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)
341188002392	261	Yantacaw School	Public	K-6	20 Yantacaw Place	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8891	518	37	13.9	5.6%	239 (46.1%)	12 (2.3%)	118 (22.8%)	124 (23.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.4%)	$11,239			$133			$11,106	81.5	81.3	252	9
341683006061	262	Signal Hill School	Public	K-5	33 Signal Hill Drive	Voorhees	08043	Camden County	Voorhees Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 767-6749	437	36	12	5.5%	277 (63.4%)	34 (7.8%)	32 (7.3%)	58 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.0%)	$12,765			$134			$12,631	81.5	85.4	199	63
340987000540	263	Kirby's Mill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	151 Hartford Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 714-7014	379	29	13	10.0%	250 (66.0%)	21 (5.5%)	35 (9.2%)	58 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.4%)	$10,032			$84			$9,948	81.4	85.9	190	73
340525004236	264	Brooklake School	Public	3-5	235 Brooklake Road	Florham Park	07932	Morris County	Florham Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 822-3888	308	35	8.8	1.3%	204 (66.2%)	16 (5.2%)	38 (12.3%)	38 (12.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$8,965						$8,965	81.4	83.8	216	48
341617000545	265	Tewksbury Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	109 Fairmount Road East	Califon	07830	Hunterdon County	Tewksbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 832-2594	260	28	9.2	2.7%	199 (76.5%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (10.4%)	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.3%)	$11,708			$183			$11,525	81.1	87.2	167	98
340723006068	266	Amsterdam Elementary School	Public	K-4	301 Amsterdam Drive	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 431-6600	383	36	10.7	5.0%	143 (37.3%)	9 (2.3%)	39 (10.2%)	167 (43.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.0%)	$5,293						$5,293	81.1	85.4	198	68
341056002170	267	Edgemont Elementary School	Public	K-5	20 Edgemont Rd	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4162	255	24	10.6	14.5%	124 (48.6%)	29 (11.4%)	63 (24.7%)	14 (5.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (9.0%)	$13,652			$243			$13,409	81.1	79.3	279	12
340228005170	268	Crim Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1300 Crim Road	Bridgewater	08807	Somerset County	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 231-1022	381	39	9.6	7.1%	235 (61.7%)	7 (1.8%)	45 (11.8%)	71 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.5%)	$11,542						$11,542	80.9	70.9	411	143
341014000612	269	Highland Elementary School	Public	3-6	31 Highland Ave	Midland Park	07432	Bergen County	Midland Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 445-3880	283	34	8.3	7.1%	201 (71.0%)	2 (0.7%)	59 (20.8%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.7%)	$16,024			$154			$15,870	80.9	83	227	42
340399000342	270	Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Grant Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3050	452	31	14.4	10.4%	171 (37.8%)	13 (2.9%)	170 (37.6%)	80 (17.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	$8,269			$437			$7,832	80.8	83.4	223	47

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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.