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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%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
1301Gloria M Sabater Elementary School
VINELAND · Vineland Public School District
Elementary8.6%-44.5pp
1302School 21
PATERSON · Paterson Public School District
Elementary8.6%-44.5pp
1303Joseph Stokes Elementary School
Trenton · Trenton Public School District
Elementary7.7%-45.4pp
1304Carroll Robbins Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary7.6%-45.5pp
1305William Harrison Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary7.0%-46.1pp
1306Cadwalader Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary6.5%-46.6pp
1307Veterans Memorial Family School
CAMDEN · Camden City School District
Elementary5.8%-47.3pp
1308Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary4.9%-48.2pp
1309Patton J. Hill Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary4.8%-48.3pp
1310George Washington Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary4.6%-48.5pp
1311Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School
Trenton · Trenton Public School District
Elementary2.7%-50.4pp
1312Paul S. Robeson Elementary School
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary2.3%-50.8pp
1313Darlene C. McKnight Elementary
TRENTON · Trenton Public School District
Elementary2.2%-50.9pp
1314Polk Street School
North Bergen · North Bergen School District
Elementary0.9%-52.2pp
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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 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.