Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1337)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
341533002432	201	Delia Bolden Elementary School	Public	3-5	518 Ridgewood Rd	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-7696	448	40	11.2	9.4%	261 (58.3%)	78 (17.4%)	47 (10.5%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (11.4%)	$4,804						$4,804	85.5	86.5	179	22
340537000532	202	Colonial Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	749 Colonial Road	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-0336	255	33	7.7	2.7%	182 (71.4%)	2 (0.8%)	31 (12.2%)	28 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	$16,575						$16,575	85.5	89.9	122	80
341728004970	203	Albert Payson Terhune Elementary	Public	K-5	40 Geoffrey Way	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3150	373	27	13.6	7.5%	236 (63.3%)	9 (2.4%)	45 (12.1%)	65 (17.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$15,455			$277			$15,178	85.5	87.8	158	45
341521003614	204	Cambridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 Cambridge Road	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 297-2941	410	32	12.6	8.0%	113 (27.6%)	23 (5.6%)	40 (9.8%)	218 (53.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$10,867			$49			$10,818	85.4	82.1	240	36
340924004304	205	Kings Road School	Public	K-5	215 Kings Road	Madison	07940	Morris County	Madison Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 593-3178	277	25	11.2	9.0%	199 (71.8%)	7 (2.5%)	35 (12.6%)	30 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$12,736			$81			$12,655	85.2	86.9	171	34
341689004134	206	Allenwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	3301 Allenwood Lakewood Rd	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 556-2150	409	45	9	5.6%	368 (90.0%)	3 (0.7%)	21 (5.1%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$10,534			$06			$10,528	85.1	78.4	296	90
340939003928	207	Lafayette Mills School	Public	1-5	66 Maxwell Lane	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2700	445	34	12.9	6.3%	342 (76.9%)	3 (0.7%)	42 (9.4%)	42 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$8,271			$52			$8,219	85.1	83.2	225	18
340939003926	208	Clark Mills School	Public	1-5	34 Gordons Corner Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2720	477	36	13.4	6.9%	380 (79.7%)	2 (0.4%)	57 (11.9%)	24 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	10 (2.1%)	$8,519			$27			$8,492	84.9	86.2	187	21
341812003690	209	Claremont Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	Claremont Avenue	Colonia	07067	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 596-4153	319	23	13.8	26.0%	138 (43.3%)	25 (7.8%)	61 (19.1%)	87 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$4,849						$4,849	84.9	72.3	390	181
341674002450	210	Brookdale Avenue School	Public	K-4	14 Brookdale Court	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6752	123	11	11.5	2.4%	109 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.5%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	$14,613			$143			$14,470	84.8	60.4	539	329

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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 4, 2024, 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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