Best Elementary Schools in New Jersey for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 936)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Milton Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-3	16 Milton Avenue	Chatham	07928	Morris County	School District of the Chathams	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 457-2508	299	26	11.6	1.0%	212 (70.9%)	4 (1.3%)	23 (7.7%)	44 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.4%)	$12,491						$12,491	99.9%	99.9%	0.03%			340000406017
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	H W Mountz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	411 Tuttle Ave	Spring Lake	07762	Monmouth County	Spring Lake Borough	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 449-6380	141	23	6.2		135 (95.7%)	3 (2.1%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,190			$1,406			$23,784	99.7%	99.4%	0.29%			341557004106
4	Deane-Porter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	50 Blackpoint Road	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 842-0330	394	38	10.3		361 (91.6%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.3%)	$11,020			$457			$10,563	99.6%	99.6%	0.03%			341437004090
5	Riverside School	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Riverside Drive	Princeton	08540	Mercer County	Princeton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 806-4260	313	43	7.2	3.8%	167 (53.4%)	21 (6.7%)	31 (9.9%)	59 (18.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.9%)	$17,874			$105			$17,769	99.5%	98.1%	1.35%			341341003190
6	Redwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	75 Redwood Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5457	427	44	9.6	29.5%	102 (23.9%)	136 (31.9%)	123 (28.8%)	27 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	37 (8.7%)	$11,835			$107			$11,728	99.4%	77.9%	21.50%			341761002490
7	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	99.3%	99.7%	0.43%			340783002834
8	Viola L Sickles School	Public	PK, KG-3	25 Willow Street	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-6151	452	40	11.3	0.7%	426 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$8,188						$8,188	99.2%	99.5%	0.31%			340495003780
9	Brayton Elementary School	Public	1-5	89 Tulip Street	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 273-1276	322	34	9.4	16.5%	220 (68.3%)	14 (4.3%)	50 (15.5%)	31 (9.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$6,383			$68			$6,315	99.1%	93.5%	5.57%			341590005712
10	Franklin Elementary School	Public	1-5	136 Blackburn Road	Summit	07901	Union County	Summit Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 277-2613	350	29	12.2	2.9%	245 (70.0%)	10 (2.9%)	28 (8.0%)	53 (15.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	$6,028			$01			$6,027	99.0%	99.1%	0.14%			341590005714

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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.