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
331	Northvale Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	441 Tappan Road	Northvale	07647	Bergen County	Northvale Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-8484	540	53	10.2		210 (38.9%)	10 (1.9%)	84 (15.6%)	216 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$14,135			$225			$13,910	76.7	66	469	138		341182000656
332	Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Grant Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3050	432	33	13	17.4%	157 (36.3%)	15 (3.5%)	164 (38.0%)	74 (17.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	$8,269			$437			$7,832	76.6	80.8	270	62		340399000342
333	Winston S. Churchill School	Public	3-6	233 Fairfield Road	Fairfield	07004	Essex County	Fairfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 227-2638	401	30	13.3	2.7%	302 (75.3%)	2 (0.5%)	60 (15.0%)	29 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$10,351						$10,351	76.5	61.1	530	197		340501002088
334	Taunton Forge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	32 Evergreen Trail	Medford	08055	Burlington County	Medford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 654-6723	318	30	10.6	5.3%	259 (81.4%)	4 (1.3%)	25 (7.9%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	$9,935						$9,935	76.5	70.6	410	76		340987001128
335	Salem Drive School	Public	K-5	29 Salem Drive	Whippany	07981	Morris County	Hanover Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 515-2440	245	26	9.4	2.4%	169 (69.0%)	12 (4.9%)	30 (12.2%)	18 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.5%)	$9,615			$29			$9,586	76.5	87.3	165	170		340669004258
336	Central Jersey College Prep Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 Mettlers Road	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Central Jersey College Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 649-3954	1,396	117	11.9	33.2%	131 (9.4%)	324 (23.2%)	245 (17.6%)	657 (47.1%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	28 (2.0%)	$8,883			$325			$8,558	76.4	83.9	220	116		340009000829
337	William Mason School	Public	K-5	5 Shawnee Trail	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	285	31	9.3	3.9%	206 (72.3%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (11.2%)	36 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$19,549			$54			$19,495	76.3	83	239	98		341065004342
338	West Belmar Elementary School	Public	K-5	925 17th Avenue	Wall	07719	Monmouth County	Wall Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 556-2560	171	24	7	33.3%	118 (69.0%)	7 (4.1%)	38 (22.2%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$13,457			$308			$13,149	76.1	77.3	315	23		341689004144
339	Pines Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	511 Pines Lake Drive	Wayne	07470	Passaic County	Wayne Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 633-3175	356	30	11.8	9.6%	268 (75.3%)	2 (0.6%)	41 (11.5%)	29 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$14,923			$358			$14,565	76.1	79.5	287	52		341728004984
340	Forest Avenue School	Public	K-4	118 Forest Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6754	230	14	16.8		196 (85.2%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.5%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	$14,134			$141			$13,993	76	70.5	414	74		341674002454

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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.