Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 853)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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	394	26	15.1	52.5%	47 (11.9%)	10 (2.5%)	299 (75.9%)	38 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,311			$157			$11,154	99.9%	98.3%	1.61%			341638000143
2	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	469	39	12.1	75.3%	44 (9.4%)	91 (19.4%)	262 (55.9%)	67 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$9,579						$9,579	99.8%	99.9%	0.06%			341269004924
3	Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Public	2-8	436 First Avenue	Elizabeth	07206	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6030	1,147	75	15.2	75.4%	92 (8.0%)	170 (14.8%)	837 (73.0%)	43 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,777			$199			$7,578	99.7%	90.2%	9.47%			340459000013
4	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Highview Avenue	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 385-8759	440	30	14.6	32.0%	54 (12.3%)	38 (8.6%)	239 (54.3%)	92 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.4%)	$11,093			$52			$11,041	99.6%	86.2%	13.40%			340150000276
5	The Gray Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	55 Liberty Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Gray Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 824-6661	339	16	21.1	61.9%	3 (0.9%)	124 (36.6%)	207 (61.1%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,242			$1,298			$7,944	99.5%	90.3%	9.18%			340006400373
6	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	99.4%	83.2%	16.18%			340576000387
7	Belleville PS9	Public	K-6	301 Ralph St	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4337	148	8	18.5	76.4%	9 (6.1%)	7 (4.7%)	123 (83.1%)	7 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								99.3%	63.2%	36.03%			340135001972
8	William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,145	78	14.7	73.6%	135 (11.8%)	144 (12.6%)	837 (73.1%)	28 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,924			$188			$6,736	99.1%	85.2%	13.95%			340459005524
9	Lafayette Mills School	Public	1-5	66 Maxwell Lane	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2700	427	35	12.2	8.0%	335 (78.5%)	2 (0.5%)	43 (10.1%)	33 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	$8,271			$52			$8,219	99.0%	84.5%	14.51%			340939003928
10	Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Public	K-5	9 Manger Road	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5480	355	33	10.8	32.7%	57 (16.1%)	117 (33.0%)	126 (35.5%)	31 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.5%)	$12,477						$12,477	98.9%	81.2%	17.77%			341761000182

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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.