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)
341596005412	891	Wantage Elementary School	Public	3-5	815 Route 23	Sussex	07461	Sussex County	Sussex-Wantage Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 875-4589	338	38	8.8	28.1%	297 (87.9%)	2 (0.6%)	26 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$11,412			$270			$11,142	34.1	33.9	884	7
340573006088	892	Roland Rogers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	105 S Reeds Road	Galloway	08205	Atlantic County	Galloway Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 748-1250	549	52	10.5	52.3%	243 (44.3%)	105 (19.1%)	136 (24.8%)	45 (8.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.3%)	$12,794			$555			$12,239	34	31.1	925	33
341434004536	893	Nixon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	275 Mt Arlington Boulevard	Landing	07850	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 398-2564	257	26	9.9	31.9%	135 (52.5%)	13 (5.1%)	94 (36.6%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	$13,933			$511			$13,422	33.8	47.9	695	198
340390002520	894	Lake Tract Elementary School	Public	1-5	690 Iszard Rd	Deptford	08096	Gloucester County	Deptford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 686-2240	411	35	11.6	36.3%	184 (44.8%)	110 (26.8%)	64 (15.6%)	27 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.1%)	$6,306			$224			$6,082	33.7	26.3	992	98
340603001512	895	Chews Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Chewslanding Somerdale Rd	Blackwood	08012	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 783-6607	716	52	13.7	34.1%	412 (57.5%)	117 (16.3%)	115 (16.1%)	33 (4.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.7%)	$11,338			$312			$11,026	33.6	35.6	858	37
341428005652	896	Harrison Elementary School	Public	1-4	310 Harrison Ave	Roselle	07203	Union County	Roselle Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 298-2052	305	28	11	61.6%	5 (1.6%)	98 (32.1%)	189 (62.0%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	$15,698			$554			$15,144	33.6	37.1	837	59
341650000247	897	Hannah Caldwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1120 Commerce Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 206-6101	779	46	16.9	14.4%	121 (15.5%)	295 (37.9%)	258 (33.1%)	71 (9.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	28 (3.6%)	$9,488						$9,488	33.5	31.7	923	26
341638002924	898	Robert Waters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2800 Summit Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5925	976	71	13.7	88.0%	10 (1.0%)	7 (0.7%)	954 (97.7%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,833			$546			$9,287	33.4	38.5	813	85
340228005180	899	John F. Kennedy Primary School	Public	K-4	255 Woodmere Street	Raritan	08869	Somerset County	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 231-1179	450	50	9	31.8%	152 (33.8%)	29 (6.4%)	166 (36.9%)	70 (15.6%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.6%)	$9,400			$598			$8,802	33.4	35.9	854	45
341146002888	900	John F Kennedy Elementary School	Public	1-8	1210 Eleventh St	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-7000	601	50	11.9	66.1%	36 (6.0%)	7 (1.2%)	532 (88.5%)	23 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	$6,067						$6,067	33.4	22.8	1037	137

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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.