Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for English Language Learner 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, English Language Learner 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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 551)	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 (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Riker Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	31 Blackstone Dr	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 535-8000	487	36	13.5	3.5%	189 (38.8%)	23 (4.7%)	21 (4.3%)	225 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.5%)	$10,741			$404			$10,337	99.8%	90.0%	9.84%			340882002142
2	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	99.6%	98.3%	1.36%			341638000143
3	Mount Tabor Elementary School	Public	K-5	900 Park Rd & Route 53	Mount Tabor	07878	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 889-3361	348	26	13.1	11.5%	112 (32.2%)	8 (2.3%)	55 (15.8%)	165 (47.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$8,719			$125			$8,594	99.5%	93.0%	6.41%			341248000241
4	Roosevelt School	Public	K-6	711 Summit Ave	River Edge	07661	Bergen County	River Edge School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-1546	490	35	14		251 (51.2%)	4 (0.8%)	63 (12.9%)	143 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.9%)	$7,192						$7,192	99.3%	94.2%	5.11%			341389000794
5	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	99.1%	99.0%	0.15%			340498000422
6	Hawes Elementary School	Public	K-5	531 Stevens Avenue	Ridgewood	07451	Bergen County	Ridgewood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 670-2720	373	31	12.1	4.6%	159 (42.6%)	4 (1.1%)	40 (10.7%)	144 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.7%)	$10,461			$106			$10,355	98.9%	92.6%	6.33%			341383000772
7	Lake Parsippany Elementary School	Public	K-5	225 Kingston Road	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 428-7572	301	25	12.1	13.0%	76 (25.2%)	11 (3.7%)	57 (18.9%)	145 (48.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$13,041			$205			$12,836	98.7%	94.4%	4.35%			341248004446
8	Cherry Hill School	Public	PK, KG-6	410 Bogert Rd	River Edge	07661	Bergen County	River Edge School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 261-3405	722	60	11.9	0.8%	266 (36.8%)	25 (3.5%)	105 (14.5%)	284 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.8%)	$11,402			$188			$11,214	98.6%	94.8%	3.80%			341389000792
9	Cornelia F. Bradford School	Public	PK, KG-5	96 Sussex St	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 915-6450	1,083	40	27	8.3%	288 (26.6%)	59 (5.4%)	75 (6.9%)	529 (48.8%)	9 (0.8%)	92 (8.5%)	31 (2.9%)	$6,621						$6,621	98.4%	99.7%	1.31%			340783002834
10	Merritt Memorial	Public	1-5	1 Dogwood Lane	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	273	29	9.4	1.8%	141 (51.6%)	11 (4.0%)	15 (5.5%)	94 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$10,439			$203			$10,236	98.2%	85.7%	12.49%			340360000328

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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.