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)
340471000384	681	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-3	1 Haines Avenue	Emerson	07630	Bergen County	Emerson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 599-7580	378	24	15.5	7.1%	233 (61.6%)	7 (1.9%)	82 (21.7%)	32 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.3%)	$9,974			$106			$9,868	49	65.8	472	209
340945004664	682	Whiting Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	412 Manchester Blvd	Whiting	08759	Ocean County	Manchester Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 350-4994	275	28	9.9	31.6%	185 (67.3%)	14 (5.1%)	53 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.0%)	$19,177			$499			$18,678	49	51.3	651	31
340921000580	683	Roosevelt School	Public	3-5	530 Stuyvesant Ave	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 896-2068	297	22	13.5	30.0%	162 (54.5%)	6 (2.0%)	114 (38.4%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$6,715			$71			$6,644	49	44	752	69
340117001308	684	Avon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	862 Mercer Dr	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Barrington School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 547-6632	297	36	8.1	37.4%	206 (69.4%)	19 (6.4%)	34 (11.4%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (8.8%)	$4,908						$4,908	48.9	41.5	786	102
340831004648	685	Lavallette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	105 Brooklyn Ave.	Lavallette	08735	Ocean County	Lavallette Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 793-7722	160	19	8.5	12.5%	138 (86.3%)	6 (3.8%)	9 (5.6%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,143			$726			$17,417	48.8	42	778	93
340699004812	686	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Roosevelt Avenue	Hawthorne	07506	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 423-6485	539	51	10.5	31.4%	227 (42.1%)	17 (3.2%)	256 (47.5%)	17 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	$11,687			$294			$11,393	48.7	53.6	622	64
340071502923	687	Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	200 MacArthur Avenue	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Bergen Arts and Science Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 773-9140	1,280	88	14.5	56.7%	371 (29.0%)	134 (10.5%)	660 (51.6%)	96 (7.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	14 (1.1%)	$8,403			$478			$7,925	48.7	51.3	652	35
341623004734	688	Hooper Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	1517 Hooper Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5850	697	47	14.8	17.2%	535 (76.8%)	16 (2.3%)	105 (15.1%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.6%)	$6,561			$346			$6,215	48.6	42.6	773	85
340747005826	689	Hope Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	320 Johnsonburg Road	Hope	07844	Warren County	Hope Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 459-4242	135	18	7.3	10.4%	112 (83.0%)	6 (4.4%)	15 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	$19,117			$432			$18,685	48.6	52.8	629	60
340072005788	690	Allamuchy Township School	Public	3-8	20 Johnsonburg Road	Allamuchy	07820	Warren County	Allamuchy Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 852-1894	274	25	10.9	11.7%	179 (65.3%)	17 (6.2%)	45 (16.4%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.9%)	$12,269			$382			$11,887	48.6	43.4	758	68

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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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Educational resources:

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

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.