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
281	Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	105 Andrew Street	Green Brook	08812	Somerset County	Green Brook Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 968-1052	404	36	11.2	18.6%	170 (42.1%)	26 (6.4%)	97 (24.0%)	83 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.7%)	$17,389			$93			$17,296	80.5	63.9	490	209		340612005218
282	Yantacaw School	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Yantacaw Place	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8891	512	34	14.9	7.2%	244 (47.7%)	10 (2.0%)	105 (20.5%)	131 (25.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	$11,239			$133			$11,106	80.5	81.5	261	21		341188002392
283	Katharine D Malone Elementary School	Public	K-5	524 Green Pond Road	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Rockaway Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-7512	303	31	9.6	18.8%	190 (62.7%)	18 (5.9%)	62 (20.5%)	15 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.0%)	$19,911			$50			$19,861	80.4	68.9	432	149		341413004518
284	G. Harold Antrim Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	401 Niblick Street	Point Pleasant Beach	08742	Ocean County	Point Pleasant Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 899-3737	302	37	8.2	22.5%	234 (77.5%)	1 (0.3%)	52 (17.2%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$18,007			$677			$17,330	80.2	80.2	280	4		341332004704
285	Conover Road Elementary School	Public	3-5	76 Conover Road	Colts Neck	07722	Monmouth County	Colts Neck Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 946-0055	322	38	8.3	3.1%	284 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.8%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.2%)	$12,760						$12,760	80.2	88.5	141	144		340345003762
286	Oak Tree Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	Wilus Way	Iselin	08830	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 602-8424	425	30	14.4	29.2%	22 (5.2%)	12 (2.8%)	49 (11.5%)	336 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$4,113						$4,113	80	87.6	157	129		341812003452
287	Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Sutton Place	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-0939	476	36	13.1	21.0%	213 (44.7%)	28 (5.9%)	151 (31.7%)	74 (15.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	$9,803			$298			$9,505	79.9	77.7	310	23		341128000628
288	Brookside Elementary School	Public	K-5	20 Lake Drive	Westwood	07675	Bergen County	Westwood Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-9000	390	38	10.3	12.6%	258 (66.2%)	8 (2.1%)	82 (21.0%)	20 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.6%)	$4,864			$18			$4,846	79.8	83.5	229	59		341782000916
289	Community Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	372 Witherspoon Street	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 806-4230	316	28	11.2	17.1%	157 (49.7%)	15 (4.7%)	84 (26.6%)	32 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	$14,862			$167			$14,695	79.6	80.6	272	17		341341003192
290	T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1 School St	Old Tappan	07675	Bergen County	Old Tappan Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-7176	374	35	10.7	0.8%	178 (47.6%)	4 (1.1%)	27 (7.2%)	141 (37.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.9%)	$8,945						$8,945	79.5	89.3	126	164		341218000676

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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.