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)
340393004214	1151	Academy Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	14 Academy Street	Dover	07801	Morris County	Dover Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 989-2030	548	40	13.5	57.8%	20 (3.6%)	12 (2.2%)	509 (92.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$4,572			$529			$4,043	14.6	26.4	998	153
341716005892	1152	Port Colden School	Public	1-3	30 Port Colden Road	Washington	07882	Warren County	Washington Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 689-0681	158	15	10.8	14.6%	119 (75.3%)	3 (1.9%)	21 (13.3%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.1%)	$12,139			$615			$11,524	14.6	36.8	846	306
341314005626	1153	Charles H. Stillman Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 W Fourth St	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4240	331	22	15.1	89.1%	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.8%)	298 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$8,813			$613			$8,200	14.5	7	1292	139
340078303345	1154	Principle Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	6718 E Black Horse Pike	Egg Harbor Township	08234	Atlantic County	Principle Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 498-6350	471	36	13	90.9%	11 (2.3%)	194 (41.2%)	249 (52.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)								14.4	10	1250	96
341293003544	1155	James J. Flynn Elementary School	Public	K-5	850 Chamberlain Avenue	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6080	606	56	10.8	69.8%	12 (2.0%)	28 (4.6%)	559 (92.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$17,149			$1,062			$16,087	14.4	14.9	1154	1
341281003495	1156	Denbo Crichton School	Public	K-5	Two Learning Way	Browns Mills	08015	Burlington County	Pemberton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 893-8141	840	73	11.5	65.5%	420 (50.0%)	105 (12.5%)	199 (23.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	112 (13.3%)								14.4	17	1126	30
340264000793	1157	Octavio V. Catto Community Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	3100 Westfield Ave	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-4097	600	58	10.4	54.2%	4 (0.7%)	137 (22.8%)	446 (74.3%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$16,913			$3,301			$13,612	14.3	13.7	1177	20
341815002696	1158	West End Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	215 Queen Street	Woodbury	08096	Gloucester County	Woodbury City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 853-0124	442	38	11.7	65.8%	108 (24.4%)	129 (29.2%)	166 (37.6%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.5%)	$11,934			$792			$11,142	14.3	10.9	1228	70
341269004926	1159	Roberto Clemente	Public	K-5	434 Rosa Parks Blvd	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0340	267	21	13	81.6%	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.1%)	248 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,990						$7,990	14.2	12.1	1204	45
340004700330	1160	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	429 Joyce Kilmer Avenue	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	Greater Brunswick Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 448-1052	400	23	17.3	75.8%	3 (0.8%)	21 (5.3%)	368 (92.0%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$10,212			$955			$9,257	14.2	11.3	1219	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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