New Jersey schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2151 | Grant Intermediate School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Middle | 7.3% | -45.8pp |
| 2152 | Weequahic High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 7.3% | -45.8pp |
| 2153 | William Harrison Elementary School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 7.0% | -46.1pp |
| 2154 | Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic · Passaic City School District | High | 6.9% | -46.2pp |
| 2155 | West Side High School Newark · Newark Public School District | High | 6.7% | -46.4pp |
| 2156 | Cadwalader Elementary School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 6.5% | -46.6pp |
| 2157 | Salem High School SALEM · Salem City School District | High | 6.2% | -46.9pp |
| 2158 | Eastside High School CAMDEN · Camden City School District | High | 6.0% | -47.1pp |
| 2159 | Morgan Village Middle School Camden · Camden City School District | Middle | 5.9% | -47.2pp |
| 2160 | Veterans Memorial Family School CAMDEN · Camden City School District | Elementary | 5.8% | -47.3pp |
| 2161 | Camden High School CAMDEN · Camden City School District | High | 5.7% | -47.4pp |
| 2162 | Barringer High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 5.4% | -47.7pp |
| 2163 | Bridgeton High School BRIDGETON · Bridgeton City School District | High | 5.3% | -47.8pp |
| 2164 | Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 4.9% | -48.2pp |
| 2165 | Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 4.8% | -48.3pp |
| 2166 | George Washington Elementary School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 4.6% | -48.5pp |
| 2167 | Battle Monument Intermediate School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Middle | 4.4% | -48.7pp |
| 2168 | Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School Trenton · Trenton Public School District | Middle | 4.0% | -49.1pp |
| 2169 | Eastside High School PATERSON · Paterson Public School District | High | 3.1% | -50.0pp |
| 2170 | Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School Trenton · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 2.7% | -50.4pp |
| 2171 | Paul S. Robeson Elementary School TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 2.3% | -50.8pp |
| 2172 | Darlene C. McKnight Elementary TRENTON · Trenton Public School District | Elementary | 2.2% | -50.9pp |
| 2173 | Polk Street School North Bergen · North Bergen School District | Elementary | 0.9% | -52.2pp |
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.