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)
341836000942	41	Calvin Coolidge Elementary School	Public	K-5	420 Grandview Ave	Wyckoff	07481	Bergen County	Wyckoff Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 848-5710	315	27	11.6	1.0%	252 (80.0%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (6.0%)	30 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.5%)	$12,914			$256			$12,658	94.4	88.4	152	111
341830000924	42	Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	250 Wood Ridge Ave	Wood Ridge	07075	Bergen County	Wood-Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 933-6777	435	37	11.7	9.4%	220 (50.6%)	15 (3.4%)	112 (25.7%)	76 (17.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$11,211			$121			$11,090	94.3	86.3	182	140
341371003032	43	Three Bridges School	Public	PK, KG-3	480 Main Street	Three Bridges	08887	Hunterdon County	Readington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 782-2141	303	30	10.1	4.6%	252 (83.2%)	5 (1.7%)	32 (10.6%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	$10,664			$11			$10,653	94.1	83.1	241	198
340498000422	44	Radburn Elementary School	Public	K-4	18-00 Radburn Rd	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5480	393	32	12.1	8.4%	236 (60.1%)	8 (2.0%)	55 (14.0%)	66 (16.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.4%)	$6,159			$16			$6,143	94.1	89.6	127	83
341473004098	45	Sea Girt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	451 Bell Place	Sea Girt	08750	Monmouth County	Sea Girt Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 449-3422	132	25	5.2	2.3%	125 (94.7%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,511			$387			$19,124	94	96.2	16	29
340495003780	46	Viola L Sickles School	Public	PK, KG-3	25 Willow Street	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-6151	452	41	11	0.7%	434 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,188						$8,188	93.9	96.2	17	29
341020002156	47	Hartshorn School	Public	K-4	400 Hartshorn Drive	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-7550	437	34	12.7	1.1%	171 (39.1%)	13 (3.0%)	14 (3.2%)	204 (46.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.0%)	$13,657			$34			$13,623	93.9	95.6	27	20
340726000528	48	Meadowbrook	Public	PK, KG-4	50 Piermont Ave	Hillsdale	07642	Bergen County	Hillsdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-8088	332	31	10.8	3.0%	240 (72.3%)	4 (1.2%)	45 (13.6%)	25 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.1%)	$11,913			$35			$11,878	93.9	94	58	10
340477000406	49	Upper School	Public	3-8	143 Charlotte Pl	Englewood Cliffs	07632	Bergen County	Englewood Cliffs School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 567-7292	264	41	6.4	1.1%	67 (25.4%)	8 (3.0%)	18 (6.8%)	158 (59.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.5%)	$12,826			$216			$12,610	93.9	97.2	4	45
341521003628	50	Monmouth Junction Elementary School	Public	K-5	630 Ridge Road	Monmouth Junction	08852	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 329-6981	279	23	12	4.3%	46 (16.5%)	11 (3.9%)	10 (3.6%)	206 (73.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$11,552			$55			$11,497	93.9	95.6	28	22

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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.
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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.