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New Jersey schools ranked by test score

Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 1,314 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
Subject:English Language ArtsMathematicsScience
Order:Highest firstLowest first
Level:AllElementaryMiddleHighCombined
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
51Travell Elementary School
RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District
Elementary84.1%+31.0pp
52Dorchester Elementary School
WOODCLIFF LAKE · Woodcliff Lake School District
Elementary84.0%+30.9pp
53Allen W. Roberts School
NEW PROVIDENCE · New Providence School District
Elementary83.9%+30.8pp
54Mount Pleasant Elementary School
LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District
Elementary83.9%+30.8pp
55Joseph F Brandt Elementary School
HOBOKEN · Hoboken Public School District
Elementary83.7%+30.6pp
56Monmouth Junction Elementary School
MONMOUTH JUNCTION · South Brunswick School District
Elementary83.7%+30.6pp
57Cedar Hill School
TOWACO · Montville Township School District
Elementary83.6%+30.5pp
58Radburn Elementary School
FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District
Elementary83.5%+30.4pp
59Roosevelt School
RIVER EDGE · River Edge School District
Elementary83.5%+30.4pp
60Euclid Elementary School
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS · Hasbrouck Heights School District
Elementary83.4%+30.3pp
61Jersey City Global Charter School
Jersey City · Jersey City Global Charter School
Elementary83.1%+30.0pp
62Mendham Township Elementary School
BROOKSIDE · Mendham Township School District
Elementary83.0%+29.9pp
63Riverside School
PRINCETON · Princeton Public School District
Elementary82.9%+29.8pp
64Bowne-Munro Elementary School
EAST BRUNSWICK · East Brunswick Township School District
Elementary82.8%+29.7pp
65Roberge Elementary School
RIVER VALE · River Vale Public School District
Elementary82.5%+29.4pp
66Elizabeth Haddon School
HADDONFIELD · Haddonfield School District
Elementary82.4%+29.3pp
67Lester C Noecker
ROSELAND · Roseland School District
Elementary82.4%+29.3pp
68Edith A. Bogert Elementary School
UPPER SADDLE RIVER · Upper Saddle River School District
Elementary82.3%+29.2pp
69Brookdale Elementary School
Bloomfield · Bloomfield Township School District
Elementary82.1%+29.0pp
70Oradell Public School
ORADELL · Oradell Public School District
Elementary82.0%+28.9pp
71Hartshorn School
SHORT HILLS · Millburn Township School District
Elementary81.9%+28.8pp
72Oak View Elementary School
Bloomfield · Bloomfield Township School District
Elementary81.7%+28.6pp
73Oak Street School
Basking Ridge · Bernards Township School District
Elementary81.5%+28.4pp
74Willard Elementary School
RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District
Elementary81.4%+28.3pp
75Ann Blanche Smith
HILLSDALE · Hillsdale School District
Elementary81.3%+28.2pp
76Edward H. Bryan
CRESSKILL · Cresskill Public School District
Elementary81.2%+28.1pp
77Lyncrest Elementary School
FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District
Elementary81.1%+28.0pp
78High Mountain Road School
Franklin Lakes · Franklin Lakes School District
Elementary81.0%+27.9pp
79Rockaway Valley School
BOONTON TOWNSHIP · Boonton Township School District
Elementary81.0%+27.9pp
80Stony Brook Elementary School
PENNINGTON · Hopewell Valley Regional School District
Elementary81.0%+27.9pp
81Cranbury School
CRANBURY · Cranbury Township School District
Elementary80.8%+27.7pp
82Deerfield School
SHORT HILLS · Millburn Township School District
Elementary80.8%+27.7pp
83Ridge Elementary School
RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District
Elementary80.8%+27.7pp
84Elysian Charter School of Hoboken
HOBOKEN · Elysian Charter School
Elementary80.7%+27.6pp
85Clara E Coleman School
GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District
Elementary80.5%+27.4pp
86Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School
CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District
Elementary80.4%+27.3pp
87Lakeview Elementary School
DENVILLE · Denville Township K-8 School District
Elementary80.3%+27.2pp
88Hilltop School
MENDHAM · Mendham Borough School District
Elementary80.2%+27.1pp
89J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School
PLAINSBORO · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
Elementary80.2%+27.1pp
90Stone Harbor Elementary School
STONE HARBOR · Stone Harbor School District
Elementary80.1%+27.0pp
91Brookdale Avenue School
VERONA · Verona Public School District
Elementary80.0%+26.9pp
92Manito Elementary School
OAKLAND · Oakland Public School District
Elementary80.0%+26.9pp
93Marshall Elementary School
S ORANGE · South Orange-Maplewood School District
Elementary79.5%+26.4pp
94Ridgewood Avenue School
GLEN RIDGE · Glen Ridge Public School District
Elementary79.5%+26.4pp
95East Amwell Township
RINGOES · East Amwell Township School District
Elementary79.4%+26.3pp
96Wemrock Brook School
MANALAPAN · Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
Elementary79.4%+26.3pp
97Spring Garden School
NUTLEY · Nutley Public School District
Elementary79.3%+26.2pp
98West Ridge Elementary School
PARK RIDGE · Park Ridge School District
Elementary79.3%+26.2pp
99Milltown Primary School
Bridgewater · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
Elementary79.2%+26.1pp
100Tuscan Elementary School
MAPLEWOOD · South Orange-Maplewood School District
Elementary79.2%+26.1pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NJSLA % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations threshold on the latest available NJSLA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New Jersey, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.