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)
340933000596	91	George Washington School	Public	K-3	39 Fardale Avenue	Mahwah	07430	Bergen County	Mahwah Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 762-2242	182	18	10.1	2.7%	122 (67.0%)	2 (1.1%)	15 (8.2%)	34 (18.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.8%)	$10,984						$10,984	91.2	90.6	112	21
340882006052	92	Burnet Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Byron Place	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	467	38	12.4	2.6%	183 (39.2%)	26 (5.6%)	34 (7.3%)	202 (43.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$12,821			$421			$12,400	91.2	91.9	87	5
341248000241	93	Mount Tabor Elementary School	Public	K-5	900 Park Rd & Route 53	Mount Tabor	07878	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 889-3361	348	26	13.1	11.5%	112 (32.2%)	8 (2.3%)	55 (15.8%)	165 (47.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$8,719			$125			$8,594	91.1	92	84	9
340198004162	94	Rockaway Valley School	Public	PK, KG-8	11 Valley Road	Boonton Township	07005	Morris County	Boonton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 334-4162	407	43	9.4	1.5%	311 (76.4%)	4 (1.0%)	48 (11.8%)	35 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$16,532			$57			$16,475	91.1	88.4	146	52
340183002002	95	Oak View Elementary School	Public	K-6	150 Garrabrant Avenue	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 680-8590	375	31	12.2	5.6%	170 (45.3%)	29 (7.7%)	112 (29.9%)	44 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$8,218						$8,218	91.1	93.1	69	26
340165006021	96	Cedar Hill School	Public	K-5	100 Peachtree Road	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 204-2633	572	45	12.8	3.7%	281 (49.1%)	4 (0.7%)	51 (8.9%)	203 (35.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.6%)	$10,975						$10,975	90.9	91.5	98	2
341065004340	97	Valley View School	Public	PK, KG-5	30 Montgomery Avenue	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 331-7100	349	34	10.3	1.4%	192 (55.0%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (8.9%)	105 (30.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.9%)	$19,750			$113			$19,637	90.9	89.8	124	27
340450003354	98	Martin Luther King Elementary School	Public	K-5	285 Tingley Lane	Edison	08820	Middlesex County	Edison Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 452-2980	611	45	13.6	11.0%	19 (3.1%)	38 (6.2%)	28 (4.6%)	505 (82.7%)	9 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.6%)	$5,998						$5,998	90.8	92.4	79	19
341383000772	99	Hawes Elementary School	Public	K-5	531 Stevens Avenue	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2720	373	31	12.1	4.6%	159 (42.6%)	4 (1.1%)	40 (10.7%)	144 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.7%)	$10,461			$106			$10,355	90.8	92.5	75	24
341698006106	100	Angelo L. Tomaso School	Public	K-5	46 Washington Valley Road	Warren	07059	Somerset County	Warren Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-5300	279	32	8.7	2.9%	160 (57.3%)	8 (2.9%)	32 (11.5%)	65 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$15,785			$30			$15,755	90.7	81.8	243	143

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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.