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)
340789002878	971	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	80 Belgrove Dr	Kearny	07032	Hudson County	Kearny	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 955-5100	516	47	10.9	70.2%	91 (17.6%)	12 (2.3%)	384 (74.4%)	18 (3.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	$9,579			$665			$8,914	28.3	28.6	955	16
341758002946	972	Albio Sires Elementary School	Public	K-6	6300 Palisade Ave	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4070	560	49	11.4	86.4%	22 (3.9%)	2 (0.4%)	523 (93.4%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$11,238			$646			$10,592	28.3	23.3	1028	56
341353005646	973	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	811 St George Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1060	573	51	11.3	51.3%	92 (16.1%)	190 (33.2%)	255 (44.5%)	11 (1.9%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.1%)	$14,584			$216			$14,368	28.2	21.9	1052	79
341284005054	974	Field Street School	Public	1-3	144 Field Street	Carneys Point	08069	Salem County	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 299-0170	501	41	12.2	71.5%	81 (16.2%)	183 (36.5%)	229 (45.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	$10,390			$793			$9,597	28	33.1	904	70
340390002528	975	Shady Lane Elementary School	Public	1-5	130 Peach Street	Westville	08093	Gloucester County	Deptford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 384-6046	386	36	10.8	39.1%	151 (39.1%)	73 (18.9%)	93 (24.1%)	44 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.5%)	$7,987			$373			$7,614	27.9	26.9	980	5
341146002892	976	McKinley Elementary School	Public	K-8	3110 Liberty Ave	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 974-7020	318	35	9.1	64.2%	24 (7.5%)	7 (2.2%)	272 (85.5%)	15 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,659						$7,659	27.7	24.9	1005	29
340576000472	977	Abraham Lincoln School #6	Public	PK, KG-5	111 Palisade Ave	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 340-5036	352	35	10.1	42.3%	63 (17.9%)	26 (7.4%)	258 (73.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$12,925			$220			$12,705	27.7	29.4	945	32
340069002956	978	Lester D. Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	525 County Road 513	Pittstown	08867	Hunterdon County	Alexandria Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 996-6812	191	20	9.6	5.2%	164 (85.9%)	4 (2.1%)	9 (4.7%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.3%)	$13,267			$405			$12,862	27.6	28.2	961	17
340912005068	979	Central Park Elementary School	Public	K-3	43 Oliver Ave	Pennsville	08070	Salem County	Pennsville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 540-6200	216	24	9.1	38.9%	168 (77.8%)	11 (5.1%)	26 (12.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$14,263			$511			$13,752	27.6	24.9	1007	28
341758002940	980	Public School Number One	Public	K-6	6129 Madison St	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4025	769	57	13.5	89.2%	11 (1.4%)	10 (1.3%)	746 (97.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,104			$608			$8,496	27.6	22.8	1039	59

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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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Educational resources:

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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.