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)
340975003970	301	Ravine Drive Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	170 Ravine Drive	Matawan	07747	Monmouth County	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 705-5800	373	31	12.2	17.2%	247 (66.2%)	21 (5.6%)	63 (16.9%)	23 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.1%)	$10,613			$76			$10,537	78.1	75.4	353	52
341836000946	302	George Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	270 Woodland Ave	Wyckoff	07481	Bergen County	Wyckoff Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 848-5740	380	30	12.8	0.8%	339 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$12,788			$256			$12,532	78	78.7	310	8
340258002016	303	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	18 Crane St	Caldwell	07006	Essex County	Caldwell-West School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 228-3987	259	21	12.3	10.0%	204 (78.8%)	3 (1.2%)	39 (15.1%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$14,951			$278			$14,673	77.7	88	156	147
341728004978	304	Lafayette Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Laauwe Avenue	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3165	311	22	14.3	3.9%	220 (70.7%)	4 (1.3%)	44 (14.1%)	33 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$15,454			$277			$15,177	77.6	72.8	391	87
340852000538	305	Anna C. Scott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	281 Broad Avenue	Leonia	07605	Bergen County	Leonia Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 302-5200	608	66	9.2	9.9%	114 (18.8%)	14 (2.3%)	138 (22.7%)	299 (49.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.6%)	$13,425			$244			$13,181	77.6	73.2	386	81
341188002390	306	Washington School	Public	PK, KG-6	155 Washington Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8887	516	42	12.1	19.2%	211 (40.9%)	18 (3.5%)	191 (37.0%)	65 (12.6%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (4.8%)	$11,365			$259			$11,106	77.6	80	287	19
340333002964	307	Clinton Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	10 School Street	Clinton	08809	Hunterdon County	Clinton-Glen Gardner School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 735-8512	450	44	10.2	11.6%	328 (72.9%)	13 (2.9%)	74 (16.4%)	23 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	$16,860			$199			$16,661	77.4	58.3	574	267
341782000916	308	Brookside Elementary School	Public	K-5	20 Lake Drive	Westwood	07675	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-9000	401	37	10.8	9.0%	281 (70.1%)	6 (1.5%)	75 (18.7%)	21 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	$4,864			$18			$4,846	77.4	86.1	187	121
340579005532	309	Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-8	400 Second Avenue	Garwood	07027	Union County	Garwood Boro	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-0331	357	32	11.2	16.8%	266 (74.5%)	5 (1.4%)	76 (21.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$11,448			$164			$11,284	77.3	72.9	390	81
340258002022	310	Wilson Elementary School	Public	K-5	71 Orton Rd	West Caldwell	07006	Essex County	Caldwell-West School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 228-7173	233	23	10.1	4.3%	172 (73.8%)	4 (1.7%)	36 (15.5%)	8 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	11 (4.7%)	$15,722			$291			$15,431	77.1	86.1	188	122

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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.

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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.