Best Cities in New Jersey for Schools

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Rank (of 531)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Teterboro	0	0	1	0	0	0.993	5	4
2^nd	Brookside	1	1	0	0	0	0.984	1	1
3^rd	Alpine	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	21	18
4^th	Millburn	2	2	1	0	1	0.977	6	2
5^th	Short Hills	3	0	0	0	5	0.976	4	1
6^th	Essex Fells	1	0	0	0	0	0.975	2	4
7^th	Rumson	1	1	1	0	2	0.972	10	3
8^th	Fair Haven	1	1	0	0	1	0.97	8
9^th	N Caldwell	1	1	0	0	0	0.968	15	6
10^th	Englewood Cliffs	1	1	0	0	1	0.966	9	1
11^th	Mendham	1	1	1	0	2	0.964	28	17
12^th	Haworth	1	0	0	0	1	0.963	11	1
13^th	Allendale	1	1	1	0	0	0.955	7	6
14^th	New Providence	2	1	1	1	4	0.953	20	6
15^th	Upper Saddle River	2	1	0	0	1	0.952	23	8
16^th	Pine Brook	2	0	0	0	0	0.951	17	1
17^th	New Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.951	12	5
18^th	Woodcliff Lake	1	1	0	0	0	0.947	25	7
19^th	Ho Ho Kus	1	0	0	0	0	0.947	3	16
20^th	Demarest	2	1	2	0	1	0.947	16	4
21^st	Towaco	1	0	0	0	2	0.946	55	34
22^nd	Livingston	6	2	1	0	8	0.944	26	4
23^rd	Oradell	1	0	1	0	2	0.943	29	6
24^th	River Edge	2	1	0	0	6	0.943	14	10
25^th	Mountain Lakes	2	1	1	0	3	0.94	40	15
26^th	Summit	7	1	1	0	6	0.938	34	8
27^th	Mount Tabor	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	27
28^th	Ridgewood	6	2	1	0	5	0.929	38	10
29^th	Glen Rock	4	1	1	0	1	0.926	41	12
30^th	Old Tappan	1	1	1	0	0	0.926	35	5
31^st	Tenafly	4	1	1	0	4	0.924	18	13
32^nd	Spring Lake	2	0	0	0	2	0.923	53	21
33^rd	Moorestown	3	2	1	0	6	0.923	32	1
34^th	Glen Ridge	4	0	1	0	0	0.921	39	5
35^th	Chatham	4	1	1	0	4	0.92	36	1
36^th	Closter	1	1	0	0	4	0.919	30	6
37^th	Basking Ridge	4	1	1	0	9	0.919	24	13
38^th	Skillman	2	2	1	0	3	0.917	48	10
39^th	Roseland	1	0	0	0	2	0.913	72	33
40^th	Sea Girt	2	0	0	0	1	0.912	50	10
41^st	Mountainside	1	1	0	0	2	0.912	22	19
42^nd	Westfield	8	2	4	1	19	0.912	42
43^rd	Shrewsbury	1	0	0	0	2	0.908	31	12
44^th	Morganville	3	1	0	0	3	0.907	49	5
45^th	River Vale	2	1	0	0	0	0.904	58	13
46^th	Cranbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.901	46
47^th	Liberty Corner	1	0	0	0	1	0.899	73	26
48^th	Princeton	5	1	1	0	22	0.898	64	16
49^th	Montville	2	1	1	0	3	0.898	44	5
50^th	Harrington Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	45	5
51^st	Margate City	1	1	0	0	0	0.895	43	8
52^nd	Avalon	0	1	0	0	0	0.892	62	10
53^rd	Berkeley Hts	3	1	0	0	0	0.889	52	1
54^th	Maywood	2	1	0	0	0	0.887	131	77
55^th	Pequannock	1	0	0	0	2	0.886	51	4
56^th	Saddle River	1	0	0	0	1	0.885	33	23
57^th	Hillsdale	2	1	1	0	1	0.885	68	11
58^th	Montvale	1	1	1	0	1	0.884	59	1
59^th	Monmouth Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	19	40
60^th	Hillsborough	6	2	1	0	6	0.88	69	9
61^st	Kinnelon	2	1	1	0	2	0.875	80	19
62^nd	Morris Plains	4	1	1	0	1	0.875	100	38
63^rd	Fair Lawn	6	2	1	0	4	0.868	54	9
64^th	Norwood	1	0	0	1	1	0.868	37	27
65^th	Cranford	5	1	1	0	4	0.865	77	12
66^th	Madison	3	1	1	0	4	0.865	60	6
67^th	Annandale	0	0	2	0	2	0.865	98	31
68^th	Titusville	1	0	0	0	2	0.859	125	57
69^th	Lincroft	1	0	1	0	5	0.859	91	22
70^th	Monmouth Junction	2	2	1	0	2	0.859	92	22
71^st	Denville	2	1	2	0	2	0.859	82	11
72^nd	Florham Park	2	1	0	0	3	0.856	74	2
73^rd	East Hanover	2	1	1	0	0	0.856	87	14
74^th	Warren	4	1	1	1	4	0.855	121	47
75^th	Scotch Plains	5	2	8	1	7	0.852	67	8
76^th	Colts Neck	2	1	1	0	0	0.851	57	19
77^th	Monroe Township	3	1	1	1	3	0.851	75	2
78^th	Little Silver	1	1	1	0	1	0.847	56	22
79^th	Holmdel	1	2	1	0	5	0.845	65	14
80^th	Chester	2	1	1	0	0	0.845	86	6
81^st	North Caldwell	0	1	1	0	0	0.844	78	3
82^nd	Westwood	2	1	0	0	1	0.844	118	36
83^rd	Lincoln Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.844	105	22
84^th	Park Ridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.843	61	23
85^th	Manalapan	6	2	0	0	2	0.842	85
86^th	Haddonfield	6	1	1	0	5	0.841	122	36
87^th	Parsippany	5	2	1	0	3	0.841	109	22
88^th	Ramsey	3	1	1	0	3	0.84	110	22
89^th	Paramus	5	2	5	7	13	0.839	95	6
90^th	Mahwah	4	1	1	0	3	0.839	90
91^st	Waldwick	2	1	1	0	3	0.832	141	50
92^nd	Glen Gardner	0	0	1	0	0	0.831	63	29
93^rd	Marlboro	3	1	1	0	2	0.829	94	1
94^th	Plainsboro	3	1	1	0	1	0.828	79	15
95^th	Oakland	3	1	1	0	9	0.825	116	21
96^th	West Windsor	3	1	1	0	3	0.825	93	3
97^th	Brielle	1	0	0	0	0	0.821	70	27
98^th	Bernardsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.819	96	2
99^th	Pompton Plains	2	1	1	0	2	0.819	102	3
100^th	Bedminster	1	0	0	0	1	0.819	101	1
101^st	Whippany	2	1	1	0	4	0.818	140	39
102^nd	Greendell	1	0	0	0	0	0.816	108	6
103^rd	Cresskill	2	1	1	0	1	0.815	84	19
104^th	Lake Hiawatha	2	0	0	0	0	0.811	71	33
105^th	South Orange	2	1	1	0	2	0.809	123	18
106^th	Wyckoff	4	1	0	0	3	0.808	89	17
107^th	Medford Lakes	1	1	0	0	0	0.808	133	26
108^th	Stirling	0	1	0	0	2	0.808	88	20
109^th	Berkeley Heights	1	0	1	0	3	0.808	119	10
110^th	Hopewell	1	0	1	0	0	0.806	103	7
111^th	Whitehouse Station	2	1	0	0	1	0.804	135	24
112^th	Franklin Lakes	3	1	1	0	2	0.804	97	15
113^th	Township of Washington	2	0	1	0	2	0.804	148	35
114^th	Bridgewater	6	3	4	0	8	0.8	137	23
115^th	Fort Lee	4	1	1	0	4	0.799	115
116^th	Voorhees	4	1	1	0	9	0.799	114	2
117^th	Pennington	2	1	4	0	6	0.797	152	35
118^th	Atlantic Highlands	2	0	0	0	1	0.796	99	19
119^th	Branchburg	1	1	0	0	4	0.795	76	43
120^th	Neshanic Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	111	9
121^st	Robbinsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.794	138	17
122^nd	Midland Park	2	0	1	0	2	0.794	106	16
123^rd	Hoboken	5	1	1	1	9	0.791	129	6
124^th	Ringoes	2	0	0	0	1	0.791	169	45
125^th	Wall	3	1	2	0	0	0.788	165	40
126^th	East Brunswick	9	2	2	0	5	0.788	120	6
127^th	Leonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.788	113	14
128^th	Rutherford	2	2	1	0	2	0.788	159	31
129^th	Boonton	3	1	1	0	3	0.786	126	3
130^th	Watchung	1	1	0	0	1	0.784	104	26
131^st	Long Valley	3	1	0	0	0	0.783	153	22
132^nd	Wayne	10	3	4	0	13	0.779	124	8
133^rd	Millington	1	0	0	0	0	0.778	117	16
134^th	Metuchen	3	1	1	0	7	0.776	130	4
135^th	New Milford	2	1	1	0	3	0.774	132	3
136^th	Island Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	112	24
137^th	West Cape May	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	254	117
138^th	Montclair	5	2	1	0	7	0.77	144	6
139^th	Oceanport	1	1	0	0	0	0.769	81	58
140^th	Hampton	2	1	0	0	0	0.767	205	65
141^st	Moonachie	2	0	0	0	0	0.764	127	14
142^nd	Collingswood	4	1	1	0	1	0.763	185	43
143^rd	Clarksburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	167	24
144^th	Avon by the Sea	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	66	78
145^th	Caldwell	1	1	0	0	2	0.761	136	9
146^th	Linwood	1	1	1	0	1	0.758	146
147^th	Mullica Hill	1	2	1	0	1	0.753	162	15
148^th	Bay Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	47	101
149^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	3	0.747	145	4
150^th	Lebanon	3	0	0	0	1	0.742	203	53
151^st	Upper Montclair	2	1	0	0	2	0.742	128	23
152^nd	Rockaway	3	2	3	0	2	0.741	171	19
153^rd	Three Bridges	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	13	140
154^th	Cedar Grove	3	1	1	0	1	0.739	163	9
155^th	Manasquan	1	0	1	0	2	0.736	149	6
156^th	Middletown	3	1	2	0	1	0.736	161	5
157^th	Haskell	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	199	42
158^th	Woolwich Township	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	202	44
159^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	216	57
160^th	Edgewater	2	0	0	0	1	0.729	207	47
161^st	Millstone Township	1	1	0	0	2	0.728	154	7
162^nd	Hasbrouck Heights	2	1	1	0	2	0.728	155	7
163^rd	Northvale	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	107	56
164^th	Clinton	1	1	0	0	1	0.726	83	81
165^th	Verona	4	1	1	0	2	0.726	200	35
166^th	Westmont	2	1	1	0	0	0.724	206	40
167^th	Dumont	4	0	1	0	0	0.724	151	16
168^th	Nutley	5	1	1	0	4	0.723	180	12
169^th	Mickleton	2	0	0	0	0	0.72	150	19
170^th	Cinnaminson	2	1	1	0	3	0.719	197	27
171^st	Edison	13	4	3	0	19	0.712	147	24
172^nd	Monroeville	1	0	0	0	0	0.711	179	7
173^rd	High Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.71	283	110
174^th	West Long Branch	1	1	1	0	2	0.709	143	31
175^th	South Hackensack	1	0	0	0	0	0.709	188	13
176^th	Manahawkin	3	2	2	0	2	0.707	196	20
177^th	Hewitt	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	189	12
178^th	Shamong	1	1	0	0	0	0.702	187	9
179^th	Little Falls	2	1	1	0	2	0.696	208	29
180^th	Medford	5	2	3	0	8	0.696	139	41
181^st	Garwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	178	3
182^nd	Ocean City	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	157	25
183^rd	Califon	3	2	1	0	0	0.69	182	1
184^th	West Caldwell	4	0	2	0	1	0.689	233	49
185^th	Columbus	2	1	1	0	0	0.689	217	32
186^th	Sergeantsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	221	35
187^th	Old Bridge	8	2	0	0	7	0.687	184	3
188^th	Flemington	3	2	3	0	0	0.686	244	56
189^th	Maplewood	4	1	1	0	0	0.685	194	5
190^th	Stewartsville	1	1	0	0	0	0.685	192	2
191^st	Cherry Hill	13	3	3	1	15	0.684	195	4
192^nd	Ringwood	3	1	0	0	1	0.684	190	2
193^rd	Iselin	4	1	1	0	1	0.683	158	35
194^th	Randolph	4	1	1	0	3	0.681	168	26
195^th	Stillwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.679	259	64
196^th	Point Pleasant Beach	3	1	2	0	1	0.678	186	10
197^th	Kendall Park	4	0	0	0	0	0.678	173	24
198^th	Clark	2	1	1	0	5	0.677	220	22
199^th	Mantua	1	1	0	0	0	0.676	172	27
200^th	Flanders	2	0	1	0	0	0.673	181	19
201^st	Leonardo	1	1	0	0	0	0.671	240	39
202^nd	Englishtown	0	0	1	0	0	0.669	164	38
203^rd	Beach Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	275	72
204^th	West Deptford	2	1	1	0	0	0.666	307	103
205^th	Butler	1	1	1	0	0	0.666	235	30
206^th	Great Meadows	1	1	0	0	0	0.665	263	57
207^th	Turnersville	4	0	0	0	0	0.661	247	40
208^th	Haddon Heights	3	0	1	0	2	0.661	256	48
209^th	Lavallette	1	0	0	0	0	0.66	264	55
210^th	Marmora	2	0	0	0	0	0.658	156	54
211^th	West Orange	7	3	1	0	7	0.658	229	18
212^th	Laurel Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.658	274	62
213^th	Oak Ridge	3	1	2	0	1	0.657	282	69
214^th	Green Brook	1	1	0	0	0	0.656	160	54
215^th	Ventnor City	1	1	0	0	0	0.655	193	22
216^th	Bloomingdale	2	1	0	0	0	0.653	255	39
217^th	Emerson	1	1	1	0	1	0.653	212	5
218^th	Northfield	1	1	0	0	1	0.653	214	4
219^th	Quakertown	1	0	0	0	0	0.651	201	18
220^th	Budd Lake	2	1	0	0	2	0.651	183	37
221^st	Bergenfield	5	1	1	0	1	0.648	176	45
222^nd	Highlands	1	0	2	0	0	0.647	142	80
223^rd	Barrington	0	1	0	0	1	0.646	277	54
224^th	Wanaque	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	198	26
225^th	Logan Township	2	1	0	0	0	0.642	271	46
226^th	Montague	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	303	77
227^th	Stanhope	2	1	1	0	0	0.641	213	14
228^th	Berlin	1	1	0	0	1	0.638	230	2
229^th	Woolwich Twp	1	1	1	0	0	0.637	281	52
230^th	Ogdensburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.633	226	4
231^st	Mount Arlington	1	1	0	0	0	0.632	228	3
232^nd	Jobstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.632	166	66
233^rd	Carlstadt	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	223	10
234^th	Morristown	6	1	1	1	9	0.631	239	5
235^th	Lodi	5	1	2	0	2	0.631	211	24
236^th	Springfield	3	1	1	0	3	0.629	177	59
237^th	Freehold	9	3	4	0	4	0.626	227	10
238^th	Laurence Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	268	30
239^th	Ridgefield	2	0	1	1	0	0.622	236	3
240^th	Ocean	1	1	1	0	4	0.622	253	13
241^st	Riverdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.621	218	23
242^nd	Hamburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.618	251	9
243^rd	Secaucus	2	1	3	0	0	0.618	267	24
244^th	Riverton	1	0	0	0	1	0.61	210	34
245^th	Newton	5	2	2	0	2	0.609	280	35
246^th	Ship Bottom	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	329	83
247^th	Fairfield	2	0	2	0	4	0.604	175	72
248^th	Rochelle Park	1	0	0	0	2	0.601	293	45
249^th	Allentown	1	1	1	0	2	0.601	231	18
250^th	Layton	1	0	0	0	0	0.599	362	112
251^st	Pompton Lakes	2	1	1	0	2	0.599	273	22
252^nd	Colonia	4	1	1	0	2	0.599	258	6
253^rd	North Arlington	4	1	1	0	1	0.597	237	16
254^th	Asbury	1	1	0	0	0	0.597	204	50
255^th	Sparta	3	2	2	1	9	0.596	246	9
256^th	Hackettstown	2	1	1	0	0	0.59	224	32
257^th	Tinton Falls	2	1	2	1	4	0.59	245	12
258^th	Eatontown	2	2	0	0	3	0.587	278	20
259^th	Lawrenceville	4	2	1	0	4	0.587	215	44
260^th	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.585	174	86
261^st	North Haledon	1	1	0	0	2	0.585	257	4
262^nd	Wood Ridge	1	2	1	0	0	0.584	170	92
263^rd	Monroe Twp	3	0	0	0	1	0.583	335	72
264^th	Somerset	5	2	1	2	9	0.583	260	4
265^th	East Rutherford	2	1	1	0	2	0.582	222	43
266^th	Belmar	1	0	0	0	3	0.579	242	24
267^th	Piscataway	8	3	3	2	7	0.578	299	32
268^th	Woodstown	1	1	2	1	0	0.577	279	11
269^th	Union City	10	2	2	0	4	0.575	261	8
270^th	Mine Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	272	2
271^st	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	288	17
272^nd	Branchville	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	284	12
273^rd	Port Monmouth	0	1	0	0	0	0.572	298	25
274^th	Cliffside Park	3	1	1	0	2	0.572	320	46
275^th	Aberdeen	3	0	1	0	1	0.571	219	56
276^th	Delaware	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	386	110
277^th	Stone Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.568	342	65
278^th	Marlton	6	2	1	0	5	0.568	262	16
279^th	Bordentown	3	1	2	0	0	0.566	286	7
280^th	Allamuchy	1	1	0	0	0	0.564	336	56
281^st	Audubon	2	0	1	0	0	0.564	306	25
282^nd	Bogota	2	1	1	0	2	0.56	302	20
283^rd	Milltown	1	1	0	0	1	0.559	338	55
284^th	Milford	2	0	0	0	0	0.559	252	32
285^th	Farmingdale	3	1	1	0	1	0.557	305	20
286^th	New Monmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.556	209	77
287^th	Cliffwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.555	314	27
288^th	Roebling	2	0	0	0	0	0.553	297	9
289^th	Sewell	3	4	2	1	7	0.553	318	29
290^th	Wallington	2	0	1	0	0	0.551	249	41
291^st	Lafayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	289	2
292^nd	Bloomfield	8	1	1	0	5	0.547	269	23
293^rd	Wenonah	3	0	0	0	0	0.546	331	38
294^th	Mount Laurel	6	2	1	0	6	0.544	238	56
295^th	Garfield	6	1	1	1	1	0.541	287	8
296^th	Southampton	2	1	0	0	0	0.541	304	8
297^th	Lyndhurst	6	1	1	0	1	0.54	330	33
298^th	Vernon	3	1	1	0	1	0.54	395	97
299^th	Howell	6	1	0	0	6	0.538	308	9
300^th	Brigantine	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	247	53
301^st	Bellmawr	2	1	0	0	1	0.536	315	14
302^nd	Clementon	1	0	0	0	1	0.535	234	68
303^rd	Teaneck	6	2	1	0	11	0.532	291	12
304^th	Frenchtown	2	0	1	0	1	0.532	232	72
305^th	Saddle Brook	3	0	1	0	1	0.53	365	60
306^th	Roosevelt	1	0	0	0	0	0.519	250	56
307^th	Little Ferry	1	1	0	0	0	0.519	323	16
308^th	Matawan	1	0	1	0	2	0.519	241	67
309^th	Waretown	2	0	1	0	0	0.518	374	65
310^th	Parlin	5	1	1	1	1	0.516	313	3
311^th	South Bound Brook	1	0	0	0	0	0.515	294	17
312^th	Raritan	1	0	0	0	3	0.514	428	116
313^th	Harrisonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	310	3
314^th	Oaklyn	2	0	0	0	0	0.51	290	24
315^th	Stratford	1	1	0	0	2	0.51	295	20
316^th	Hainesport	1	0	0	0	3	0.507	312	4
317^th	Bayonne	11	0	3	0	5	0.506	341	24
318^th	Succasunna	3	2	2	0	2	0.505	309	9
319^th	Alpha	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	371	52
320^th	Hazlet	4	3	2	0	1	0.503	326	6
321^st	South Plainfield	5	2	1	0	3	0.503	300	21
322^nd	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.502	366	44
323^rd	West Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.5	339	16
324^th	Tabernacle	1	1	2	0	0	0.499	333	9
325^th	Oakhurst	1	0	1	0	0	0.498	270	55
326^th	Ridgefield Park	3	0	1	0	0	0.496	350	24
327^th	Pittstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	332	5
328^th	Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	0.493	356	28
329^th	Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	317	12
330^th	Deal	1	0	0	0	2	0.489	316	14
331^st	Williamstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.487	343	12
332^nd	Estell Manor	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	311	21
333^rd	Middlesex	4	1	1	0	0	0.486	359	26
334^th	Dorothy	1	0	0	0	0	0.484	346	12
335^th	Lambertville	4	0	2	0	0	0.48	372	37
336^th	Joint Base Mdl	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	325	11
337^th	Hawthorne	3	1	1	0	2	0.477	319	18
338^th	Delran	2	1	1	0	3	0.476	344	6
339^th	Mount Ephraim	1	1	0	0	0	0.475	327	12
340^th	Wharton	3	1	0	0	1	0.474	321	19
341^st	Sayreville	1	0	0	0	2	0.474	134	207
342^nd	Waterford Works	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	353	11
343^rd	Glendora	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	337	6
344^th	Alloway	1	0	0	0	1	0.461	385	41
345^th	Blairstown	2	0	1	0	2	0.46	345
346^th	Highland Park	2	1	1	0	2	0.459	382	36
347^th	New Egypt	1	1	1	0	0	0.457	191	156
348^th	Netcong	1	0	0	0	0	0.454	328	20
349^th	Union Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.454	392	43
350^th	Franklin Park	2	0	0	0	0	0.453	370	20
351^st	Lanoka Harbor	3	0	1	0	1	0.452	322	29
352^nd	East Windsor	2	1	0	0	2	0.452	351	1
353^rd	Red Bank	4	1	0	0	4	0.45	334	19
354^th	Brick	6	2	3	0	0	0.447	377	23
355^th	Wildwood Crest	1	0	0	0	0	0.444	387	32
356^th	Elmer	1	1	0	1	0	0.441	296	60
357^th	Hammonton	4	1	2	0	3	0.441	347	10
358^th	Pedricktown	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	266	92
359^th	Belford	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	324	35
360^th	Keyport	2	0	1	0	1	0.437	431	71
361^st	Pitman	2	0	1	0	0	0.434	265	96
362^nd	Brooklawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.433	426	64
363^rd	Woodland Park	3	1	0	0	0	0.43	363
364^th	Roselle Park	3	1	1	0	0	0.429	404	40
365^th	Absecon	1	1	0	0	6	0.427	340	25
366^th	Barnegat	2	2	1	0	0	0.427	358	8
367^th	Bradley Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.426	276	91
368^th	Merchantville	1	0	0	0	2	0.423	292	76
369^th	Somerville	1	1	1	0	3	0.421	373	4
370^th	Landing	1	0	0	0	1	0.42	427	57
371^st	Toms River	10	2	6	1	6	0.419	413	42
372^nd	Beverly	1	0	0	0	0	0.418	360	12
373^rd	Jersey City	33	6	11	3	30	0.417	381	8
374^th	Washington	5	1	2	0	2	0.414	349	25
375^th	Phillipsburg	6	2	1	0	1	0.413	352	23
376^th	Westampton	1	1	2	1	0	0.412	348	28
377^th	Woodbridge	2	1	2	0	5	0.412	367	10
378^th	Gibbsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	460	82
379^th	Gibbstown	1	1	0	0	1	0.406	357	22
380^th	Hackensack	4	1	2	0	2	0.403	364	16
381^st	Cape May	3	2	1	0	0	0.401	383	2
382^nd	Salem	4	1	1	0	0	0.398	368	14
383^rd	Sicklerville	5	2	1	0	2	0.397	378	5
384^th	Totowa	1	1	0	1	1	0.396	301	83
385^th	Deptford	3	0	1	0	1	0.396	443	58
386^th	Sussex	2	1	1	0	1	0.392	403	17
387^th	Woodbury Hts	1	0	1	0	0	0.387	379	8
388^th	Quinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.387	389	1
389^th	Belvidere	2	0	1	0	0	0.386	393	4
390^th	West Berlin	1	1	0	0	0	0.386	449	59
391^st	Fort Dix	1	0	0	0	0	0.385	285	106
392^nd	Union	6	3	1	0	4	0.384	402	10
393^rd	Forked River	1	1	1	0	1	0.384	361	32
394^th	Jackson	6	2	3	1	2	0.382	376	18
395^th	Bloomsbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.382	243	152
396^th	Kenilworth	1	0	1	0	2	0.382	399	3
397^th	Beachwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.38	410	13
398^th	Eastampton	1	0	0	0	1	0.38	420	22
399^th	Elmwood Park	3	1	1	0	1	0.379	375	24
400^th	Pittsgrove	1	1	1	0	0	0.377	390	10
401^st	Bayville	3	2	1	0	1	0.376	394	7
402^nd	Dover	5	1	1	0	0	0.37	398	4
403^rd	Port Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0.37	384	19
404^th	Magnolia	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	401	3
405^th	Clifton	14	3	1	0	18	0.366	388	17
406^th	Hightstown	2	0	1	0	3	0.365	414	8
407^th	North Wildwood	1	0	0	0	2	0.364	429	22
408^th	Franklinville	1	2	1	0	0	0.364	411	3
409^th	Blackwood	4	2	2	0	0	0.363	412	3
410^th	Spotswood	2	1	1	0	1	0.362	355	55
411^th	Winfield Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	380	31
412^th	Elwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.357	369	43
413^th	Chatsworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.357	461	48
414^th	Newfield	1	0	0	0	2	0.356	418	4
415^th	Cedarville	1	0	0	0	0	0.354	409	6
416^th	Kearny	6	1	1	0	1	0.354	432	16
417^th	Mount Holly	2	1	3	0	3	0.353	437	20
418^th	Avenel	2	1	0	0	0	0.351	416	2
419^th	Burlington	5	1	3	0	4	0.35	425	6
420^th	West Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.35	415	5
421^st	Englewood	4	1	1	0	8	0.349	419	2
422^nd	Hamilton	19	4	5	0	8	0.349	421	1
423^rd	Neptune	5	1	2	1	6	0.348	446	23
424^th	Weehawken	2	0	1	0	0	0.346	406	18
425^th	Port Elizabeth	1	0	0	0	0	0.345	433	8
426^th	Hillside	4	2	1	0	1	0.34	423	3
427^th	Pennsauken	5	1	3	0	6	0.34	458	31
428^th	North Middletown	1	0	0	0	0	0.34	225	203
429^th	Palmyra	1	1	2	0	0	0.337	436	7
430^th	Fords	1	2	0	0	1	0.336	408	22
431^st	Glassboro	3	1	1	0	0	0.33	444	13
432^nd	North Brunswick	4	2	1	0	2	0.329	441	9
433^rd	Port Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	501	68
434^th	Dennisville	0	1	0	0	0	0.328	400	34
435^th	Lumberton	2	1	0	0	1	0.324	396	39
436^th	Manchester	2	1	1	0	0	0.322	405	31
437^th	Runnemede	2	1	1	0	1	0.319	397	40
438^th	Belleville	7	1	1	0	4	0.319	424	14
439^th	West New York	6	1	1	0	0	0.317	450	11
440^th	Egg Harbor Township	4	2	1	0	4	0.314	442	2
441^st	Jamesburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.312	407	34
442^nd	Palisades Park	2	0	1	0	2	0.312	434	8
443^rd	Clayton	1	1	1	0	1	0.306	447	4
444^th	Cape May Court House	4	1	4	0	2	0.305	438	6
445^th	Pennsville	3	1	1	0	1	0.299	467	22
446^th	Little Egg Harbor	2	1	1	0	0	0.296	470	24
447^th	Erial	1	0	1	0	1	0.296	417	30
448^th	Woodbine	1	1	0	0	0	0.294	354	94
449^th	Westville	2	0	0	0	2	0.293	475	26
450^th	Edgewater Park	1	1	0	0	0	0.29	487	37
451^st	Mays Landing	3	1	3	0	1	0.289	445	6
452^nd	Gloucester City	1	1	1	0	1	0.288	448	4
453^rd	Carteret	3	2	1	0	3	0.287	464	11
454^th	Elizabeth	24	2	9	0	7	0.287	455	1
455^th	Harrison	3	1	1	0	1	0.285	422	33
456^th	Tuckerton	1	0	0	0	0	0.285	452	4
457^th	Wrightstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.282	462	5
458^th	Somerdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.282	451	7
459^th	North Bergen	7	0	1	0	0	0.281	457	2
460^th	Lakewood	7	1	1	0	117	0.274	463	3
461^st	Seaside Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.27	480	19
462^nd	Galloway	6	1	1	0	1	0.263	440	22
463^rd	East Orange	15	4	3	0	7	0.261	466	3
464^th	Atlantic City	9	0	1	0	2	0.26	478	14
465^th	Newark	52	2	21	9	15	0.253	473	8
466^th	Orange	7	2	1	0	2	0.253	465	1
467^th	Vineland	10	4	4	0	6	0.251	472	5
468^th	Dunellen	1	1	1	0	1	0.249	454	14
469^th	Ocean Gate	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	391	78
470^th	Plainfield	12	2	4	3	2	0.244	471	1
471^st	National Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.244	489	18
472^nd	Guttenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	459	13
473^rd	Woodlynne	1	0	0	0	0	0.238	456	17
474^th	Woodbury	4	0	1	0	2	0.234	490	16
475^th	Linden	8	2	1	0	2	0.232	453	22
476^th	South Amboy	1	0	1	0	0	0.23	430	46
477^th	West Collingswood	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	493	16
478^th	Haledon	1	0	1	0	0	0.228	477	1
479^th	South River	2	1	1	0	1	0.226	469	10
480^th	Asbury Park	4	1	1	0	3	0.224	468	12
481^st	Rahway	4	1	1	0	2	0.219	486	5
482^nd	Pine Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.217	474	8
483^rd	Passaic	11	3	4	1	10	0.216	496	13
484^th	Florence	0	1	0	0	0	0.215	439	45
485^th	Roselle	4	2	2	0	2	0.211	495	10
486^th	Pemberton	2	2	1	0	0	0.209	492	6
487^th	Egg Harbor City	1	1	3	0	1	0.209	481	6
488^th	Seabrook	2	1	0	0	0	0.208	494	6
489^th	Rosenhayn	1	0	0	0	0	0.207	509	20
490^th	Bound Brook	4	1	1	0	1	0.204	479	11
491^st	Hopatcong	2	1	1	0	0	0.201	435	56
492^nd	Buena	1	1	1	0	0	0.2	504	12
493^rd	Somers Point	1	1	1	0	2	0.193	500	7
494^th	Minotola	1	0	0	0	0	0.191	511	17
495^th	Ewing	3	1	2	0	2	0.19	497	2
496^th	Atco	2	1	1	0	1	0.189	476	20
497^th	Perth Amboy	7	2	3	0	3	0.187	498	1
498^th	Maple Shade	2	1	1	0	1	0.187	483	15
499^th	Sewaren	1	0	0	0	0	0.185	482	17
500^th	Millville	6	1	2	0	0	0.18	502	2
501^st	Pine Hill	2	1	1	0	0	0.178	491	10
502^nd	North Plainfield	3	2	1	0	2	0.175	506	4
503^rd	Bridgeton	10	0	2	1	2	0.168	512	9
504^th	Paterson	33	3	11	3	5	0.166	505	1
505^th	Delanco	1	1	0	0	0	0.163	523	18
506^th	Newport	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	528	22
507^th	Delair	1	0	0	0	0	0.158	488	19
508^th	New Brunswick	10	1	3	0	0	0.138	516	8
509^th	Trenton	17	10	7	2	4	0.136	515	6
510^th	Browns Mills	2	0	0	0	0	0.136	507	3
511^th	Port Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0.135	527	16
512^th	Willingboro	6	2	1	0	3	0.132	508	4
513^th	Long Branch	6	1	2	1	2	0.126	518	5
514^th	Lakehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.112	510	4
515^th	Lawnside	1	0	0	0	0	0.108	525	10
516^th	Manville	2	1	1	0	0	0.108	503	13
517^th	Riverside	1	1	1	0	0	0.106	524	7
518^th	Lake Como	0	0	1	0	0	0.106	529	11
519^th	Irvington	9	2	1	0	1	0.105	517	2
520^th	Neptune City	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	485	35
521^st	Lindenwold	2	1	1	0	0	0.104	521
522^nd	Pleasantville	4	1	1	0	0	0.098	514	8
523^rd	Fairview	2	1	0	0	1	0.097	522	1
524^th	Keansburg	1	1	1	0	1	0.092	520	4
525^th	East Newark	1	0	0	0	0	0.092	484	41
526^th	Camden	14	3	6	5	4	0.087	526
527^th	Carneys Point	2	0	1	0	0	0.087	499	28
528^th	Wildwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.062	513	15
529^th	Prospect Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.061	519	10
530^th	Penns Grove	1	1	0	0	0	0.05	530
531^st	Paulsboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.032	531

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