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
291	Packanack Elementary School	Public	K-5	190 Oakwood Drive	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3170	408	30	13.4	7.4%	297 (72.8%)	5 (1.2%)	67 (16.4%)	26 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$15,454			$277			$15,177	79.4	75.9	340	49		341728004982
292	Millstone Township Elementary School	Public	3-5	308 Millstone Road	Clarksburg	08510	Monmouth County	Millstone Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 786-0950	329	33	9.8	10.3%	243 (73.9%)	15 (4.6%)	42 (12.8%)	14 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	$15,600			$218			$15,382	79.4	77.2	319	27		341023000159
293	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	325 Mason Ave	Wyckoff	07481	Bergen County	Wyckoff Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 848-5720	354	28	12.5	0.8%	274 (77.4%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.6%)	11 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.6%)	$12,867			$256			$12,611	79.4	78.8	299	6		341836000940
294	Colonial Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	749 Colonial Road	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 337-0336	231	33	6.9	2.6%	169 (73.2%)	3 (1.3%)	25 (10.8%)	22 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	$16,575						$16,575	79.4	85.5	202	92		340537000532
295	West Freehold School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Castronova Way	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 431-5101	447	44	10.2	17.9%	313 (70.0%)	16 (3.6%)	73 (16.3%)	29 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$10,466			$170			$10,296	79.3	75.7	342	47		340564003822
296	Millstone River School	Public	3-5	75 Grovers Mill Road	Plainsboro	08536	Middlesex County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 716-5500	772	84	9.2	10.5%	63 (8.2%)	39 (5.1%)	40 (5.2%)	590 (76.4%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	$12,449			$110			$12,339	79.3	80.1	281	15		341770006077
297	Island Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	115 Summit Ave	Island Heights	08732	Ocean County	Island Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 929-1222	142	15	9.5	2.1%	122 (85.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	$14,138			$293			$13,845	79.3	78.2	305	8		340771004608
298	Brielle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	605 Union Lane	Brielle	08730	Monmouth County	Brielle Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 528-6400	471	51	9.3	2.3%	441 (93.6%)	4 (0.8%)	21 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$12,663			$155			$12,508	79.3	83.6	227	71		340231003754
299	Stephen J. Gerace School	Public	K-5	59 Boulevard	Pequannock	07440	Morris County	Pequannock Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 305-5615	334	24	13.8	3.9%	265 (79.3%)	2 (0.6%)	49 (14.7%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$8,745			$91			$8,654	79.3	87.9	153	146		341290004482
300	Van Sciver Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Rhoads Avenue	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddon Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 869-7730	345	29	11.9	25.2%	244 (70.7%)	22 (6.4%)	45 (13.0%)	23 (6.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	$10,796			$323			$10,473	79.2	82.3	248	52		340636001550

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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 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.

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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.