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)
341134002270	1191	Elliott Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	721 Summer Avenue	Newark	07104	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 268-5360	881	58	15.1	85.4%	11 (1.2%)	68 (7.7%)	797 (90.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$8,669			$512			$8,157	12.7	10	1248	57
340348001810	1192	Commercial Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	1308 North Avenue	Port Norris	08349	Cumberland County	Commercial Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 785-0222	482	42	11.4	50.4%	304 (63.1%)	60 (12.4%)	89 (18.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.2%)	$9,500			$1,198			$8,302	12.7	8	1277	85
340135001970	1193	Belleville PS8	Public	PK, KG-6	183 Union Ave	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4344	500	30	16.6	71.8%	35 (7.0%)	37 (7.4%)	410 (82.0%)	8 (1.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)								12.5	13.1	1185	8
340423002052	1194	Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary	Public	3-5	1 Grove Place	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 673-5410	236	19	12.4	62.7%	2 (0.8%)	180 (76.3%)	49 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$12,399			$450			$11,949	12.5	15	1153	41
341809001780	1195	Woodbine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	801 Webster Street	Woodbine	08270	Cape May County	Woodbine School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 861-5174	257	31	8.3	79.0%	67 (26.1%)	51 (19.8%)	114 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.7%)	$15,342			$1,702			$13,640	12.5	27.1	989	206
340396001832	1196	Downe Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Main St	Newport	08345	Cumberland County	Downe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 447-4673	175	17	10	52.0%	144 (82.3%)	4 (2.3%)	19 (10.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.0%)	$15,041			$953			$14,088	12.4	10.9	1230	34
341122003464	1197	Lord Stirling Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 Redmond Street	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	470	49	9.6	60.9%	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.9%)	441 (93.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$11,427						$11,427	12.4	12.3	1199	2
341122003456	1198	A Chester Redshaw School	Public	PK, KG-5	216 Livingston Avenue	New Brunswick	08901	Middlesex County	New Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 745-5300	736	66	11.2	60.5%	9 (1.2%)	34 (4.6%)	690 (93.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$8,353						$8,353	12.4	7.9	1278	80
341314005614	1199	Clinton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	West 4th St And Clinton Ave	Plainfield	07063	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4220	390	32	12.1	80.3%	0 (0.0%)	63 (16.2%)	321 (82.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$10,979			$261			$10,718	12.4	7.2	1289	90
341293000404	1200	Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School	Public	K-5	51 First Street	Perth Amboy	08861	Middlesex County	Perth Amboy Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 376-6070	633	52	12.2	76.5%	4 (0.6%)	27 (4.3%)	600 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$16,775			$952			$15,823	12.3	20	1089	111

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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.