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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 748)	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)
340076303247	748	Hope Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	836 S. 4th Street	Camden	08103	Camden County	Hope Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 379-3448	133	18	7.5	98.5%	1 (0.8%)	52 (39.1%)	79 (59.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$9,684			$2,493			$7,191	5			(n/a)
340264001354	747	Veterans Memorial Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	800 N 26th Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5090	358	50	7.2	60.9%	4 (1.1%)	60 (16.8%)	290 (81.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,878			$3,409			$13,469	5.3	6.4	744	3
340264001364	746	Cooper's Poynt Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 State Street	Camden	08102	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5370	400	60	6.6	78.0%	4 (1.0%)	147 (36.8%)	244 (61.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$18,278			$3,474			$14,804	5.3	8.5	734	12
340264001406	745	Henry B. Wilson Family School	Public	K-8	2250 South 8th Street	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-3691	448	44	10.1	81.5%	7 (1.6%)	305 (68.1%)	132 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$17,638			$3,947			$13,691	5.4	5.8	745
340093003732	744	Asbury Park High School	Public	9-12	1001 Sunset Avenue	Asbury Park	07712	Monmouth County	Asbury Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 776-2638	607	50	12.1	45.8%	11 (1.8%)	255 (42.0%)	338 (55.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$21,907			$332			$21,575	6.3	7.9	740	4
341269004892	743	School 10	Public	K-8	48 Mercer Street	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0100	569	34	16.7	75.7%	6 (1.1%)	180 (31.6%)	378 (66.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$8,827						$8,827	6.7	8.5	736	7
340225001790	742	Cherry Street School	Public	K-8	11 Cherry Street	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	532	43	12.5		1 (0.2%)	212 (39.8%)	300 (56.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$11,205			$889			$10,316	6.9	9.5	721	21
341254003487	741	Sonia Sotomayor School #21	Public	K-8	225 Madison Street	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5500	588	47	12.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.9%)	550 (93.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								7	8.5	735	6
340264001368	740	Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3425 Cramer Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-8920	507	60	8.4	65.7%	6 (1.2%)	107 (21.1%)	372 (73.4%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,427			$3,485			$16,942	7.1	9.1	729	11
341146003521	739	Polk Street School	Public	K-8	7111 Polk Street	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 295-2920	241	18	13.7	85.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	241 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								7.1	12.8	677	62

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA English Language Arts, NJSLA Mathematics, NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science 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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