Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for Male Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Male students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Male vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 1296)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Male)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Male)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	School 28	Public	PK, KG-8	200 Presidential Boulevard	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0281	463	39	12	73.2%	44 (9.5%)	71 (15.3%)	265 (57.2%)	76 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$9,579						$9,579	99.9%	99.9%	0.00%			341269004924
2	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Public	1-8	1700 Kerrigan Avenue	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5851	400	28	14.2	54.8%	52 (13.0%)	10 (2.5%)	303 (75.8%)	35 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	99.8%	99.5%	0.37%			341638000143
3	Milton Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-3	16 Milton Avenue	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2508	301	29	10.5	2.7%	202 (67.1%)	4 (1.3%)	33 (11.0%)	46 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.3%)	$12,491						$12,491	99.8%	99.2%	0.59%			340000406017
4	Glenwood School	Public	K-4	325 Taylor Road South	Short Hills	07078	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 379-7576	315	25	12.7	1.0%	84 (26.7%)	9 (2.9%)	11 (3.5%)	186 (59.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.9%)	$13,622			$34			$13,588	99.7%	99.6%	0.07%			341020002154
5	Betsy Ross Elementary	Public	K-3	20 Malcolm Rd	Mahwah	07430	Bergen County	Mahwah Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 762-2250	238	24	10.1	5.0%	166 (69.7%)	2 (0.8%)	23 (9.7%)	36 (15.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	$9,947						$9,947	99.6%	98.7%	0.88%			340933000588
6	Meadowbrook	Public	PK, KG-4	50 Piermont Ave	Hillsdale	07642	Bergen County	Hillsdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 664-8088	318	33	9.6	3.5%	228 (71.7%)	2 (0.6%)	41 (12.9%)	25 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.6%)	$11,913			$35			$11,878	99.5%	98.0%	1.55%			340726000528
7	Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	150 Pierce Street	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 412-7643	613	40	15.3	15.2%	85 (13.9%)	85 (13.9%)	27 (4.4%)	374 (61.0%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (5.5%)	$7,387			$280			$7,107	99.5%	99.6%	0.09%			340074603143
8	Princeton Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Bunn Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 924-0575	423	40	10.5	7.8%	112 (26.5%)	15 (3.5%)	24 (5.7%)	217 (51.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (12.8%)								99.4%	99.4%	0.01%			340004300323
9	Cornelia F. Bradford School	Public	PK, KG-5	96 Sussex St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 915-6450	1,082	55	19.6	9.7%	312 (28.8%)	55 (5.1%)	80 (7.4%)	520 (48.1%)	6 (0.6%)	76 (7.0%)	32 (3.0%)	$6,621						$6,621	99.3%	99.7%	0.39%			340783002834
10	Essex Fells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	102 Hawthorne Rd	Essex Fells	07021	Essex County	Essex Fells School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-0505	251	26	9.4		191 (76.1%)	4 (1.6%)	22 (8.8%)	17 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.8%)	$16,556			$263			$16,293	99.2%	97.0%	2.21%			340483002082

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About our rankings:

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.