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New Jersey schools ranked by test score

Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 962 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 26.8%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
951School 2
PATERSON · Paterson Public School District
Elementary1.8%-25.0pp
952South Street Elementary School
NEWARK · Newark Public School District
Elementary1.8%-25.0pp
953Quarter Mile Lane School
BRIDGETON · Bridgeton City School District
Elementary1.7%-25.1pp
954North Dover Elementary School
DOVER · Dover Public School District
Elementary1.4%-25.4pp
955Ollie Culbreth Jr. School
JERSEY CITY · Jersey City Public Schools
Elementary1.4%-25.4pp
956Bradley Elementary School
ASBURY PARK · Asbury Park School District
Elementary1.3%-25.5pp
957Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
NEWARK · Newark Public School District
Elementary1.2%-25.6pp
958Henry B. Wilson Family School
CAMDEN · Camden City School District
Elementary1.0%-25.8pp
959School 26
PATERSON · Paterson Public School District
Elementary1.0%-25.8pp
960Cherry Street School
BRIDGETON · Bridgeton City School District
Elementary0.8%-26.0pp
961Senator Frank Lautenberg School
PATERSON · Paterson Public School District
Elementary0.7%-26.1pp
962School 21
PATERSON · Paterson Public School District
Elementary0.6%-26.2pp
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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 Science 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.