Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1347)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
231	Woodside Elementary School	Public	K-5	801 Rivervale Rd	River Vale	07675	Bergen County	River Vale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 358-4028	326	23	14.3		247 (75.8%)	5 (1.5%)	29 (8.9%)	37 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$14,921			$41			$14,880	82.9	87.5	161	70		341395000802
232	School No. 3	Public	PK, KG-4	2405 Second Street	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4640	330	33	10	27.9%	49 (14.8%)	21 (6.4%)	70 (21.2%)	174 (52.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	$6,876			$185			$6,691	82.8	80.5	275	43		340531000448
233	Eastlake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Eba Road	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 428-7583	364	29	12.5	13.7%	55 (15.1%)	10 (2.7%)	50 (13.7%)	243 (66.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$12,346			$164			$12,182	82.8	88.1	149	84		341248004438
234	Livingston Avenue School	Public	3-5	75 Livingston Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 709-6248	270	23	11.8	1.1%	186 (68.9%)	1 (0.4%)	52 (19.3%)	16 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.6%)	$8,649			$06			$8,643	82.8	89.9	117	117		340357005470
235	Cambridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 Cambridge Road	Kendall Park	08824	Middlesex County	South Brunswick School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 297-2941	416	36	11.7	15.6%	106 (25.5%)	24 (5.8%)	49 (11.8%)	220 (52.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	$10,867			$49			$10,818	82.7	85.4	204	31		341521003614
236	Chairville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	36 Chairville Road	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 654-9610	439	39	11.3	11.4%	356 (81.1%)	20 (4.6%)	37 (8.4%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$9,524			$93			$9,431	82.7	75.6	346	110		340987006113
237	Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Obre Place	Shrewsbury	07702	Monmouth County	Shrewsbury Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 747-0882	439	52	8.4	0.7%	383 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	$14,231			$86			$14,145	82.7	88.5	142	95		341497004102
238	Richard Stockton Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Wexford Dr.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 424-1505	394	27	14.8	9.4%	253 (64.2%)	20 (5.1%)	42 (10.7%)	53 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.3%)	$8,457						$8,457	82.6	86.4	186	52		340300001456
239	Bradford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	87 Mt Hebron Rd	Upper Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 509-4155	388	41	9.5	8.2%	209 (53.9%)	39 (10.1%)	51 (13.1%)	24 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (16.8%)	$13,293			$53			$13,240	82.6	83.8	224	15		341056002168
240	Hillside Avenue School	Public	K-8	125 Hillside Avenue	Cranford	07016	Union County	Cranford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 709-6229	743	74	10	3.0%	484 (65.1%)	32 (4.3%)	138 (18.6%)	51 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.8%)	$10,688			$225			$10,463	82.6	86.1	193	47		340357005460

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About our rankings:

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 3, 2025, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.