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)
340885000564	431	Wilson School	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Union Street	Lodi	07644	Bergen County	Lodi School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 473-8189	352	26	13.4	59.1%	67 (19.0%)	20 (5.7%)	238 (67.6%)	16 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$6,821			$334			$6,487	68.9	75.5	349	82
341413004518	432	Katharine D Malone Elementary School	Public	K-5	524 Green Pond Road	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Rockaway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-7512	282	33	8.6	9.6%	176 (62.4%)	19 (6.7%)	56 (19.9%)	15 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.6%)	$19,911			$50			$19,861	68.9	71.8	401	31
340258002022	433	Wilson Elementary School	Public	K-5	71 Orton Rd	West Caldwell	07006	Essex County	Caldwell-West School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 228-7173	226	20	11	6.2%	159 (70.4%)	4 (1.8%)	42 (18.6%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.8%)	$15,722			$291			$15,431	68.9	77.1	310	123
340960002586	434	Centre City Elementary School	Public	K-3	301 Columbus Dr	Mantua	08051	Gloucester County	Mantua Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 468-2100	490	38	12.8	19.6%	365 (74.5%)	24 (4.9%)	62 (12.7%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.9%)	$8,902			$314			$8,588	68.8	73.1	382	52
341098004410	435	Sandshore Rd. Elementary School	Public	K-5	498 Sandshore Road	Budd Lake	07828	Morris County	Mount Olive Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 691-4003	437	38	11.6	8.5%	251 (57.4%)	22 (5.0%)	81 (18.5%)	64 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	$10,512			$325			$10,187	68.8	77	315	120
340411003310	436	Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-4	14 Innes Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6860	409	40	10.1	24.0%	161 (39.4%)	20 (4.9%)	82 (20.0%)	116 (28.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.1%)	$12,923			$187			$12,736	68.7	80.4	266	170
341719005316	437	Bayberry School	Public	PK, KG-4	113 Bayberry Lane	Watchung	07069	Somerset County	Watchung Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 755-8184	398	36	11.2		213 (53.5%)	26 (6.5%)	67 (16.8%)	73 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	$9,432			$20			$9,412	68.7	74	371	66
340372002974	438	Delaware Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	501 Rosemont Ringoes Road	Sergeantsville	08557	Hunterdon County	Delaware Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 397-3179	406	46	8.8	5.7%	314 (77.3%)	11 (2.7%)	54 (13.3%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.4%)	$17,866			$293			$17,573	68.7	67.4	450	12
341659005110	439	Upper Pittsgrove School	Public	PK, KG-8	235 Pine Tavern Road	Monroeville	08343	Salem County	UPPER PITTSGROVE Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 358-8163	340	34	10	10.0%	289 (85.0%)	8 (2.4%)	25 (7.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$14,593			$703			$13,890	68.5	57.9	571	132
340927000195	440	William A. Miller Elementary School	Public	K-5	2 Old Matawan Road	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4589	324	22	15	20.4%	167 (51.5%)	27 (8.3%)	55 (17.0%)	62 (19.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.4%)	$12,088			$156			$11,932	68.5	66.9	457	17

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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.