Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the New Jersey Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 932)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340408002980	1	East Amwell Township	Public	PK, KG-8	43 Wertsville Rd	Ringoes	08551	Hunterdon County	East Amwell Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 782-6464	375	42	9	11.2%	292 (77.9%)	3 (0.8%)	53 (14.1%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$16,880			$457			$16,423	99.9%	76.4%	23.52%
341245000714	2	West Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	18 South First Street	Park Ridge	07656	Bergen County	Park Ridge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 573-6000	340	28	12.3	1.2%	256 (75.3%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (12.1%)	24 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	$11,688			$29			$11,659	99.8%	94.0%	5.75%
341020002152	3	Deerfield School	Public	K-4	26 Troy Lane	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-4843	402	30	13.2	0.7%	137 (34.1%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	219 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.2%)	$13,641			$34			$13,607	99.7%	99.1%	0.58%
341830000924	4	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	99.6%	96.9%	2.71%
340639001556	5	Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	Three Lincoln Avenue	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-5851	437	26	16.5	0.9%	375 (85.8%)	3 (0.7%)	18 (4.1%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.2%)	$6,314			$347			$5,967	99.5%	99.6%	0.07%
340258002022	6	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	99.4%	76.9%	22.47%
340933000588	7	Betsy Ross Elementary	Public	K-3	20 Malcolm Rd	Mahwah	07430	Bergen County	Mahwah Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 762-2250	276	24	11.7	6.2%	180 (65.2%)	5 (1.8%)	32 (11.6%)	38 (13.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.2%)	$9,947						$9,947	99.3%	99.4%	0.13%
340198004162	8	Rockaway Valley School	Public	PK, KG-8	11 Valley Road	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Boonton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 334-4162	386	41	9.5	2.3%	300 (77.7%)	6 (1.6%)	37 (9.6%)	35 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$16,532			$57			$16,475	99.2%	89.1%	10.04%
340531000444	9	School No. 1	Public	K-4	250 Hoym Street	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4620	542	47	11.5	8.7%	115 (21.2%)	8 (1.5%)	79 (14.6%)	311 (57.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.4%)	$7,644						$7,644	99.1%	93.4%	5.69%
340696000520	10	Haworth Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	205 Valley Rd	Haworth	07641	Bergen County	Haworth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 384-5526	424	48	8.8	0.7%	305 (71.9%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (4.7%)	62 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.3%)	$17,223						$17,223	99.0%	97.2%	1.79%

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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.