New Jersey schools ranked by test score
Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 2,173 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Pond Road Middle School ROBBINSVILLE · Robbinsville Public School District | Middle | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 552 | School No. 3 FORT LEE · Fort Lee School District | Elementary | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 553 | Belleville PS9 BELLEVILLE · Belleville Public School District | Elementary | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 554 | Maplewood Middle School MAPLEWOOD · South Orange-Maplewood School District | Middle | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 555 | Shongum School RANDOLPH · Randolph Township School District | Elementary | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 556 | Village School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | Elementary | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 557 | Voorhees High School Glen Gardner · North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District | High | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 558 | Discovery Charter School NEWARK · Discovery Charter School | Middle | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 559 | Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy Trenton · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County | High | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 560 | Riverbank Charter School of Excellence Roebling · Riverbank Charter School of Excellence | Elementary | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 561 | Thomas Jefferson Elementary School North Arlington · North Arlington School District | Elementary | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 562 | West Brook Middle School PARAMUS · Paramus Public School District | Middle | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 563 | Union Hill Middle School UNION CITY · Union City School District | Middle | 68.3% | +15.2pp |
| 564 | William G. Rohrer Middle School WESTMONT · Haddon Township School District | Middle | 68.3% | +15.2pp |
| 565 | Charles H. Bullock School MONTCLAIR · Montclair Public School District | Elementary | 68.2% | +15.1pp |
| 566 | Woodfern Elementary School Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District | Elementary | 68.2% | +15.1pp |
| 567 | Copeland Middle School ROCKAWAY · Rockaway Township School District | Middle | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 568 | Heights Elementary School OAKLAND · Oakland Public School District | Elementary | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 569 | Millstone Township Middle School Millstone Township · Millstone Township School District | Middle | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 570 | Ocean City High School OCEAN CITY · Ocean City School District | High | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 571 | Sandshore Rd. Elementary School BUDD LAKE · Mount Olive Township School District | Elementary | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 572 | Washington Avenue School CHATHAM · School District of the Chathams | Elementary | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 573 | Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Somerset · Central Jersey College Prep Charter School | Combined | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 574 | Hamilton Primary School Basking Ridge · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 575 | John F. Kennedy Elementary School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 576 | John M. Bailey Community School BAYONNE · Bayonne School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 577 | Lincoln Community School #5 BAYONNE · Bayonne School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 578 | McKinley Elementary School Westfield · Westfield Public School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 579 | Signal Hill School VOORHEES · Voorhees Township School District | Elementary | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 580 | Bogota Jr./Sr. High School BOGOTA · Bogota Public School District | High | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 581 | Brooklawn Middle School Parsippany · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | Middle | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 582 | Eleanor G. Hewitt RINGWOOD · Ringwood School District | Elementary | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 583 | Mansion Avenue School AUDUBON · Audubon Public School District | Elementary | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 584 | Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | Elementary | 67.8% | +14.7pp |
| 585 | Packanack Elementary School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | Elementary | 67.8% | +14.7pp |
| 586 | Thomas Jefferson School #9 Garfield · Garfield Public School District | Elementary | 67.8% | +14.7pp |
| 587 | Thomas P. Hughes School BERKELEY HTS · Berkeley Heights School District | Elementary | 67.7% | +14.6pp |
| 588 | Alan B. Shepard Elementary School OLD BRIDGE · Old Bridge Township School District | Elementary | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 589 | Colonial Road School Franklin Lakes · Franklin Lakes School District | Elementary | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 590 | Frank K. Hehnly CLARK · Clark Township Public School District | Elementary | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 591 | Middletown High School South MIDDLETOWN · Middletown Township Public School District | High | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 592 | Selzer Elementary\Middle School DUMONT · Dumont Public School District | Elementary | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 593 | Abraham Lincoln Elementary School WYCKOFF · Wyckoff Township Public School District | Elementary | 67.5% | +14.4pp |
| 594 | Auten Road Intermediate School Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District | Middle | 67.5% | +14.4pp |
| 595 | Nut Swamp Elementary School MIDDLETOWN · Middletown Township Public School District | Elementary | 67.5% | +14.4pp |
| 596 | Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK · East Brunswick Township School District | Middle | 67.4% | +14.3pp |
| 597 | Milford Brook School Manalapan · Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District | Elementary | 67.4% | +14.3pp |
| 598 | Washington Irving School #4 GARFIELD · Garfield Public School District | Elementary | 67.4% | +14.3pp |
| 599 | T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School OLD TAPPAN · Old Tappan Public School District | Elementary | 67.3% | +14.2pp |
| 600 | Union Township Elementary School HAMPTON · Union Township School District | Elementary | 67.3% | +14.2pp |
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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.