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)
340360000328	191	Merritt Memorial	Public	1-5	1 Dogwood Lane	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	273	29	9.4	1.8%	141 (51.6%)	11 (4.0%)	15 (5.5%)	94 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$10,439			$203			$10,236	86.1	87.1	169	22
341611000870	192	Ralph S Maugham School	Public	K-5	111 Magnolia Avenue	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7705	354	29	12.2	4.2%	197 (55.6%)	2 (0.6%)	35 (9.9%)	106 (29.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$9,945			$31			$9,914	86.1	93.5	56	136
340357005460	193	Hillside Avenue School	Public	K-8	125 Hillside Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 709-6229	748	73	10.1	2.8%	491 (65.6%)	46 (6.1%)	121 (16.2%)	53 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.7%)	$10,688			$225			$10,463	86.1	81.5	249	56
341341000067	194	Johnson Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	285 Rosedale Road	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 806-4240	388	40	9.7	21.6%	153 (39.4%)	30 (7.7%)	82 (21.1%)	87 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.3%)	$15,867			$241			$15,626	86	85.1	203	9
341770003264	195	J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School	Public	K-3	510 Plainsboro Road	Plainsboro	08536	Middlesex County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 716-5450	274	28	9.7	4.4%	22 (8.0%)	3 (1.1%)	12 (4.4%)	216 (78.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	$12,430			$110			$12,320	85.8	88.2	148	47
341185000660	196	Norwood Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	177 Summit St	Norwood	07648	Bergen County	Norwood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 768-6363	580	54	10.8	1.6%	232 (40.0%)	8 (1.4%)	79 (13.6%)	233 (40.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.5%)	$12,636			$340			$12,296	85.8	90.8	110	86
340531000446	197	School No. 2	Public	PK, KG-4	2047 Jones Road	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 585-4630	375	38	9.7	11.2%	83 (22.1%)	20 (5.3%)	73 (19.5%)	183 (48.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.0%)	$11,389			$382			$11,007	85.8	81.6	248	51
340459005524	198	William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,145	78	14.7	73.6%	135 (11.8%)	144 (12.6%)	837 (73.1%)	28 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,924			$188			$6,736	85.7	86.4	181	17
340183001988	199	Brookdale Elementary School	Public	K-6	1230 Broad Street	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 680-8520	331	34	9.8	6.6%	184 (55.6%)	22 (6.6%)	78 (23.6%)	34 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (3.0%)	$6,568						$6,568	85.7	89.6	128	71
341248000401	200	Lake Hiawatha Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Lincoln Avenue	Lake Hiawatha	07034	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-4344	462	35	13	19.0%	111 (24.0%)	12 (2.6%)	83 (18.0%)	245 (53.0%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	$11,814			$384			$11,430	85.6	88.7	141	59

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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.