Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1337)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
340071702925	1051	Foundation Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	363 West State Street	Trenton	08608	Mercer County	Foundation Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 920-9200	1,090	56	19.4	82.8%	9 (0.8%)	514 (47.2%)	546 (50.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	14 (1.3%)	$11,069			$878			$10,191	21.6	11.9	1209	158
340651000015	1052	George L. Hess Educational Complex	Public	1-5	700 Babcock Road	Mays Landing	08330	Atlantic County	Hamilton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 476-6101	1,356	126	10.7	52.1%	456 (33.6%)	343 (25.3%)	376 (27.7%)	58 (4.3%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	116 (8.6%)	$9,563			$342			$9,221	21.6	25.9	1003	49
340078403383	1053	Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson	Public, Charter	K-8	47 State Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 247-8920	586	45	13	77.1%	7 (1.2%)	130 (22.2%)	440 (75.1%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$9,781			$791			$8,990	21.6	16.7	1129	76
341314005618	1054	Emerson Community School	Public	K-5	305 Emerson Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4205	424	34	12.4	74.5%	6 (1.4%)	116 (27.4%)	299 (70.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$9,801			$208			$9,593	21.5	19.3	1101	47
341032001880	1055	Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Carmel Rd	Millville	08332	Cumberland County	Millville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 293-2220	198	16	12.3	60.6%	100 (50.5%)	33 (16.7%)	57 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$10,496			$278			$10,218	21.5	19	1104	49
340135001968	1056	Belleville PS7	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Passaic Ave	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4338	427	33	12.9	54.3%	67 (15.7%)	27 (6.3%)	282 (66.0%)	41 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)								21.2	26.3	999	57
340783002816	1057	Gladys Nunery School	Public	PK, KG-5	123 Claremont Ave	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6520	285	22	12.9	73.0%	4 (1.4%)	175 (61.4%)	101 (35.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$11,509			$394			$11,115	21.1	21	1076	19
340002100283	1058	East Orange Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	99 Washington Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 996-0400	431	14	30.7	76.8%	2 (0.5%)	394 (91.4%)	30 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$7,509			$993			$6,516	21.1	22.5	1048	10
341296005860	1059	Phillipsburg Elementary School	Public	3-5	525 Warren Street	Phillipsburg	08865	Warren County	Phillipsburg School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 454-3400	586	71	8.2	70.8%	240 (41.0%)	137 (23.4%)	154 (26.3%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.8%)	$15,299			$660			$14,639	21.1	19.7	1094	35
341287001634	1060	George B. Fine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	3800 Gladwyn Ave	Pennsauken	08109	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 662-8568	285	34	8.4	51.6%	25 (8.8%)	33 (11.6%)	194 (68.1%)	22 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.5%)	$12,099			$526			$11,573	21.1	32.4	912	148

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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 4, 2024, 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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