East Brunswick Schools Among Best For Grades K-8: U.S. News

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Several elementary and middle schools in East Brunswick have been ranked among the best in New Jersey, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

Here’s a look at how elementary schools in East Brunswick ranked compared with others in the state:

32: Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
118: Warnsdorfer Elementary School
137: Frost Elementary School
148: Central Elementary School
184: Lawrence Brook Elementary School
264: Irwin Elementary School
324: Memorial Elementary School
465: Chittick Elementary School
584: Bowne-Munro Elementary School

Here’s how middle schools in East Brunswick measured up:

43: Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
129. Churchill Junior High School
144. Hammarskjold Middle School

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings are from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.