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)
340074903184	1241	Millville Public Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1101 Wheaton Avenue	Millville	08332	Cumberland County	Millville Public Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 506-8143	328	27	12.1	20.4%	38 (11.6%)	147 (44.8%)	125 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)	$8,381			$2,343			$6,038	9.8	8.1	1274	33
341680003031	1242	Gloria M Sabater Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 South East Blvd	Vineland	08360	Cumberland County	Vineland Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 641-8502	668	55	12.2	80.1%	7 (1.0%)	32 (4.8%)	624 (93.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$12,874			$1,044			$11,830	9.7	9.7	1253	11
341269004916	1243	School 24	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Nineteenth Avenue	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0160	651	62	10.5	87.6%	7 (1.1%)	37 (5.7%)	605 (92.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,719						$7,719	9.6	11.2	1223	20
340507000438	1244	Number Three School	Public	PK, KG-4	403 Cliff Street	Fairview	07022	Bergen County	Fairview Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 943-0563	663	39	17	75.6%	49 (7.4%)	6 (0.9%)	608 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,298			$643			$7,655	9.5	5.5	1313	69
341812003722	1245	Ross Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	Ross Street	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8511	640	49	13	57.7%	138 (21.6%)	102 (15.9%)	300 (46.9%)	80 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	$4,527						$4,527	9.5	12.4	1198	47
341134006138	1246	Ironbound Academy Elementary School	Public	K-5	366 East Kinney Street	Newark	07105	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 465-4996	262	16	16.3	73.7%	31 (11.8%)	13 (5.0%)	216 (82.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								9.4	4.1	1332	86
340783002808	1247	Chaplain Charles Watters School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Virginia Ave	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6510	552	49	11.2	65.8%	74 (13.4%)	229 (41.5%)	175 (31.7%)	50 (9.1%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	18 (3.3%)	$11,181			$395			$10,786	9.3	8.1	1275	28
340225001804	1248	West Avenue School	Public	K-8	51 North West Avenue	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	622	59	10.6	68.8%	23 (3.7%)	147 (23.6%)	440 (70.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	$12,057			$733			$11,324	9.3	8.6	1269	21
340768005965	1249	Florence Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	1324 Springfield Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6861	628	36	17.4	68.8%	1 (0.2%)	221 (35.2%)	404 (64.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,690			$153			$7,537	9.3	7.5	1284	35
340459005526	1250	Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23	Public	K-8	631-657 Westminster Avenue	Elizabeth	07208	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5900	605	57	10.7	81.2%	38 (6.3%)	152 (25.1%)	388 (64.1%)	24 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,486			$230			$10,256	9.2	9.7	1252	2

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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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