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)
340972003948	241	Marlboro Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 School Road West	Marlboro	07746	Monmouth County	Marlboro Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 972-2095	493	39	12.4	1.0%	356 (72.2%)	4 (0.8%)	47 (9.5%)	68 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	$9,088			$17			$9,071	81.9	86.2	183	58
341644000805	242	Union Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	149 Perryville Road	Hampton	08827	Hunterdon County	Union Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-5511	206	21	9.6	1.5%	164 (79.6%)	4 (1.9%)	19 (9.2%)	12 (5.8%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$11,993			$386			$11,607	81.8	82.5	249	7
341698006106	243	Angelo L. Tomaso School	Public	K-5	46 Washington Valley Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-5300	264	34	7.7	1.9%	155 (58.7%)	6 (2.3%)	29 (11.0%)	63 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	$15,785			$30			$15,755	81.8	87.1	171	72
341332004704	244	G. Harold Antrim Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	401 Niblick Street	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 899-3737	315	41	7.7	21.6%	238 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (20.0%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$18,007			$677			$17,330	81.7	84.8	213	31
341770006077	245	Millstone River School	Public	3-5	75 Grovers Mill Road	Plainsboro	08536	Middlesex County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 716-5500	831	83	9.9	7.2%	77 (9.3%)	44 (5.3%)	48 (5.8%)	634 (76.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.2%)	$12,449			$110			$12,339	81.7	82.6	247	2
340927003498	246	Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	Public	K-5	33 Bushnell Rd	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 360-4499	280	22	12.5	23.6%	156 (55.7%)	16 (5.7%)	56 (20.0%)	42 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$15,420			$234			$15,186	81.7	77.3	327	81
341533002444	247	Tuscan Elementary School	Public	K-5	25 Harvard Ave	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-5221	577	46	12.5	6.8%	378 (65.5%)	65 (11.3%)	60 (10.4%)	15 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.1%)	$5,473						$5,473	81.6	85.8	195	52
340531000446	248	School No. 2	Public	PK, KG-4	2047 Jones Road	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 585-4630	357	40	9	14.8%	72 (20.2%)	17 (4.8%)	79 (22.1%)	174 (48.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.9%)	$11,389			$382			$11,007	81.6	81.7	257	9
340357005460	249	Hillside Avenue School	Public	K-8	125 Hillside Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 709-6229	734	78	9.3	3.3%	508 (69.2%)	39 (5.3%)	114 (15.5%)	46 (6.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.5%)	$10,688			$225			$10,463	81.5	83.4	235	14
341395000802	250	Woodside Elementary School	Public	K-5	801 Rivervale Rd	River Vale	07675	Bergen County	River Vale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 358-4028	335	23	14.7	0.9%	257 (76.7%)	10 (3.0%)	28 (8.4%)	33 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$14,921			$41			$14,880	81.4	80.9	273	23

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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

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.