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)
341206004066	321	Wanamassa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	901 Bendermere Avenue	Ocean	07712	Monmouth County	Township of Ocean School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 531-5700	357	36	9.9	15.4%	276 (77.3%)	7 (2.0%)	50 (14.0%)	12 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	$8,896						$8,896	77	86.6	178	143
341191000664	322	Dogwood Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	25 Dogwood Dr	Oakland	07436	Bergen County	Oakland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-5822	241	24	10	11.6%	169 (70.1%)	1 (0.4%)	55 (22.8%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.7%)	$13,907						$13,907	76.9	70.7	415	93
340858004294	323	Lincoln Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	274 Pinebrook Road	Lincoln Park	07035	Morris County	Lincoln Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 696-5530	522	47	11.1	13.8%	318 (60.9%)	10 (1.9%)	149 (28.5%)	27 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	$10,226			$206			$10,020	76.9	75.8	345	22
341521003616	324	Constable Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	29 Constable Road	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 297-2488	504	49	10.3	17.9%	97 (19.2%)	58 (11.5%)	61 (12.1%)	262 (52.0%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	$11,281			$258			$11,023	76.9	76.5	329	5
341698000244	325	Woodland School	Public	K-5	114 Stirling Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-5300	220	29	7.7	10.0%	127 (57.7%)	17 (7.7%)	36 (16.4%)	29 (13.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.5%)	$14,752			$32			$14,720	76.6	72.4	386	61
341068000620	326	Robert L. Craig School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 West Park Street	Moonachie	07074	Bergen County	Moonachie School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 641-5833	360	36	10	56.1%	114 (31.7%)	1 (0.3%)	194 (53.9%)	41 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.7%)	$16,011			$749			$15,262	76.5	78.8	286	40
341728004976	327	John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1310 Ratzer Road	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 633-3160	371	27	13.6	14.8%	203 (54.7%)	8 (2.2%)	77 (20.8%)	67 (18.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$14,918			$353			$14,565	76.5	76.6	326	1
340315005450	328	Frank K. Hehnly	Public	K-5	590 Raritan Road	Clark	07066	Union County	Clark Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 381-8100	561	41	13.8	2.3%	418 (74.5%)	8 (1.4%)	93 (16.6%)	32 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	$10,499			$112			$10,387	76.5	69.1	432	104
341836000946	329	George Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	270 Woodland Ave	Wyckoff	07481	Bergen County	Wyckoff Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 848-5740	379	31	12.4		334 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$12,788			$256			$12,532	76.5	78	302	27
341689004136	330	Central Elementary School	Public	K-5	2007 Allenwood Road	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 556-2540	503	47	10.6	11.1%	432 (85.9%)	22 (4.4%)	33 (6.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	$8,202			$85			$8,117	76.5	74	372	42

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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.