323 Ward Ave	Bordentown	08505	Burlington County	Bordentown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 298-2600	480	50	9.6	14.0%	322 (67.1%)	47 (9.8%)	73 (15.2%)	35 (7.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,739			$91			$7,648	71.5	76.5	340	65
341467005682	406	School One Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	563 Willow Avenue	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 322-7731	406	31	13.2	5.9%	226 (55.7%)	33 (8.1%)	81 (20.0%)	45 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.2%)	$8,863			$53			$8,810	71.5	81.8	256	150
340105001302	407	Mansion Avenue School	Public	3-6	300 Mansion Avenue	Audubon	08106	Camden County	Audubon Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 546-4926	356	34	10.5	21.1%	306 (86.0%)	10 (2.8%)	31 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$12,922			$400			$12,522	71.2	74.2	370	37
341752005010	408	Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	41 Henry Road	Hewitt	07421	Passaic County	West Milford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 853-4466	197	21	9.2	22.8%	151 (76.6%)	2 (1.0%)	35 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.6%)	$11,903			$294			$11,609	71	58.9	565	157
340399000344	409	Honiss Elementary/Middle School	Public	K-8	31 Depew St	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 387-3020	616	52	11.7	11.0%	245 (39.8%)	28 (4.5%)	225 (36.5%)	92 (14.9%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$8,229			$228			$8,001	71	72.8	393	16
341182000656	410	Northvale Public School	Public	K-8	441 Tappan Road	Northvale	07647	Bergen County	Northvale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-8484	533	52	10.2	0.6%	240 (45.0%)	7 (1.3%)	75 (14.1%)	193 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$14,135			$225			$13,910	70.9	64.1	507	97

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.