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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)						NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Number 8	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	500 West Blancke St.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 862-4397	334	27	12.3	68.3%	57 (17.1%)	61 (18.3%)	200 (59.9%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	20.6	1069^th of 1331 public elementary schools	19.7%		19.2	1109^th of 1347 public elementary schools	17.7%	40	14.7		28.6	31.1	41.0				31.5	11.1	24.6				$17,447	$666	$16,781
Number 6	0.5mi	Public	PK, KG-5	19 East Morris Ave.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 862-3003	320	23	13.9	63.8%	81 (25.3%)	61 (19.1%)	160 (50.0%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	25.3	1000^th of 1331 public elementary schools	24.9%		22.6	1054^th of 1347 public elementary schools	21.8%	54	15.8		45.4	24.0	33.3				50.0	16.0	26.3				$17,495	$729	$16,766
Number 1	0.5mi	Public	PK, KG-5	728 North Wood Ave.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 486-2668	454	37	12.2	75.6%	60 (13.2%)	126 (27.8%)	240 (52.9%)	8 (1.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	15.5	1141^st of 1331 public elementary schools	14.3%		20.2	1095^th of 1347 public elementary schools	18.7%	46	10.3		20.9	21.9	32.4				19.4	28.1	28.0				$15,133	$1,090	$14,043
Number 9	0.9mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Deerfield Terrace	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 486-5164	311	31	10.0	60.5%	55 (17.7%)	83 (26.7%)	135 (43.4%)	17 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	15 (4.8%)	35.1	867^th of 1331 public elementary schools	34.9%		43.3	767^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.1%	100	25.7		33.3	29.2	48.8				56.9	24.4	35.9				$17,576	$703	$16,873
Number 5	1.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1014 Bower Street	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 486-2666	319	26	12.2	75.9%	20 (6.3%)	155 (48.6%)	128 (40.1%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	9.9	1237^th of 1331 public elementary schools	7.1%		24.4	1029^th of 1347 public elementary schools	23.6%	208	3.6		17.1	20.0	39.3				16.7	15.2	7.1				$16,394	$1,387	$15,007
Number 2	1.1mi	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%)	21.2	1058^th of 1331 public elementary schools	20.5%		16.4	1158^th of 1347 public elementary schools	14.0%	100	10.0		46.2	22.7	31.7				43.0	23.2	13.4				$16,311	$1,057	$15,254
Dr. Charles C. Polk School	1.4mi	Public	1-4	1100 Warren St	Roselle	07203	Union County	Roselle Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 298-2061	315	32	9.8	75.2%	18 (5.7%)	142 (45.1%)	143 (45.4%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	21.4	1054^th of 1331 public elementary schools	20.8%		22.7	1053^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	21.8%	1			33.8	30.6					25.7	31.2					$13,641	$794	$12,847
Franklin Elementary School	1.5mi	Public	PK, KG-6	1809 St Georges Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1050	658	47	14.1	72.2%	67 (10.2%)	173 (26.3%)	378 (57.4%)	12 (1.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	19.5	1084^th of 1331 public elementary schools	18.6%		28.8	972^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	27.8%	112	7.9		31.0	31.7	32.9	45.3			25.2	22.9	11.8	15.8			$16,026	$387	$15,639
Number 10	1.6mi	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Highland Avenue	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 486-2043	299	23	13.0	64.2%	44 (14.7%)	57 (19.1%)	177 (59.2%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	24.2	1014^th of 1331 public elementary schools	23.8%		30.3	951^st of 1347 public elementary schools	29.4%	63	17.5		30.2	14.3	37.5				44.2	27.8	30.0				$18,573	$738	$17,835
Winfield Township	1.6mi	Public	PK, KG-8	7 1/2 Gulfstream Avenue	Winfield Park	07036	Union County	Winfield Township	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 486-7410	141	18	7.7	36.9%	77 (54.6%)	7 (5.0%)	41 (29.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.6%)	38.2	824^th of 1331 public elementary schools	38.1%		39.7	817^th of 1347 public elementary schools	39.3%	7	18.8	8.3	38.5	38.9	41.2	62.6	60.0	66.6	30.8	55.6	12.5	31.3	20.0	0.0	$27,083	$686	$26,397

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