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)
341056002184	231	Watchung Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Garden St	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-4259	385	33	11.6	9.6%	220 (57.1%)	33 (8.6%)	58 (15.1%)	31 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.9%)	$11,719			$53			$11,666	83.4	78.9	283	52
340735000065	232	Thomas G. Connors Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Monroe Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 356-3680	328	31	10.5	35.1%	167 (50.9%)	34 (10.4%)	74 (22.6%)	36 (11.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	$18,095			$463			$17,632	83.3	73.2	379	147
341242000700	233	Parkway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	145 E. Ridgewood Avenue	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	294	27	10.8	8.8%	138 (46.9%)	10 (3.4%)	54 (18.4%)	84 (28.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$16,646						$16,646	83.2	78.2	298	65
340741003856	234	Village School	Public	PK, KG-3	67 McCampbell Road	Holmdel	07733	Monmouth County	Holmdel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 946-1820	805	76	10.6	2.0%	514 (63.9%)	10 (1.2%)	90 (11.2%)	110 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (10.1%)	$19,682			$333			$19,349	83.1	92.1	82	152
341305000042	235	Knollwood Elementary School	Public	K-3	333 Willow Avenue	Piscataway	08854	Middlesex County	Piscataway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 885-1528	467	32	14.7	28.1%	65 (13.9%)	91 (19.5%)	85 (18.2%)	192 (41.1%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.0%)	$5,790						$5,790	83.1	56.2	595	360
341683001676	236	Edward T. Hamilton	Public	K-5	1 Boundary Lane	Voorhees	08043	Camden County	Voorhees Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 767-4888	511	38	13.4	10.4%	301 (58.9%)	31 (6.1%)	44 (8.6%)	104 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.9%)	$12,766			$134			$12,632	83.1	86.4	182	54
340939003936	237	Taylor Mills School	Public	K-5	77 Gordons Corner Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 786-2760	531	44	12.1	15.8%	364 (68.5%)	13 (2.4%)	86 (16.2%)	45 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.1%)	$9,016			$307			$8,709	83	78.8	287	50
340927003498	238	Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	Public	K-5	33 Bushnell Rd	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 360-4499	281	24	11.5	25.6%	161 (57.3%)	17 (6.0%)	52 (18.5%)	41 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$15,420			$234			$15,186	83	81.7	246	8
341065004342	239	William Mason School	Public	K-5	5 Shawnee Trail	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	290	32	8.9	5.2%	203 (70.0%)	3 (1.0%)	35 (12.1%)	38 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	$19,549			$54			$19,495	83	90.3	116	123
340387004202	240	Lakeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	44 Cooper Road	Denville	07834	Morris County	Denville Township K-8 School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 983-6540	691	59	11.6	6.4%	488 (70.6%)	14 (2.0%)	79 (11.4%)	75 (10.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.6%)	$10,419			$102			$10,317	83	82.4	236	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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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.