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)
340627000500	1061	Fairmount	Public	PK, KG-4	105 Grand Avenue	Hackensack	07601	Bergen County	Hackensack School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 646-7890	548	44	12.4	49.6%	57 (10.4%)	119 (21.7%)	347 (63.3%)	12 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	$15,858			$573			$15,285	21	32.2	916	145
340183001986	1062	Berkeley Elementary School	Public	K-6	351 Bloomfield Ave	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 680-8540	467	44	10.6	57.8%	55 (11.8%)	98 (21.0%)	271 (58.0%)	25 (5.4%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.4%)	$7,007			$243			$6,764	21	23.1	1038	24
341806001696	1063	Winslow Township Elementary School Three	Public	PK, KG-3	131 Sicklerville Road	Sicklerville	08081	Camden County	Winslow Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 728-1080	454	41	11.2	40.5%	61 (13.4%)	263 (57.9%)	91 (20.0%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.0%)	$9,166			$262			$8,904	20.9	38.7	828	235
340654003108	1064	Klockner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Klockner Avenue	Hamilton	08619	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 631-4154	275	21	12.8	60.4%	50 (18.2%)	56 (20.4%)	129 (46.9%)	21 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.9%)	$9,492			$1,019			$8,473	20.8	21.5	1065	1
341503000208	1065	Dawes Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	22 W. Dawes Avenue	Somers Point	08244	Atlantic County	Somers Point School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 653-1027	366	42	8.8	62.8%	128 (35.0%)	62 (16.9%)	123 (33.6%)	7 (1.9%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	40 (10.9%)	$14,096			$1,062			$13,034	20.8	18.9	1106	41
340549005202	1066	Hillcrest School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Franklin Blvd	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Franklin Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 246-0170	452	44	10.1	53.8%	30 (6.6%)	117 (25.9%)	222 (49.1%)	66 (14.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$9,753			$325			$9,428	20.7	23	1039	27
341227006117	1067	Rosa Parks Community School	Public	3-7	369 Main Street	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4515	538	55	9.7	83.8%	2 (0.4%)	157 (29.2%)	374 (69.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,884			$492			$8,392	20.6	18.5	1112	45
341287001624	1068	Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	7201 Irving Avenue	Pennsauken	08109	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 662-6455	373	34	10.9	47.5%	58 (15.5%)	63 (16.9%)	217 (58.2%)	21 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$9,951			$443			$9,508	20.5	24.5	1018	50
340075603185	1069	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	509 Bramhall Ave.	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 433-5300	370	28	13.2	77.6%	0 (0.0%)	288 (77.8%)	77 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$10,336			$1,186			$9,150	20.5	16.7	1131	62
341164005260	1070	East End School	Public	PK, KG-4	170 Oneida Avenue	North Plainfield	07060	Union County	North Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 769-6070	476	45	10.5	72.9%	27 (5.7%)	74 (15.5%)	354 (74.4%)	11 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	$10,925			$775			$10,150	20.4	16	1136	66

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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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