2010 City Rankings - New Jersey Elementary Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by New Jersey to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for elementary schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all elementary schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
ASK Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- Language Arts
- Math
- Science
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Head, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 108 | 99.27 |  225 | |
| 2 | Alpine, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 140 | 97.95 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mountain Lakes, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 504 | 94.38 |  2 | |
| 4 | Mendham, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 669 | 93.97 | 5 | |
| 5 | Brookside, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 443 | 93.53 | 49 | |
| 6 | Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 966 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 93.15 | 14 |
| 7 | Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 680 | 92.89 | 3 | |
| 8 | Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 460 | 92.63 | 44 | |
| 9 | Basking Ridge, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,972 | 91.81 | 3 | |
| 10 | Short Hills, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,514 | 91.68 | 3 | |
| 11 | Chatham, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,954 | 91.14 | 7 | |
| 12 | Fair Haven, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,009 | 91.01 | 93 | |
| 13 | Tenafly, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,504 | 90.69 | 4 | |
| 14 | Ramsey, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,305 | 90.65 | 10 | |
| 15 | Green Brook, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 981 | 90.45 | 48 | |
| 16 | Liberty Corner, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 587 | 90.06 | 30 | |
| 17 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 263 | 89.77 | 11 | |
| 18 | Ridgewood, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,618 | 89.69 |  | |
| 19 | Princeton Junction, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 2,241 | 89.59 | 5 | |
| 20 | Hopewell, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 449 | 89.28 | 27 | |
| 21 | Rumson, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 978 | 88.67 | 34 | |
| 22 | Allendale, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 935 | 88.54 | 6 | |
| 23 | Haworth, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 485 | 88.49 | 58 | |
| 24 | Essex Fells, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 242 | 87.80 | 3 | |
| 25 | Wyckoff, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,533 | 87.64 | 18 | |
| 26 | Three Bridges, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 415 | 87.30 | 19 | |
| 27 | Lincroft, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 503 | 87.14 | 4 | |
| 28 | Cranbury, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 596 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 86.90 | 11 |
| 29 | Lincoln Park, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 885 | 86.80 | 48 | |
| 30 | Glen Rock, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,147 | 86.63 | 19 | |
| 31 | Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 907 | 86.48 | 3 | |
| 32 | Johnsonburg, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 190 | 86.05 | 6 | |
| 33 | North Caldwell, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 640 | 86.03 | 32 | |
| 34 | Stillwater, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 398 | 85.85 | 51 | |
| 35 | Waldwick, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 768 | 85.72 | 13 | |
| 36 | Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 955 | 85.69 | 21 | |
| 37 | Sea Girt, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 670 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 85.57 | 52 |
| 38 | Millburn, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 716 | 85.56 | 18 | |
| 39 | Island Heights, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 112 | 85.06 | 6 | |
| 40 | Laurel Springs, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 178 | 84.89 | 28 | |
| 41 | Montville, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 758 | 84.53 | 11 | |
| 42 | Shrewsbury, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 508 | 84.49 | 6 | |
| 43 | Little Silver, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 801 | 84.39 | 32 | |
| 44 | River Vale, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 936 | 84.34 | 29 | |
| 45 | Pequannock, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 314 | 84.28 | 25 | |
| 46 | Morris Plains, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,085 | 84.21 | 4 | |
| 47 | Westfield, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,648 | 84.16 | 22 | |
| 48 | Princeton, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 1,944 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 83.95 | 6 |
| 49 | Livingston, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,632 | 83.90 | 60 | |
| 50 | Pompton Plains, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 703 | 83.90 | 42 | |
| 51 | Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 561 | 83.75 | 74 | |
| 52 | Warren, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,432 | 83.74 | 30 | |
| 53 | Watchung, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 713 | 83.66 | 34 | |
| 54 | Oakland, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,125 | 83.54 | 22 | |
| 55 | Plainsboro, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 2,008 | 83.49 | 34 | |
| 56 | Emerson, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 387 | 83.48 | 38 | |
| 57 | Chester, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 465 | 83.44 | 11 | |
| 58 | Morganville, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,220 | 83.40 | 53 | |
| 59 | Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 833 | 83.40 | 1 | |
| 60 | Cresskill, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 766 | 83.23 | 14 | |
| 61 | Demarest, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 530 | 83.15 | 28 | |
| 62 | Spring Lake, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 262 | 83.06 | 21 | |
| 63 | New Providence, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,247 | 82.96 | 8 | |
| 64 | Colonia, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,184 | 82.21 | 27 | |
| 65 | Medford, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,032 | 82.04 | 12 | |
| 66 | Mountainside, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 522 | 81.99 | 40 | |
| 67 | Glen Ridge, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 568 | 81.93 | 27 | |
| 68 | Saddle River, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 239 | 81.91 | 24 | |
| 69 | Califon, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 1,723 | 81.50 | 8 | |
| 70 | Navesink, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 292 | 81.45 | 13 | |
| 71 | Closter, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,138 | 81.36 | 35 | |
| 72 | Marlboro, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 2,093 | 81.34 | 29 | |
| 73 | Old Tappan, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 873 | 81.19 | 4 | |
| 74 | Lavallette, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 148 | 81.07 | 42 | |
| 75 | Sewaren, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 443 | 81.07 | 54 | |
| 76 | West Caldwell, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 947 | 80.90 | 103 | |
| 77 | Madison, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 992 | 80.82 | 15 | |
| 78 | Skillman, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,642 | 80.69 | 6 | |
| 79 | Bloomsbury, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 133 | 80.63 | 77 | |
| 80 | Avon, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 163 | 80.44 | 57 | |
| 81 | Belle Mead, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 510 | 80.20 | 30 | |
| 82 | Towaco, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 383 | 79.66 | 13 | |
| 83 | Quakertown, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 340 | 79.62 | 68 | |
| 84 | Layton, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 163 | 79.45 | 4 | |
| 85 | Summit, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 1,643 | 79.42 | 22 | |
| 86 | Florham Park, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 330 | 79.40 | 42 | |
| 87 | Randolph, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 2,407 | 79.01 | 7 | |
| 88 | Moorestown, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 2,161 | 79.00 | 2 | |
| 89 | Monmouth Junction, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,226 | 78.99 | 9 | |
| 90 | Bernardsville, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,286 | 78.78 | 53 | |
| 91 | Kinnelon, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 502 | 78.71 | 51 | |
| 92 | Point Pleasant, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,301 | 78.67 | 5 | |
| 93 | Caldwell, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 235 | 78.48 | 11 | |
| 94 | South Orange, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 628 | 78.46 | 39 | |
| 95 | Monmouth Beach, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 321 | 78.38 | 60 | |
| 96 | Harrington Park, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 712 | 77.98 | 40 | |
| 97 | Brielle, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 729 | 77.39 | 30 | |
| 98 | Bridgewater, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 8 | Total Enrollment: 4,237 | 77.34 | 24 | |
| 99 | Linwood, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 945 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 77.11 | 35 |
| 100 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey Elementary Schools: 12 | Total Enrollment: 4,766 | 76.99 | 18 | |
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