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)
340699004816	771	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	176 Mohawk Avenue	Hawthorne	07506	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 423-6495	259	24	10.6	59.1%	53 (20.5%)	14 (5.4%)	184 (71.0%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$16,467			$516			$15,951	41.9	52	642	129
341650005752	772	Connecticut Farms Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	875 Stuyvesant Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6470	425	37	11.4	36.2%	88 (20.7%)	138 (32.5%)	154 (36.2%)	33 (7.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	$9,283						$9,283	41.7	39.3	814	42
341788004560	773	Marie V. Duffy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	137 East Central Avenue	Wharton	07885	Morris County	Wharton Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 361-2506	424	51	8.3	55.7%	77 (18.2%)	14 (3.3%)	325 (76.7%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,879			$284			$10,595	41.7	39.1	818	45
340540005342	774	Franklin Borough School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Washington Avenue	Franklin	07416	Sussex County	Franklin Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 827-9775	502	49	10.2	46.8%	299 (59.6%)	20 (4.0%)	156 (31.1%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	$15,890			$342			$15,548	41.7	45	740	34
340603001520	775	Gloucester Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	270 South Black Horse Pike	Blackwood	08012	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 227-8845	235	17	13.8	33.6%	151 (64.3%)	22 (9.4%)	36 (15.3%)	13 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	$12,587			$462			$12,125	41.5	34.2	885	110
341434004536	776	Nixon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	275 Mt Arlington Boulevard	Landing	07850	Morris County	Roxbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 398-2564	245	26	9.2	33.5%	123 (50.2%)	11 (4.5%)	95 (38.8%)	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$13,933			$511			$13,422	41.3	33.8	893	117
340486000102	777	Estell Manor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	128 Cape May Avenue	Estell Manor	08319	Atlantic County	Estell Manor School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 476-2267	184	16	11.6	21.2%	161 (87.5%)	3 (1.6%)	19 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$13,620			$68			$13,552	41.3	43.6	755	22
341485002902	778	Clarendon School	Public	K-5	685 Fifth St	Secaucus	07094	Hudson County	Secaucus School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 974-2012	488	45	10.9	30.3%	126 (25.8%)	10 (2.0%)	173 (35.5%)	164 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.9%)	$9,914			$54			$9,860	41.3	52.2	640	138
341314005616	779	Frederic W. Cook Elementary School	Public	K-5	739 Leland Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4215	144	29	4.9	63.2%	6 (4.2%)	66 (45.8%)	68 (47.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	2 (1.4%)	$11,721						$11,721	41.3	34.1	889	110
340657000138	780	Warren E. Sooy Junior Elementary School	Public	2-5	601 N Fourth Street	Hammonton	08037	Atlantic County	Hammonton School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 567-7070	719	69	10.3	40.5%	458 (63.7%)	16 (2.2%)	236 (32.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$10,636			$792			$9,844	41	46.3	718	62

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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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