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)
341776005778	171	McKinley Elementary School	Public	1-5	500 First Street	Westfield	07090	Union County	Westfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-4555	309	29	10.5	1.6%	208 (67.3%)	4 (1.3%)	36 (11.7%)	36 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.1%)	$6,690			$306			$6,384	87.2	80.3	268	97
340987001120	172	Cranberry Pines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Fairview Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 983-2861	376	29	12.9	1.6%	316 (84.0%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.6%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.4%)	$8,592						$8,592	87.2	89	133	39
341359000738	173	Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	200 Island Avenue	Ramsey	07446	Bergen County	Ramsey School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 785-2336	320	30	10.5	12.2%	222 (69.4%)	5 (1.6%)	48 (15.0%)	30 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	$9,070						$9,070	87.1	77.1	314	141
340723005228	174	Sunnymead Elementary School	Public	K-4	55 Sunnymead Road	Hillsborough	08844	Somerset County	Hillsborough Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 431-6600	529	38	13.8	17.8%	158 (29.9%)	40 (7.6%)	98 (18.5%)	196 (37.1%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.3%)	$5,627						$5,627	87	87.7	160	14
340981000604	175	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-3	764 Grant Ave	Maywood	07607	Bergen County	Maywood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 845-9113	452	36	12.6	14.4%	139 (30.8%)	25 (5.5%)	189 (41.8%)	80 (17.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.8%)	$11,306			$33			$11,273	87	74.7	362	187
340498000430	176	Westmoreland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	16-50 Parmelee Ave.	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5490	399	41	9.6	15.3%	191 (47.9%)	18 (4.5%)	105 (26.3%)	69 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$4,704			$86			$4,618	87	90.3	117	59
341077004358	177	Morris Plains Borough School	Public	3-8	500 Speedwell Avenue	Morris Plains	07950	Morris County	Morris Plains School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 538-1650	391	42	9.3	11.3%	254 (65.0%)	19 (4.9%)	68 (17.4%)	43 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$12,826						$12,826	86.9	80.8	260	83
341467005686	178	J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	16 Kevin Road	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 757-7555	548	40	13.7	2.6%	336 (61.3%)	31 (5.7%)	63 (11.5%)	81 (14.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	32 (5.8%)	$7,390			$09			$7,381	86.9	89	134	44
340090005324	179	Florence M. Burd	Public	PK, KG-4	219 Newton Sparta Road	Newton	07860	Sussex County	Andover Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 315-5257	255	28	9	18.8%	190 (74.5%)	8 (3.1%)	41 (16.1%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$14,461			$243			$14,218	86.8	64.1	494	315
341782000914	180	Jessie F. George Elementary	Public	K-5	1 Palm Street	Township Of Washington	07676	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-3033	283	29	9.6	3.2%	212 (74.9%)	2 (0.7%)	29 (10.2%)	24 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.3%)	$6,151			$25			$6,126	86.8	75.9	342	162

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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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Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.