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)
341836000948	291	Sicomac Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	356 Sicomac Ave	Wyckoff	07481	Bergen County	Wyckoff Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 848-5730	355	32	11	0.8%	294 (82.8%)	3 (0.8%)	25 (7.0%)	20 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$13,833			$256			$13,577	78.6	87.5	166	125
341782000918	292	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 School Street	Township Of Washington	07676	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-6440	329	30	11.1	6.1%	241 (73.3%)	3 (0.9%)	49 (14.9%)	30 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$5,601			$20			$5,581	78.6	77	334	42
340576000478	293	Washington Irving School #4	Public	PK, KG-5	12 Madonna Place	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 340-5034	347	36	9.7	36.6%	177 (51.0%)	14 (4.0%)	147 (42.4%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$10,580			$123			$10,457	78.5	63.7	510	217
341242000702	294	Ridge Ranch Elementary School	Public	K-4	345 Lockwood Drive	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	351	29	12.2	11.4%	141 (40.2%)	7 (2.0%)	54 (15.4%)	127 (36.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.1%)	$15,309						$15,309	78.5	86.4	179	115
341533002442	295	South Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	444 West South Orange Ave	South Orange	07079	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-5216	618	49	12.5	2.6%	383 (62.0%)	73 (11.8%)	55 (8.9%)	29 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	76 (12.3%)	$5,242						$5,242	78.4	83	242	53
341689004134	296	Allenwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	3301 Allenwood Lakewood Rd	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 556-2150	409	45	9	5.6%	368 (90.0%)	3 (0.7%)	21 (5.1%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$10,534			$06			$10,528	78.4	73.2	385	89
341056005984	297	Charles H. Bullock School	Public	K-5	55 Washington Street	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4255	423	41	10.3	9.7%	242 (57.2%)	70 (16.5%)	44 (10.4%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (11.3%)	$12,790			$183			$12,607	78.3	84.6	216	81
341242000700	298	Parkway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	145 E. Ridgewood Avenue	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	300	27	11.1	9.3%	148 (49.3%)	8 (2.7%)	45 (15.0%)	91 (30.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$16,646						$16,646	78.2	84.1	224	74
341707002656	299	Whitman Elementary School	Public	K-5	827 Whitman School Dr	Turnersville	08012	Camden County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 227-1103	519	47	11	18.3%	368 (70.9%)	40 (7.7%)	70 (13.5%)	21 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	$10,724			$322			$10,402	78.1	68.4	445	146
340753003138	300	Bear Tavern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1162 Bear Tavern Road	Titusville	08560	Mercer County	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 737-4005	459	47	9.8	2.6%	348 (75.8%)	13 (2.8%)	35 (7.6%)	42 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	18 (3.9%)	$11,447						$11,447	78.1	75.2	357	57

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

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