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)
340735002756	111	Joseph F Brandt Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 Ninth Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 356-3690	611	52	11.7	21.3%	375 (61.4%)	22 (3.6%)	114 (18.7%)	65 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (5.6%)	$9,244						$9,244	90	90.5	114	3
340153005434	112	Thomas P. Hughes School	Public	3-5	446 Snyder Ave	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1717	270	23	11.7	1.5%	153 (56.7%)	6 (2.2%)	40 (14.8%)	50 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	19 (7.0%)	$9,155			$68			$9,087	90	90.2	118	6
341821000934	113	Dorchester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Dorchester Road	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 391-5600	508	52	9.7	1.4%	385 (75.8%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.4%)	65 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	$14,696			$44			$14,652	90	89.9	121	8
340723005230	114	Triangle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	156 South Triangle Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	364	42	8.5	11.0%	129 (35.4%)	18 (4.9%)	49 (13.5%)	152 (41.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$5,950						$5,950	90	82.7	232	118
340003600309	115	Soaring Heights Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1 Romar Avenue	Jersey City	07305	Hudson County	Soaring Heights Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 434-4800	273	16	16.7	35.5%	39 (14.3%)	69 (25.3%)	32 (11.7%)	96 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	21 (7.7%)	$8,696			$1,133			$7,563	89.9	78.7	289	174
341425002418	116	Lester C Noecker	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Passaic Ave	Roseland	07068	Essex County	Roseland School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-7644	441	44	10	3.6%	278 (63.0%)	21 (4.8%)	56 (12.7%)	66 (15.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.1%)	$13,133			$192			$12,941	89.9	86.3	184	68
340357005470	117	Livingston Avenue School	Public	3-5	75 Livingston Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6248	251	22	11.5	1.2%	184 (73.3%)	1 (0.4%)	40 (15.9%)	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	$8,649			$06			$8,643	89.9	88.9	135	18
340357005462	118	Orange Avenue School	Public	3-8	901 Orange Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6257	769	65	11.7	0.8%	621 (80.8%)	18 (2.3%)	76 (9.9%)	30 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	$7,540						$7,540	89.8	88.8	139	21
340531000444	119	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	546	49	11.2	9.0%	107 (19.6%)	14 (2.6%)	70 (12.8%)	326 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.3%)	$7,644						$7,644	89.7	91.9	89	30
340639001562	120	J. Fithian Tatem School	Public	PK, KG-5	One Glover Avenue	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-0902	432	26	16.7	0.7%	364 (84.3%)	5 (1.2%)	21 (4.9%)	26 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$6,211						$6,211	89.7	91.5	99	21

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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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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.