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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%.
Subject:English Language ArtsMathematicsScience
Order:Highest firstLowest first
Level:AllElementaryMiddleHighCombined
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
351Medford Memorial Middle School
MEDFORD · Medford Township School District
Middle74.4%+21.3pp
352Pequannock Valley School
Pompton Plains · Pequannock Township School District
Middle74.4%+21.3pp
353Village Elementary School
West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
Elementary74.4%+21.3pp
354Frank J. Dugan Elementary School
MARLBORO · Marlboro Township School District
Elementary74.3%+21.2pp
355Howard B. Brunner Elementary School
SCOTCH PLAINS · Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
Elementary74.3%+21.2pp
356Maurice Hawk Elementary School
West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
Elementary74.3%+21.2pp
357Moorestown High School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
High74.3%+21.2pp
358Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20
Passaic · Passaic City School District
Middle74.3%+21.2pp
359Troy Hills Elementary School
PARSIPPANY · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
Elementary74.3%+21.2pp
360Woodside Elementary School
RIVER VALE · River Vale Public School District
Elementary74.3%+21.2pp
361Cherry Hill High School East
CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District
High74.2%+21.1pp
362Lafayette Mills School
Manalapan · Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
Elementary74.1%+21.0pp
363Martin Luther King Elementary School
EDISON · Edison Township School District
Elementary74.1%+21.0pp
364Voorhees Middle School
VOORHEES · Voorhees Township School District
Middle74.1%+21.0pp
365Walter Hill School
Swedesboro · Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
Middle74.1%+21.0pp
366Winston S. Churchill School
FAIRFIELD · Fairfield Public School District
Elementary74.1%+21.0pp
367Mary E. Roberts Elementary School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
Elementary74.0%+20.9pp
368Wilson School
LODI · Lodi School District
Elementary74.0%+20.9pp
369Lincoln School
RUTHERFORD · Rutherford School District
Elementary73.9%+20.8pp
370Northvail Elementary School
PARSIPPANY · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
Elementary73.9%+20.8pp
371George C. Baker Elementary School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
Elementary73.8%+20.7pp
372James Madison School #10
GARFIELD · Garfield Public School District
Elementary73.8%+20.7pp
373John Y Dater Elementary School
RAMSEY · Ramsey School District
Elementary73.8%+20.7pp
374Lincoln Elementary School
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS · Hasbrouck Heights School District
Elementary73.8%+20.7pp
375Nehaunsey Middle School
GIBBSTOWN · Greenwich Township School District
Middle73.7%+20.6pp
376School No. 2
FORT LEE · Fort Lee School District
Elementary73.7%+20.6pp
377West Morris Mendham High School
MENDHAM · West Morris Regional High School District
High73.7%+20.6pp
378Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School
VERONA · Verona Public School District
Middle73.6%+20.5pp
379Hillview School
Pompton Plains · Pequannock Township School District
Elementary73.5%+20.4pp
380Kinnelon High School
KINNELON · Kinnelon School District
High73.5%+20.4pp
381University High School
NEWARK · Newark Public School District
High73.5%+20.4pp
382Woods Road Elementary School
Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District
Elementary73.5%+20.4pp
383James Fallon Elementary School
WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District
Elementary73.4%+20.3pp
384Lakeside School
POMPTON LAKES · Pompton Lakes School District
Middle73.4%+20.3pp
385Northvale Public School
NORTHVALE · Northvale Public School District
Elementary73.4%+20.3pp
386Valley View School
Watchung · Watchung Borough School District
Middle73.4%+20.3pp
387College Achieve Paterson Charter School
Paterson · College Achieve Paterson Charter School
Combined73.3%+20.2pp
388Henry B. Milnes Elementary School
FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District
Elementary73.3%+20.2pp
389Memorial Elementary School
Montvale · Montvale Board of Education School District
Elementary73.3%+20.2pp
390Yantacaw School
NUTLEY · Nutley Public School District
Elementary73.3%+20.2pp
391Island Heights Elementary School
ISLAND HEIGHTS · Island Heights School District
Elementary73.1%+20.0pp
392John H. Walker Middle School
NUTLEY · Nutley Public School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
393Thomas G. Connors Elementary School
HOBOKEN · Hoboken Public School District
Elementary73.1%+20.0pp
394Westwood Regional Middle School
WESTWOOD · Westwood Regional School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
395Wood-Ridge Intermediate School
WOOD-RIDGE · Wood-Ridge School District
Middle73.1%+20.0pp
396Central School
GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District
Elementary73.0%+19.9pp
397Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School
SCOTCH PLAINS · Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
Middle73.0%+19.9pp
398Moorestown Upper Elementary School
MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District
Middle73.0%+19.9pp
399Monroe Township Middle School
MONROE TOWNSHIP · Monroe Township School District
Middle72.9%+19.8pp
400Unity Charter School
MORRISTOWN · Unity Charter School
Elementary72.9%+19.8pp
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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.