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
441	School No. 4	Public	K-4	1193 Anderson Ave	Fort Lee	07024	Bergen County	Fort Lee School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 585-4650	377	32	11.8	19.9%	111 (29.4%)	5 (1.3%)	84 (22.3%)	156 (41.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.0%)	$7,973						$7,973	68.1	74.7	359	82		340531000450
442	Horace Mann Elementary School	Public	K-5	150 Walt Whitman Blvd.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 428-1144	287	21	13.6	19.9%	139 (48.4%)	32 (11.1%)	53 (18.5%)	43 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.6%)	$10,186						$10,186	67.9	66.3	462	20		340300001440
443	Seventh Avenue	Public	3-6	316 Seventh Avenue	Haddon Heights	08035	Camden County	HADDON HEIGHTS School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 547-0610	145	13	11.4	9.0%	120 (82.8%)	5 (3.4%)	9 (6.2%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$10,786			$243			$10,543	67.8	67.5	451	8		340633001536
444	Mohawk Avenue School	Public	3	18 Mohawk Avneue	Sparta	07871	Sussex County	Sparta Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 729-1289	236	21	11.4	9.7%	182 (77.1%)	2 (0.8%)	31 (13.1%)	12 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	$9,749						$9,749	67.8	62.1	519	75		341551003243
445	Washington Irving School #4	Public	PK, KG-5	12 Madonna Place	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 340-5034	441	33	13.4	57.4%	197 (44.7%)	27 (6.1%)	199 (45.1%)	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$10,580			$123			$10,457	67.6	72.8	383	62		340576000478
446	Stone Harbor Elementary School	Public	K-4	275 93rd St	Stone Harbor	08247	Cape May County	Stone Harbor School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 368-4413	87	10	9		80 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	$19,958			$173			$19,785	67.6	57.1	578	132		341581001754
447	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Prospect Avenue	North Arlington	07031	Bergen County	North Arlington School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 991-6800	164	14	12.1	43.9%	76 (46.3%)	1 (0.6%)	78 (47.6%)	6 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$5,542			$150			$5,392	67.5	70.6	411	36		341143000638
448	Ventnor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 N Lafayette Avenue	Ventnor City	08406	Atlantic County	Ventnor City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 487-7900	318	36	8.8	45.6%	175 (55.0%)	13 (4.1%)	86 (27.0%)	24 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.0%)	$6,322						$6,322	67.5	74.3	362	86		341668000407
449	High Bridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	40 Fairview Avenue	High Bridge	08829	Hunterdon County	High Bridge Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 638-4105	219	25	8.7	21.0%	156 (71.2%)	6 (2.7%)	44 (20.1%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	$17,715			$471			$17,244	67.4	73.4	372	77		340711003002
450	Ethel M Burke Elementary School	Public	K-4	112 South Black Horse Pike	Bellmawr	08031	Camden County	Bellmawr Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 931-6362	222	25	8.8	50.0%	94 (42.3%)	7 (3.2%)	56 (25.2%)	44 (19.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.0%)	$12,426			$1,311			$11,115	67.4	59.5	553	103		340138001320

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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.
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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.