Best Cities in New Jersey for Schools

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Rank (of 534)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Teterboro	0	0	1	0	0	0.991	1
2^nd	Brookside	1	1	0	0	0	0.982	2
3^rd	Englewood Cliffs	1	1	0	0	1	0.976	11	8
4^th	Short Hills	3	0	0	0	5	0.974	5	1
5^th	Ho Ho Kus	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	19	14
6^th	Upper Saddle River	2	1	0	0	1	0.971	15	9
7^th	Essex Fells	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	6	1
8^th	Rumson	1	1	1	0	2	0.97	8
9^th	Allendale	1	1	1	0	0	0.964	13	4
10^th	Demarest	2	1	2	0	1	0.963	20	10
11^th	Haworth	1	0	0	0	1	0.963	12	1
12^th	Liberty Corner	1	0	0	0	1	0.961	48	36
13^th	Fair Haven	1	1	0	0	1	0.958	7	6
14^th	Towaco	1	0	0	0	2	0.958	21	7
15^th	N Caldwell	1	1	0	0	0	0.957	9	6
16^th	Millburn	2	2	1	0	1	0.957	4	12
17^th	New Vernon	1	0	0	0	1	0.956	17
18^th	Livingston	6	2	1	0	9	0.955	22	4
19^th	Mountain Lakes	2	1	1	0	3	0.955	25	6
20^th	Mendham	1	1	1	0	2	0.955	10	10
21^st	Closter	1	1	0	0	4	0.95	35	14
22^nd	New Providence	2	1	1	1	5	0.95	14	8
23^rd	Glen Ridge	4	0	1	0	0	0.948	31	8
24^th	Oradell	1	0	1	0	2	0.945	24
25^th	Ridgewood	7	2	1	0	7	0.945	27	2
26^th	Saddle River	1	0	0	0	1	0.944	58	32
27^th	Woodcliff Lake	1	1	0	0	0	0.943	18	9
28^th	River Edge	2	1	0	0	6	0.94	23	5
29^th	Pine Brook	2	0	0	0	0	0.939	16	13
30^th	Roseland	1	0	0	0	2	0.938	39	9
31^st	Tenafly	4	1	1	0	7	0.935	33	2
32^nd	Avalon	0	1	0	0	0	0.934	52	20
33^rd	Alpine	1	0	0	0	0	0.933	3	30
34^th	Summit	7	1	1	0	9	0.932	26	8
35^th	Glen Rock	4	1	1	0	2	0.929	30	5
36^th	Moorestown	3	2	1	0	6	0.922	29	7
37^th	Spring Lake	2	0	0	0	2	0.921	32	5
38^th	Bay Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.92	149	111
39^th	Westfield	8	2	4	1	20	0.916	40	1
40^th	Mountainside	1	1	0	0	2	0.915	42	2
41^st	Hillsdale	2	1	1	0	1	0.914	56	15
42^nd	Harrington Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.911	50	8
43^rd	Skillman	2	2	1	0	4	0.91	36	7
44^th	Basking Ridge	4	1	1	0	9	0.908	38	6
45^th	Montvale	1	1	1	0	1	0.906	53	8
46^th	Bloomsbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.906	399	353
47^th	Monmouth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.905	60	13
48^th	Sea Girt	2	0	0	0	1	0.897	41	7
49^th	Mount Tabor	1	0	0	0	0	0.895	28	21
50^th	River Vale	2	1	0	0	0	0.894	45	5
51^st	Old Tappan	1	1	1	0	1	0.894	34	17
52^nd	Princeton	5	1	1	0	22	0.893	46	6
53^rd	Fair Lawn	6	2	1	0	6	0.89	65	12
54^th	Holmdel	1	2	1	0	5	0.89	78	24
55^th	Titusville	1	0	0	0	2	0.889	69	14
56^th	Chatham	4	1	1	0	5	0.887	37	19
57^th	Bedminster	1	0	0	0	1	0.886	99	42
58^th	Morganville	3	1	0	0	5	0.883	44	14
59^th	Cranbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.882	47	12
60^th	Ramsey	3	1	1	0	3	0.881	87	27
61^st	Annandale	0	0	2	0	2	0.879	72	11
62^nd	Mahwah	4	1	1	0	3	0.879	86	24
63^rd	Shrewsbury	1	0	0	0	2	0.874	43	20
64^th	Stirling	0	1	0	0	2	0.874	111	47
65^th	Montville	2	1	1	0	3	0.872	49	16
66^th	Boonton Township	1	0	0	0	0	0.87	62	4
67^th	Madison	3	1	1	0	4	0.868	64	3
68^th	Little Silver	1	1	1	0	1	0.867	73	5
69^th	Monmouth Junction	3	2	1	0	2	0.867	68	1
70^th	Morris Plains	4	1	1	0	1	0.866	63	7
71^st	Norwood	1	0	0	1	1	0.86	66	5
72^nd	Scotch Plains	5	2	8	1	7	0.86	81	9
73^rd	Plainsboro	3	1	1	0	1	0.857	102	29
74^th	Manalapan	6	2	0	0	2	0.855	89	15
75^th	Pompton Plains	2	1	1	0	2	0.853	101	26
76^th	Cranford	5	1	1	0	4	0.85	67	9
77^th	Park Ridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.847	82	5
78^th	Kinnelon	2	1	1	0	3	0.847	61	17
79^th	Margate City	1	1	0	0	0	0.843	51	28
80^th	Three Bridges	1	0	0	0	0	0.841	155	75
81^st	Cresskill	2	1	1	0	1	0.837	104	23
82^nd	Glen Gardner	0	0	1	1	0	0.836	92	10
83^rd	Chester	2	1	1	0	0	0.835	83
84^th	Hillsborough	6	2	1	0	6	0.835	59	25
85^th	Berkeley Heights	1	0	1	0	4	0.834	98	13
86^th	Monroe Township	3	1	1	1	3	0.832	80	6
87^th	Avon by the Sea	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	145	58
88^th	Haddonfield	6	1	1	0	5	0.832	88
89^th	Oakland	3	1	1	0	9	0.832	95	6
90^th	Wyckoff	4	1	0	0	3	0.831	108	18
91^st	West Windsor	3	1	1	0	3	0.829	100	9
92^nd	Denville	2	1	2	0	2	0.828	71	21
93^rd	Berkeley Hts	3	1	0	0	0	0.828	54	39
94^th	Franklin Lakes	3	1	1	0	2	0.827	114	20
95^th	Robbinsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.827	119	24
96^th	East Hanover	2	1	1	0	1	0.826	74	22
97^th	Lincoln Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.826	85	12
98^th	Parsippany	5	2	1	0	3	0.825	90	8
99^th	Midland Park	2	0	1	0	2	0.824	125	26
100^th	Warren	4	1	1	1	5	0.823	77	23
101^st	Westwood	2	1	0	0	1	0.823	84	17
102^nd	Waldwick	2	1	1	0	3	0.823	94	8
103^rd	South Orange	3	1	1	0	2	0.822	109	6
104^th	Colts Neck	2	1	1	0	0	0.818	76	28
105^th	Fort Lee	4	1	1	0	4	0.817	112	7
106^th	Cedar Grove	3	1	1	0	1	0.814	151	45
107^th	Watchung	1	1	0	0	1	0.813	129	22
108^th	Marlboro	3	1	1	0	2	0.813	93	15
109^th	East Brunswick	9	2	2	0	6	0.811	127	18
110^th	Hoboken	5	1	1	1	9	0.811	128	18
111^th	Florham Park	2	1	0	0	3	0.81	75	36
112^th	Ringoes	2	0	0	0	1	0.81	126	14
113^th	Northvale	1	0	0	0	0	0.809	165	52
114^th	Voorhees	4	1	1	0	9	0.808	117	3
115^th	Brielle	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	97	18
116^th	Bridgewater	6	3	4	0	8	0.805	116
117^th	Wall	4	1	2	0	0	0.804	123	6
118^th	Lincroft	1	0	1	0	6	0.799	70	48
119^th	North Caldwell	0	1	1	0	0	0.798	79	40
120^th	Oceanport	1	1	0	0	0	0.797	139	19
121^st	Hasbrouck Heights	2	1	1	0	2	0.797	157	36
122^nd	Bernardsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.796	105	17
123^rd	Hopewell	1	0	1	0	2	0.795	113	10
124^th	Long Valley	3	1	0	0	0	0.794	130	6
125^th	Township of Washington	2	0	1	0	1	0.794	107	18
126^th	Paramus	5	2	5	7	14	0.793	91	35
127^th	Leonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.79	122	5
128^th	Hampton	2	1	0	0	0	0.786	141	13
129^th	Montclair	5	2	1	0	7	0.785	133	4
130^th	Clarksburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	144	14
131^st	Wayne	10	3	4	0	13	0.783	134	3
132^nd	Island Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	135	3
133^rd	Pequannock	1	0	0	0	2	0.778	57	76
134^th	Medford Lakes	1	1	0	0	0	0.778	110	24
135^th	Caldwell	1	1	0	0	2	0.778	146	11
136^th	Verona	4	1	1	0	4	0.776	164	28
137^th	Manasquan	1	0	1	0	2	0.775	148	11
138^th	Metuchen	3	1	1	0	8	0.77	132	6
139^th	Pennington	2	1	4	0	5	0.768	136	3
140^th	Westmont	2	1	1	0	0	0.765	161	21
141^st	Lake Hiawatha	2	0	0	0	0	0.763	106	35
142^nd	Atlantic Highlands	2	0	0	0	1	0.762	118	24
143^rd	Green Brook	1	1	0	0	0	0.759	213	70
144^th	Rutherford	2	2	1	0	2	0.756	124	20
145^th	Clinton	2	1	0	1	1	0.755	167	22
146^th	Whippany	2	1	1	0	4	0.753	96	50
147^th	Fairfield	2	0	2	0	5	0.753	252	105
148^th	Barrington	0	1	0	0	1	0.753	224	76
149^th	Medford	5	2	3	0	9	0.751	185	36
150^th	Highlands	2	0	2	0	0	0.749	226	76
151^st	Dayton	2	0	0	0	3	0.747	150	1
152^nd	Millstone Township	1	1	0	0	2	0.746	163	11
153^rd	New Milford	2	1	1	0	3	0.744	138	15
154^th	Shamong	1	1	0	0	0	0.744	180	26
155^th	Middletown	3	1	2	0	1	0.735	166	11
156^th	Neshanic Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.735	121	35
157^th	Dumont	4	0	1	0	0	0.734	172	15
158^th	Greendell	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	103	55
159^th	Collingswood	5	1	1	0	1	0.728	143	16
160^th	Columbus	2	1	1	0	0	0.727	178	18
161^st	Upper Montclair	2	1	0	0	2	0.726	154	7
162^nd	Maplewood	4	1	1	0	0	0.726	189	27
163^rd	Califon	3	2	1	0	0	0.725	184	21
164^th	Rockaway	3	2	3	0	2	0.724	152	12
165^th	New Monmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.724	286	121
166^th	Moonachie	2	0	0	0	0	0.724	142	24
167^th	Nutley	5	1	1	0	4	0.721	169	2
168^th	Edgewater	2	0	0	0	1	0.721	162	6
169^th	Great Meadows	1	1	0	0	0	0.72	207	38
170^th	Linwood	1	1	1	0	1	0.718	140	30
171^st	Ocean	2	1	1	0	5	0.713	206	35
172^nd	Flanders	2	0	1	0	0	0.711	203	31
173^rd	Stillwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	198	25
174^th	Millington	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	131	43
175^th	Mount Arlington	1	1	0	0	0	0.707	232	57
176^th	Randolph	4	1	1	0	3	0.707	190	14
177^th	Cinnaminson	3	1	1	0	3	0.706	168	9
178^th	Lebanon	3	0	0	0	1	0.706	153	25
179^th	Northfield	1	1	0	0	1	0.706	219	40
180^th	Leonardo	1	1	0	0	0	0.705	202	22
181^st	Edison	13	4	3	0	21	0.703	176	5
182^nd	Woolwich Township	1	0	0	0	0	0.696	159	23
183^rd	West Long Branch	1	1	1	0	2	0.696	156	27
184^th	Quakertown	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	220	36
185^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	160	25
186^th	Mickleton	2	0	0	0	0	0.694	170	16
187^th	Springfield	3	1	1	0	3	0.69	240	53
188^th	Clark	3	1	1	0	5	0.689	200	12
189^th	Point Pleasant Beach	3	1	2	0	1	0.688	181	8
190^th	Monroeville	1	0	0	0	0	0.687	174	16
191^st	Mullica Hill	1	2	1	0	1	0.683	147	44
192^nd	Manahawkin	4	2	2	0	2	0.681	173	19
193^rd	Stewartsville	1	1	0	0	0	0.681	191	2
194^th	Branchburg	1	1	0	0	4	0.68	120	74
195^th	Haddon Heights	3	0	1	0	2	0.678	227	32
196^th	Pittstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.677	331	135
197^th	Marmora	2	0	0	0	0	0.676	211	14
198^th	Boonton	2	1	1	0	4	0.674	171	27
199^th	Ringwood	3	1	0	0	0	0.674	193	6
200^th	Englishtown	0	0	1	0	0	0.673	187	13
201^st	Maywood	2	1	0	0	0	0.672	55	146
202^nd	Emerson	1	1	1	0	1	0.67	218	16
203^rd	Stone Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	278	75
204^th	Kendall Park	4	0	0	0	0	0.669	199	5
205^th	Ventnor City	1	1	0	0	0	0.667	214	9
206^th	West Orange	9	3	1	0	8	0.666	208	2
207^th	Garwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.661	182	25
208^th	Old Bridge	8	2	0	0	7	0.661	188	20
209^th	Budd Lake	2	1	0	0	2	0.659	221	12
210^th	Wood Ridge	1	2	1	0	0	0.658	237	27
211^th	Bergenfield	5	1	1	0	1	0.657	222	11
212^th	Sergeantsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.651	186	26
213^th	Freehold	10	3	4	0	5	0.65	241	28
214^th	Stanhope	2	1	1	0	0	0.65	225	11
215^th	Cherry Hill	13	3	3	1	15	0.648	194	21
216^th	High Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.648	175	41
217^th	West Caldwell	4	0	2	0	1	0.644	195	22
218^th	Wanaque	1	0	1	0	0	0.643	235	17
219^th	Logan Township	2	1	0	0	0	0.641	228	9
220^th	Allentown	1	1	1	0	2	0.641	244	24
221^st	Morristown	7	1	1	3	9	0.641	236	15
222^nd	Carlstadt	1	0	0	0	0	0.639	234	12
223^rd	Harrisonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	318	95
224^th	Flemington	3	2	3	0	0	0.631	197	27
225^th	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.631	263	38
226^th	Turnersville	4	0	0	0	0	0.627	209	17
227^th	Beach Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	205	22
228^th	Frenchtown	2	0	1	0	1	0.625	307	79
229^th	Ocean City	1	1	1	0	1	0.625	183	46
230^th	Brigantine	1	0	0	0	0	0.624	301	71
231^st	Hewitt	1	0	0	0	0	0.624	179	52
232^nd	Asbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.62	257	25
233^rd	Lodi	5	1	2	0	2	0.619	245	12
234^th	Little Falls	2	1	1	0	2	0.618	192	42
235^th	Riverdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.615	242	7
236^th	Hamburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.614	243	7
237^th	Sewell	4	4	2	1	7	0.614	283	46
238^th	East Rutherford	2	1	1	0	2	0.612	249	11
239^th	Bordentown	3	1	2	1	0	0.611	268	29
240^th	Pompton Lakes	2	1	1	0	2	0.611	250	10
241^st	Port Monmouth	0	1	0	0	0	0.61	275	34
242^nd	Butler	1	1	1	0	0	0.61	215	27
243^rd	Vernon	4	1	1	0	1	0.608	299	56
244^th	Iselin	4	1	1	0	1	0.606	196	48
245^th	Hackettstown	2	1	1	0	0	0.605	246	1
246^th	Wallington	2	0	1	0	0	0.605	297	51
247^th	Saddle Brook	4	0	1	0	1	0.604	306	59
248^th	Tinton Falls	2	1	2	1	4	0.604	262	14
249^th	Laurence Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	238	11
250^th	North Haledon	1	1	0	0	2	0.601	264	14
251^st	Ridgefield	2	0	1	1	1	0.601	271	20
252^nd	Audubon	3	0	1	0	0	0.601	261	9
253^rd	Mantua	1	1	0	0	0	0.6	201	52
254^th	Secaucus	2	1	3	0	0	0.599	239	15
255^th	Riverton	1	0	0	0	1	0.598	248	7
256^th	Milford	2	0	0	0	0	0.597	285	29
257^th	Cliffwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.596	289	32
258^th	Whitehouse Station	2	1	0	0	2	0.593	115	143
259^th	Berlin	1	1	0	0	1	0.591	230	29
260^th	Cliffside Park	3	1	1	0	3	0.59	282	22
261^st	Aberdeen	3	0	1	0	1	0.589	253	8
262^nd	Ogdensburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	231	31
263^rd	South Hackensack	1	0	0	0	0	0.587	177	86
264^th	Sparta	3	2	2	1	9	0.586	259	5
265^th	Oak Ridge	3	1	2	0	1	0.586	223	42
266^th	Roosevelt	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	310	44
267^th	North Arlington	4	1	1	0	1	0.585	267
268^th	Branchville	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	274	6
269^th	Ship Bottom	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	251	18
270^th	Somerset	5	2	1	2	10	0.582	265	5
271^st	Woolwich Twp	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	216	55
272^nd	Southampton	2	1	0	0	0	0.579	296	24
273^rd	Newton	5	2	2	0	2	0.579	247	26
274^th	West Cape May	1	0	0	0	0	0.578	137	137
275^th	Union City	10	2	2	0	5	0.575	281	6
276^th	Matawan	2	0	1	0	3	0.575	313	37
277^th	Colonia	4	1	1	0	2	0.572	256	21
278^th	Marlton	6	2	1	0	5	0.57	277	1
279^th	Bloomingdale	2	1	0	0	0	0.567	217	62
280^th	Wenonah	3	0	0	0	0	0.566	294	14
281^st	Alloway	1	0	0	0	1	0.564	348	67
282^nd	Haskell	1	0	0	0	1	0.563	158	124
283^rd	Piscataway	9	3	3	2	7	0.563	279	4
284^th	Delaware	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	276	8
285^th	Farmingdale	3	1	1	0	0	0.562	287	2
286^th	Bogota	2	1	1	0	2	0.561	288	2
287^th	Sayreville	1	0	0	0	2	0.559	343	56
288^th	Ridgefield Park	3	0	1	0	0	0.557	328	40
289^th	Montague	1	0	0	0	0	0.556	229	60
290^th	Bloomfield	9	1	1	0	5	0.554	292	2
291^st	Pitman	2	0	1	0	1	0.554	381	90
292^nd	Fort Dix	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	397	105
293^rd	Woodstown	1	1	2	1	0	0.551	270	23
294^th	Oakhurst	1	0	1	0	0	0.551	330	36
295^th	South Plainfield	6	2	1	0	3	0.549	319	24
296^th	Red Bank	4	1	0	0	4	0.548	355	59
297^th	Mount Ephraim	1	1	0	0	0	0.548	341	44
298^th	Hawthorne	3	1	1	0	2	0.544	344	46
299^th	Parlin	5	1	1	1	2	0.544	305	6
300^th	Laurel Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.543	212	88
301^st	Monroe Twp	3	0	0	0	1	0.538	266	35
302^nd	Belmar	1	0	0	0	3	0.537	269	33
303^rd	Lafayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	291	12
304^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.536	327	23
305^th	Teaneck	6	2	1	0	10	0.535	304	1
306^th	Mine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	272	34
307^th	Estell Manor	1	0	0	0	0	0.533	336	29
308^th	West Deptford	2	1	1	0	0	0.531	204	104
309^th	Jobstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	233	76
310^th	Layton	1	0	0	0	0	0.528	255	55
311^th	Belford	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	362	51
312^th	Garfield	9	1	1	1	1	0.522	298	14
313^th	Milltown	1	1	0	0	1	0.52	284	29
314^th	Lawrenceville	4	2	1	0	4	0.519	258	56
315^th	Somerville	1	1	1	0	3	0.517	369	54
316^th	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	273	43
317^th	Blairstown	2	0	1	0	2	0.515	356	39
318^th	West Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.509	317	1
319^th	Clementon	1	0	0	0	1	0.509	303	16
320^th	Bellmawr	2	1	0	0	1	0.508	302	18
321^st	Washington	5	1	2	0	2	0.506	378	57
322^nd	Howell	6	1	0	0	6	0.506	300	22
323^rd	Lyndhurst	7	1	1	0	1	0.505	309	14
324^th	Lavallette	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	210	114
325^th	Rochelle Park	1	0	0	0	3	0.505	254	71
326^th	Hazlet	4	3	2	0	1	0.504	308	18
327^th	South Bound Brook	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	314	13
328^th	Wharton	3	1	0	0	1	0.503	342	14
329^th	Hainesport	1	0	0	0	3	0.501	324	5
330^th	Dorothy	1	0	0	0	0	0.494	338	8
331^st	Raritan	1	0	0	0	3	0.491	315	16
332^nd	Absecon	1	1	0	0	6	0.49	367	35
333^rd	Oaklyn	3	0	0	0	0	0.49	320	13
334^th	Eatontown	2	2	0	0	3	0.489	260	74
335^th	Sussex	0	1	1	0	1	0.489	349	14
336^th	Bradley Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	368	32
337^th	Allamuchy	1	1	0	0	0	0.487	280	57
338^th	Roebling	2	0	0	0	0	0.485	290	48
339^th	Deal	1	0	0	0	2	0.48	335	4
340^th	Netcong	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	350	10
341^st	Gibbsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	384	43
342^nd	Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	334	8
343^rd	Eastampton	1	0	0	0	1	0.476	402	59
344^th	Williamstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.474	321	23
345^th	Mount Laurel	6	2	1	0	7	0.474	295	50
346^th	Waretown	2	0	1	0	0	0.474	293	53
347^th	Succasunna	3	2	2	0	2	0.473	312	35
348^th	Union Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.473	351	3
349^th	Weehawken	2	0	1	0	0	0.469	412	63
350^th	Magnolia	1	0	0	0	0	0.467	408	58
351^st	Lanoka Harbor	3	0	1	0	1	0.462	361	10
352^nd	Brick	8	2	3	0	1	0.46	357	5
353^rd	East Windsor	2	1	0	0	2	0.46	354	1
354^th	Bayonne	11	0	3	0	5	0.457	325	29
355^th	Joint Base Mdl	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	340	15
356^th	Tabernacle	1	1	2	1	0	0.457	316	40
357^th	Wildwood Crest	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	358	1
358^th	New Egypt	1	1	1	0	0	0.455	323	35
359^th	Keyport	2	0	1	0	1	0.454	353	6
360^th	Delran	2	1	1	0	3	0.452	339	21
361^st	Winfield Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	414	53
362^nd	Highland Park	2	1	1	0	2	0.45	346	16
363^rd	Franklin Park	2	0	0	0	0	0.45	352	11
364^th	Little Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.449	311	53
365^th	Hammonton	3	1	2	0	3	0.447	332	33
366^th	Port Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0.446	407	41
367^th	Franklinville	1	2	1	0	0	0.444	422	55
368^th	Newfield	1	0	0	0	2	0.443	417	49
369^th	Westampton	1	1	2	1	0	0.442	388	19
370^th	Waterford Works	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	345	25
371^st	Cape May	3	2	1	0	0	0.437	389	18
372^nd	Woodland Park	4	1	0	0	0	0.436	366	6
373^rd	Gibbstown	1	1	0	0	1	0.436	385	12
374^th	Sicklerville	5	2	1	0	2	0.434	391	17
375^th	Lambertville	5	0	2	0	0	0.433	337	38
376^th	Glendora	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	347	29
377^th	Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	0.427	333	44
378^th	Hackensack	4	1	2	0	2	0.427	387	9
379^th	Jersey City	33	6	11	3	33	0.424	377	2
380^th	Pennsauken	6	1	3	0	6	0.423	430	50
381^st	Pittsgrove	2	1	1	0	0	0.421	365	16
382^nd	Lumberton	2	1	0	0	1	0.415	438	56
383^rd	Port Elizabeth	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	423	40
384^th	Forked River	1	1	1	0	1	0.412	398	14
385^th	Phillipsburg	6	2	1	0	1	0.409	383	2
386^th	Spotswood	2	1	1	0	1	0.406	373	13
387^th	Elmer	1	1	0	1	0	0.404	359	28
388^th	North Wildwood	1	0	0	0	2	0.404	410	22
389^th	Woodbury Hts	1	0	1	0	0	0.402	379	10
390^th	Roselle Park	3	1	1	0	0	0.401	364	26
391^st	Kenilworth	1	0	1	0	2	0.399	403	12
392^nd	Totowa	1	1	0	1	1	0.396	390	2
393^rd	Union	6	3	1	0	4	0.396	395	2
394^th	Pedricktown	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	360	34
395^th	Middlesex	4	1	1	0	0	0.386	329	66
396^th	Woodbridge	2	1	2	0	5	0.382	376	20
397^th	Woodbine	1	1	0	0	0	0.381	449	52
398^th	Beverly	1	0	0	0	0	0.379	374	24
399^th	Merchantville	1	0	0	0	2	0.378	370	29
400^th	Brooklawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.378	363	37
401^st	Somerdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	447	46
402^nd	Elwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.376	415	13
403^rd	Bayville	3	2	1	0	1	0.374	404	1
404^th	Elmwood Park	3	1	1	0	1	0.374	400	4
405^th	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	394	11
406^th	Salem	4	1	1	0	0	0.373	386	20
407^th	Port Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	433	26
408^th	Alpha	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	326	82
409^th	Blackwood	4	2	2	0	1	0.371	405	4
410^th	Clifton	16	3	1	0	20	0.369	409	1
411^th	Stratford	1	1	0	0	2	0.368	322	89
412^th	Dennisville	0	1	0	0	0	0.367	435	23
413^th	Palmyra	2	1	2	0	0	0.366	429	16
414^th	Guttenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0.365	474	60
415^th	Tuckerton	1	0	0	0	0	0.365	455	40
416^th	Toms River	10	2	6	1	7	0.363	371	45
417^th	Belvidere	2	0	1	0	0	0.363	382	35
418^th	Burlington	5	1	3	0	4	0.363	411	7
419^th	Belleville	8	1	1	0	4	0.353	437	18
420^th	Avenel	2	1	0	0	0	0.353	420
421^st	Beachwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.348	401	20
422^nd	Jackson	6	2	3	1	3	0.339	393	29
423^rd	Barnegat	3	2	1	0	0	0.339	375	48
424^th	Gloucester City	1	1	1	0	1	0.338	448	24
425^th	Deptford	3	0	1	0	1	0.337	392	33
426^th	Neptune	5	1	2	1	6	0.331	428	2
427^th	Hightstown	2	0	1	0	3	0.33	380	47
428^th	West Berlin	1	1	0	0	0	0.329	396	32
429^th	Manchester	2	1	1	0	0	0.327	426	3
430^th	West New York	7	1	1	0	0	0.325	445	15
431^st	Kearny	6	1	1	0	1	0.324	413	18
432^nd	Dover	5	1	1	0	0	0.323	406	26
433^rd	Erial	1	0	1	0	1	0.322	446	13
434^th	Hillside	4	2	1	0	1	0.322	419	15
435^th	North Brunswick	5	2	1	0	2	0.319	436	1
436^th	Landing	1	0	0	0	1	0.315	372	64
437^th	Mays Landing	3	1	3	0	1	0.313	443	6
438^th	Mount Holly	2	1	3	0	3	0.313	424	14
439^th	Englewood	4	1	1	0	8	0.312	434	5
440^th	Cedarville	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	418	22
441^st	Pine Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.31	484	43
442^nd	Carteret	3	2	1	0	3	0.302	454	12
443^rd	Dunellen	1	1	1	0	1	0.302	464	21
444^th	Egg Harbor Township	5	2	2	0	4	0.298	441	3
445^th	Hamilton	18	4	5	0	9	0.294	442	3
446^th	West Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	421	25
447^th	West Collingswood	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	481	34
448^th	Elizabeth	27	2	9	0	7	0.282	452	4
449^th	Pennsville	3	1	1	0	1	0.281	440	9
450^th	Wrightstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.281	456	6
451^st	Harrison	3	1	1	0	1	0.279	458	7
452^nd	Jamesburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.279	444	8
453^rd	Hopatcong	2	1	1	0	1	0.276	483	30
454^th	National Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	473	19
455^th	East Orange	15	4	3	0	7	0.274	467	12
456^th	Little Egg Harbor	3	1	1	0	0	0.273	453	3
457^th	South Amboy	2	0	1	0	0	0.273	463	6
458^th	Edgewater Park	1	1	0	0	0	0.273	451	7
459^th	Newark	53	2	21	11	18	0.27	465	6
460^th	Clayton	1	1	1	0	1	0.27	459	1
461^st	Fords	1	2	0	0	1	0.27	427	34
462^nd	Glassboro	3	1	1	0	0	0.269	431	31
463^rd	North Bergen	7	0	1	0	0	0.262	457	6
464^th	Orange	8	2	1	0	3	0.26	468	4
465^th	Runnemede	2	1	1	0	1	0.257	439	26
466^th	Rahway	4	1	1	0	2	0.256	479	13
467^th	Woodbury	4	0	1	0	2	0.255	480	13
468^th	North Middletown	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	425	43
469^th	Woodlynne	1	0	0	0	0	0.251	475	6
470^th	Cape May Court House	4	1	4	0	2	0.25	432	38
471^st	Plainfield	12	2	4	3	4	0.247	476	5
472^nd	Florence	0	1	0	0	0	0.246	487	15
473^rd	Seaside Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.246	461	12
474^th	Lakewood	7	1	1	0	141	0.246	469	5
475^th	Palisades Park	2	0	1	0	2	0.245	460	15
476^th	Sewaren	1	0	0	0	0	0.244	499	23
477^th	Manville	2	1	1	0	0	0.242	512	35
478^th	Wantage	2	0	0	0	0	0.241	472	6
479^th	Linden	8	2	1	0	2	0.233	477	2
480^th	Galloway	6	1	1	0	1	0.232	462	18
481^st	Port Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	514	33
482^nd	Egg Harbor City	2	1	2	1	2	0.228	493	11
483^rd	Passaic	13	3	4	1	10	0.225	485	2
484^th	Westville	2	0	0	0	2	0.222	450	34
485^th	Lake Como	0	0	1	0	0	0.219	521	36
486^th	Haledon	1	0	1	0	0	0.218	482	4
487^th	Maple Shade	2	1	1	0	1	0.216	494	7
488^th	Roselle	4	2	2	0	2	0.21	488
489^th	Vineland	11	4	4	0	8	0.21	470	19
490^th	Buena	1	1	1	0	0	0.209	492	2
491^st	South River	2	1	1	0	2	0.203	478	13
492^nd	Atlantic City	10	0	1	0	2	0.203	466	26
493^rd	Ewing	3	1	2	0	2	0.202	500	7
494^th	Rosenhayn	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	491	3
495^th	Paterson	34	3	11	3	5	0.197	507	12
496^th	Pemberton	3	2	1	0	0	0.194	496
497^th	Ocean Gate	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	471	26
498^th	Atco	2	1	1	0	1	0.182	489	9
499^th	Bound Brook	4	1	1	0	1	0.177	486	13
500^th	Minotola	1	0	0	0	0	0.176	497	3
501^st	Perth Amboy	9	2	3	0	3	0.173	504	3
502^nd	Chatsworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.172	416	86
503^rd	Millville	7	1	2	0	0	0.171	501	2
504^th	Trenton	18	10	7	3	4	0.171	505	1
505^th	North Plainfield	3	2	1	0	3	0.171	503	2
506^th	Pine Hill	2	1	1	0	0	0.168	498	8
507^th	Somers Point	2	1	1	0	2	0.167	502	5
508^th	Newport	1	0	0	0	0	0.162	509	1
509^th	Delanco	1	1	0	0	0	0.159	508	1
510^th	Willingboro	6	2	1	0	4	0.148	515	5
511^th	Bridgeton	11	0	2	1	2	0.144	506	5
512^th	New Brunswick	11	1	3	0	0	0.139	511	1
513^th	Long Branch	6	1	2	1	2	0.136	516	3
514^th	Asbury Park	3	1	1	0	2	0.133	517	3
515^th	Neptune City	1	0	0	0	0	0.132	522	7
516^th	Lakehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.132	519	3
517^th	Fairview	2	1	0	0	1	0.12	526	9
518^th	Delair	1	0	0	0	0	0.119	510	8
519^th	Blue Anchor	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	495	24
520^th	Pleasantville	4	1	1	0	0	0.109	524	4
521^st	Seabrook	2	1	0	0	0	0.107	490	31
522^nd	Browns Mills	2	0	0	0	0	0.107	513	9
523^rd	East Newark	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	529	6
524^th	Carneys Point	2	0	1	0	0	0.103	518	6
525^th	Lawnside	1	0	0	0	0	0.097	520	5
526^th	Camden	15	3	6	5	6	0.097	530	4
527^th	Lindenwold	3	1	1	0	0	0.092	525	2
528^th	Riverside	1	1	1	0	0	0.091	527	1
529^th	Prospect Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.09	532	3
530^th	Keansburg	2	1	1	0	1	0.09	531	1
531^st	Irvington	10	2	1	0	1	0.088	523	8
532^nd	Wildwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.08	528	4
533^rd	Penns Grove	1	1	0	0	0	0.061	533
534^th	Paulsboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.031	534

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