Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NJSLA-S and NJSLA test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.

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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
101	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	371	30	12.3	4.6%	311 (83.8%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (7.0%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.9%)	$8,592						$8,592	90.9	87.2	172	71		340987001120
102	Joseph F Brandt Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 Ninth Street	Hoboken	07030	Hudson County	Hoboken Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 356-3690	632	59	10.6	20.7%	380 (60.1%)	25 (4.0%)	116 (18.4%)	71 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.2%)	$9,244						$9,244	90.8	90	111	9		340735002756
103	Dorchester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Dorchester Road	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	494	52	9.4	1.4%	374 (75.7%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.5%)	68 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	$14,696			$44			$14,652	90.8	90	113	10		341821000934
104	Littlebrook School	Public	PK, KG-5	39 Magnolia Lane	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 806-4250	374	40	9.4	10.7%	147 (39.3%)	21 (5.6%)	26 (7.0%)	146 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.1%)	$13,695						$13,695	90.7	93.3	58	46		341341006034
105	South Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	210 S Stanwick Rd	Moorestown	08057	Burlington County	Moorestown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 778-6640	400	29	13.8	2.8%	242 (60.5%)	12 (3.0%)	24 (6.0%)	78 (19.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.5%)	$7,108						$7,108	90.7	93.8	52	53		341071001142
106	Brookdale Elementary School	Public	K-6	1230 Broad Street	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 680-8520	342	32	10.8	12.6%	189 (55.3%)	21 (6.1%)	84 (24.6%)	29 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.0%)	$6,568						$6,568	90.5	85.7	199	93		340183001988
107	Ralph S Maugham School	Public	K-5	111 Magnolia Avenue	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7705	358	28	13	3.9%	206 (57.5%)	2 (0.6%)	32 (8.9%)	110 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$9,945			$31			$9,914	90.5	86.1	192	85		341611000870
108	Cherry Hill School	Public	PK, KG-6	410 Bogert Rd	River Edge	07661	Bergen County	River Edge School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 261-3405	697	59	11.8	2.2%	257 (36.9%)	30 (4.3%)	94 (13.5%)	273 (39.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.0%)	$11,402			$188			$11,214	90.4	92.6	70	38		341389000792
109	Wemrock Brook School	Public	1-5	118 Millhurst Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2610	513	46	11.1	15.8%	324 (63.2%)	9 (1.8%)	63 (12.3%)	94 (18.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	$7,216			$39			$7,177	90.3	87.2	167	58		340939000453
110	Woodside Avenue School	Public	K-5	305 Woodside Avenue	Franklin Lakes	07417	Bergen County	Franklin Lakes School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 891-5600	264	27	9.9	1.5%	193 (73.1%)	7 (2.7%)	30 (11.4%)	14 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.6%)	$11,699						$11,699	90.2	81.7	255	145		340537000462

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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.