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)
341650005760	541	Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	301 Washington Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 851-6460	573	43	13.3	29.3%	138 (24.1%)	145 (25.3%)	209 (36.5%)	51 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.5%)	$7,881						$7,881	60.2	71.9	398	143
340663005354	542	Marian E. McKeown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	One School Road	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Hampton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 383-5300	314	37	8.5	9.9%	265 (84.4%)	5 (1.6%)	35 (11.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$17,454			$552			$16,902	60.2	57.8	577	35
341761002488	543	Kelly Elementary School	Public	K-5	555 Pleasant Valley Way	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5452	479	52	9.2	44.1%	41 (8.6%)	169 (35.3%)	208 (43.4%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (9.6%)	$14,318						$14,318	60	52.3	638	95
341791005894	544	White Township Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	565 Cr 519	Belvidere	07823	Warren County	White Township Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 475-4773	261	31	8.5	16.9%	218 (83.5%)	4 (1.5%)	21 (8.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.6%)	$16,580			$287			$16,293	59.9	61.9	520	24
341368003834	545	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	268	22	12.2	17.9%	213 (79.5%)	3 (1.1%)	34 (12.7%)	9 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.6%)	$8,074						$8,074	59.9	62.7	510	35
341812003688	546	Robert Mascenik Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Benjamin Avenue	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8526	306	21	14.5	25.2%	92 (30.1%)	12 (3.9%)	58 (19.0%)	136 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$5,299						$5,299	59.8	75.9	340	206
340150000274	547	Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Hickory Avenue	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 385-8804	289	17	16.6	22.8%	40 (13.8%)	20 (6.9%)	146 (50.5%)	73 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$10,815			$59			$10,756	59.8	75.3	351	196
341587001666	548	Parkview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	123 Parkview Rd	Stratford	08084	Camden County	Stratford School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-2876	363	33	11	24.8%	197 (54.3%)	47 (12.9%)	77 (21.2%)	16 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.9%)	$10,763			$442			$10,321	59.7	59.8	549	1
341143000640	549	Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Webster Street	North Arlington	07031	Bergen County	North Arlington School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 991-6800	160	16	9.8	29.4%	65 (40.6%)	2 (1.3%)	81 (50.6%)	8 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$7,991			$61			$7,930	59.7	61.1	532	17
340630005820	550	Willow Grove Elementary School	Public	2-4	601 Willow Grove Street	Hackettstown	07840	Warren County	Hackettstown Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 852-2805	354	36	9.9	40.7%	163 (46.0%)	6 (1.7%)	158 (44.6%)	14 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.4%)	$14,182			$141			$14,041	59.6	62.2	515	35

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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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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.