Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 4, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for New Jersey high schools were revised on January 22^nd 2025 after the inclusion of the NJ-GPA test scores.

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 961)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-3	414 Montross Avenue	Rutherford	07070	Bergen County	Rutherford School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 438-7675	484	35	13.9	5.6%	273 (56.4%)	11 (2.3%)	107 (22.1%)	49 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.9%)	$7,698			$196			$7,502	99.9%	97.8%	2.14%			341446000812
2	Stony Brook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Stephenson Road	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 737-4006	408	39	10.5	4.4%	160 (39.2%)	25 (6.1%)	36 (8.8%)	179 (43.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$12,315						$12,315	99.8%	97.0%	2.79%			340753000503
3	Radburn Elementary School	Public	K-4	18-00 Radburn Rd	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5480	422	35	12.1	8.5%	253 (60.0%)	9 (2.1%)	56 (13.3%)	73 (17.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.6%)	$6,159			$16			$6,143	99.7%	99.0%	0.74%			340498000422
4	Riverside School	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Riverside Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 806-4260	313	43	7.2	3.8%	167 (53.4%)	21 (6.7%)	31 (9.9%)	59 (18.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.9%)	$17,874			$105			$17,769	99.6%	98.1%	1.46%			341341003190
5	Willard Elementary School	Public	K-5	601 Morningside Rd	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2770	470	35	13.3	0.6%	317 (67.4%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.1%)	74 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.4%)	$9,772			$30			$9,742	99.5%	96.3%	3.23%			341383000782
6	Cranbury School	Public	PK, KG-8	23 N Main St	Cranbury	08512	Middlesex County	Cranbury Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 395-1700	438	57	7.6	7.3%	220 (50.2%)	17 (3.9%)	44 (10.0%)	135 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.0%)	$18,574			$108			$18,466	99.4%	89.2%	10.23%			340354003282
7	Harding Township School	Public	PK, KG-8	34 Lees Hill Road	New Vernon	07976	Morris County	Harding Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 267-6398	298	41	7.2	3.7%	241 (80.9%)	4 (1.3%)	7 (2.3%)	22 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.1%)	$20,191			$755			$19,436	99.3%	95.2%	4.08%			340672004260
8	Viola L Sickles School	Public	PK, KG-3	25 Willow Street	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-6151	452	40	11.3	0.7%	426 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$8,188						$8,188	99.2%	99.5%	0.29%			340495003780
9	James Madison School #10	Public	PK, KG-5	55 Lincoln Place	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(862) 306-7190	273	29	9.4	60.1%	65 (23.8%)	29 (10.6%)	173 (63.4%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,134			$150			$11,984	99.1%	83.2%	15.91%			340576000387
10	Central Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Central Avenue	Madison	07940	Morris County	Madison Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 593-3173	498	50	10	3.6%	335 (67.3%)	8 (1.6%)	84 (16.9%)	42 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$13,439			$200			$13,239	99.0%	93.6%	5.34%			340924004302

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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 4, 2024, 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.