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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Columbus Elementary School	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-4	1 Carteret Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	642	57	11.3	75.4%	44 (6.9%)	152 (23.7%)	318 (49.5%)	103 (16.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.4%)	20.7	1088^th of 1347 public elementary schools	19.2%		15.9	1132^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	15.4%	44		37.5	28.4			32.4	22.8			$3,895	$308	$3,587
Nathan Hale Elementary School	0.8mi	Public	PK, KG-4	678 Roosevelt Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	436	39	11.2	82.6%	33 (7.6%)	43 (9.9%)	285 (65.4%)	59 (13.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	42.8	773^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	42.6%		30.2	942^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	29.6%	169		50.0	52.2			41.3	36.1			$5,184	$429	$4,755
Port Reading Avenue Elementary School	1.0mi	Public	K-5	Turner Street	Port Reading	07064	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8409	385	36	10.8	56.6%	91 (23.6%)	29 (7.5%)	193 (50.1%)	64 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	38	845^th of 1347 public elementary schools	37.3%		33.2	899^th of 1338 public elementary schools	32.8%	54	31.0	31.7	53.0	43.9		33.3	38.8	41.4		$4,841		$4,841
Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School	1.9mi	Public	PK, KG-4	83 Post Blvd	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	529	47	11.1	71.5%	58 (11.0%)	57 (10.8%)	184 (34.8%)	210 (39.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	33.1	909^th of 1347 public elementary schools	32.5%		47	709^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.0%	200		34.0	50.0			44.6	26.4			$4,949	$301	$4,648
Matthew Jago Elementary School	2.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	99 Central Avenue	Sewaren	07077	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8428	425	47	9.0	46.8%	163 (38.4%)	45 (10.6%)	166 (39.1%)	43 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	25.3	1018^th of 1347 public elementary schools	24.4%		18.8	1091^st of 1338 public elementary schools	18.5%	73	11.6	35.3	46.2	25.6		45.1	25.0	23.3		$6,230		$6,230
Avenel Street Elementary School	3.0mi	Public	K-5	Avenel Street	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8504	403	29	13.8	55.1%	89 (22.1%)	115 (28.5%)	125 (31.0%)	73 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36.6	862^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	36.0%		36.7	845^th of 1338 public elementary schools	36.8%	17	19.6	41.4	44.0	36.6		57.8	43.2	31.2		$4,286		$4,286
Grover Cleveland Elementary School	3.2mi	Public	PK, KG-6	486 E Milton Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1040	453	41	11.0	66.7%	23 (5.1%)	213 (47.0%)	179 (39.5%)	17 (3.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	33.4	902^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	33.0%		20	1073^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	19.8%	171	27.5	22.9	60.7	62.8	41.2	18.6	34.4	35.3	16.2	$12,500	$257	$12,243
Woodbine Avenue Elementary School	3.3mi	Public	K-5	Woodbine Avenue	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8523	401	37	10.7	49.9%	44 (11.0%)	83 (20.7%)	85 (21.2%)	180 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	43.9	755^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.9%		46.4	716^th of 1338 public elementary schools	46.5%	39	25.4	39.3	43.5	54.6		52.5	46.9	37.4		$4,196		$4,196
Ross Street Elementary School	3.3mi	Public	K-5	Ross Street	Woodbridge	07095	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8511	633	52	12.1	60.8%	132 (20.9%)	109 (17.2%)	290 (45.8%)	82 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	9.5	1262^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	6.3%		9.5	1245^th of 1338 public elementary schools	7.0%	17	13.9	13.8	27.9	14.0		21.9	16.3	6.4		$4,527		$4,527
Number 2	3.4mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 South Wood Avenue	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 862-3287	602	60	10.0	78.7%	46 (7.6%)	128 (21.3%)	389 (64.6%)	16 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.0%)	16.4	1158^th of 1347 public elementary schools	14.0%		13.3	1179^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.9%	21	10.3	27.7	27.1	22.1		43.1	11.5	10.3		$9,950	$510	$9,440

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