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)
341269004896	1331	School 12	Public	K-8	121 North Second Street	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0120	482	41	11.7	72.0%	3 (0.6%)	125 (25.9%)	343 (71.2%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$9,638						$9,638	3.7	5.2	1319	12
341269004884	1332	Senator Frank Lautenberg School	Public	K-8	137 Carroll Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0060	628	32	19.6	63.1%	3 (0.5%)	231 (36.8%)	387 (61.6%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$8,560						$8,560	3.6	3.4	1339	7
341629003435	1333	William Harrison Elementary School	Public	K-3	461 Genessee Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4750	251	19	13.2	59.4%	4 (1.6%)	12 (4.8%)	231 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	$9,599			$796			$8,803	3.6	4.7	1326	7
341629003248	1334	Darlene C. McKnight Elementary	Public	K-3	175 Girard Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4970	341	27	12.8	44.6%	3 (0.9%)	108 (31.7%)	226 (66.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$9,392			$641			$8,751	2.9	4.2	1330	4
341629003206	1335	Paul S. Robeson Elementary School	Public	K-3	350 Cuyler Avenue	Trenton	08629	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4920	367	29	12.6	38.7%	4 (1.1%)	77 (21.0%)	279 (76.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)								2.9			(n/a)
341629003236	1336	Patton J. Hill Elementary School	Public	K-3	1010 East State Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4980	542	40	13.7	64.6%	4 (0.7%)	122 (22.5%)	408 (75.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$10,318			$806			$9,512	2.7	4.5	1329	7
341629006140	1337	Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School	Public	K-3	401 North Montgomery St	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4841	456	35	13.2	32.2%	5 (1.1%)	164 (36.0%)	278 (61.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)								2.4	3.3	1341	4

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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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Educational resources:

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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.