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)
341005003408	941	Parker Elementary School	Public	K-3	South Lincoln Avenue	Middlesex	08846	Middlesex County	Middlesex Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 317-6000	181	18	10.2	51.9%	40 (22.1%)	13 (7.2%)	107 (59.1%)	15 (8.3%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	$10,883			$1,429			$9,454	30.2	44.7	744	197
340282000451	942	Nathan Hale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	678 Roosevelt Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	439	41	10.8	81.1%	32 (7.3%)	43 (9.8%)	293 (66.7%)	57 (13.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	$5,184			$429			$4,755	30.2	19.1	1103	161
340162001332	943	John F Kennedy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	228 Mt Vernon Avenue	West Berlin	08091	Camden County	Berlin Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 767-9480	351	50	7	31.6%	198 (56.4%)	36 (10.3%)	81 (23.1%)	27 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$14,727			$598			$14,129	30.1	15.1	1151	208
340072703029	944	The Ethical Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	95 Broadway	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 984-4151	351	16	21.9	52.1%	87 (24.8%)	45 (12.8%)	79 (22.5%)	119 (33.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	$8,303			$678			$7,625	30	31.4	935	9
340774000463	945	Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1025 Larsen Road	Jackson	08527	Ocean County	Jackson Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 833-4690	590	50	11.8	45.4%	319 (54.1%)	54 (9.2%)	180 (30.5%)	17 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	$8,982			$328			$8,654	29.9	28.8	965	20
340681005824	946	Harmony Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	2551 Belvidere Road	Phillipsburg	08865	Warren County	Harmony Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 859-1001	184	28	6.5	14.1%	170 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$16,374			$531			$15,843	29.8	46.9	709	237
341269004890	947	Charles J. Riley/ School 9	Public	PK, KG-8	6 Timothy Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0090	726	62	11.7	79.9%	355 (48.9%)	20 (2.8%)	299 (41.2%)	46 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	$10,479						$10,479	29.7	21.6	1064	117
340246000260	948	Fountain Woods Elementary School	Public	2-5	601 Fountain Avenue	Burlington	08016	Burlington County	Burlington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 387-1799	967	84	11.5	38.0%	247 (25.5%)	401 (41.5%)	154 (15.9%)	115 (11.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.0%)	$10,824			$173			$10,651	29.7	35.3	870	78
341650000247	949	Hannah Caldwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1120 Commerce Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 206-6101	809	49	16.5	27.3%	114 (14.1%)	333 (41.2%)	259 (32.0%)	70 (8.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	28 (3.5%)	$9,488						$9,488	29.6	33.5	897	52
340077903353	950	College Achieve Central Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	365 Emerson Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	College Achieve Central Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 625-1879	1,428	86	16.6	66.3%	2 (0.1%)	267 (18.7%)	1,149 (80.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.4%)	$8,250			$601			$7,649	29.5	23.9	1023	73

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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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