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)
341146002884	1041	Franklin Elementary School	Public	1-8	5211 Columbia Avenue	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-7007	533	49	10.9	67.4%	24 (4.5%)	5 (0.9%)	491 (92.1%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,450						$5,450	22.9	21.5	1055	14
341623000345	1042	Joseph A. Citta Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2050 Lakewood Road	Toms River	08755	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 818-8550	483	41	11.8	60.9%	164 (34.0%)	84 (17.4%)	187 (38.7%)	25 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	$6,372			$520			$5,852	22.9	24.6	1015	27
341812003694	1043	Matthew Jago Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	99 Central Avenue	Sewaren	07077	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8428	411	42	9.7	38.9%	161 (39.2%)	38 (9.2%)	144 (35.0%)	56 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$6,230						$6,230	22.8	25.6	999	44
340783002804	1044	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	Public	PK, KG-5	264 Van Horne Street	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6480	741	66	11.2	56.5%	115 (15.5%)	258 (34.8%)	331 (44.7%)	26 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	$10,815			$567			$10,248	22.7	17.5	1113	69
341149003488	1045	Livingston Park	Public	PK, KG-4	1128 Livingston Avenue	North Brunswick	08902	Middlesex County	North Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 289-3302	478	59	8.1	41.0%	60 (12.6%)	80 (16.7%)	211 (44.1%)	95 (19.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.6%)	$9,438			$31			$9,407	22.7	33.7	889	156
341410004504	1046	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	37 Keller Avenue	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Rockaway Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 625-8602	271	24	11.3	19.2%	126 (46.5%)	10 (3.7%)	111 (41.0%)	18 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$8,637			$54			$8,583	22.6	37.6	828	218
341806001694	1047	Winslow Township Elementary School Two	Public	PK, KG-3	125 First Avenue	Sicklerville	08081	Camden County	Winslow Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 561-8450	308	33	9.2	44.2%	114 (37.0%)	108 (35.1%)	54 (17.5%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.1%)	$9,619			$155			$9,464	22.5	28.3	959	88
340002100283	1048	East Orange Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	99 Washington Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 996-0400	448	1	448	65.2%	1 (0.2%)	422 (94.2%)	22 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$7,509			$993			$6,516	22.5	24.6	1017	31
340079103403	1049	College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3455 West Bangs Ave	Neptune	07753	Monmouth County	College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 774-0727	554	38	14.5	51.8%	0 (0.0%)	309 (55.8%)	228 (41.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$13,303			$1,076			$12,227	22.4	30.7	930	119
340330004784	1050	School #12	Public	PK, KG-5	165 Clifton Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2404	554	57	9.7	81.9%	51 (9.2%)	6 (1.1%)	482 (87.0%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$13,219			$1,304			$11,915	22.4	29.4	944	106

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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.