100 Districts Where Elementary, Middle School Students Scored Highest On PARCC

The third batch of results from the state's PARCC tests came out this month. Patch has compiled a list of school districts that performed the best on the spring 2017 tests for elementary and middle school grade students.

The performances are based on the average scores for third-through-eighth graders.

Not all of the state's high school districts are listed, largely because some schools didn't provide sufficient data for those high school-level subjects.

The PARCC tests have been a source of controversy for more than a year.

David Hespe, New Jersey’s commissioner of education, has said that more than half of New Jersey’s kids are not ready for college based on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test.

Here is the list of 100 school districts with elementary schools that performed this highest:

1. ESSEX FELLS, ESSEX
2. SADDLE RIVER, BERGEN
3. MENDHAM TWP, MORRIS
4. RUMSON, MONMOUTH
5. GLEN RIDGE, ESSEX
6. ALLENDALE, BERGEN
7. SPRING LAKE MONMOUTH
8. CRANBURY TWP, MIDDLESEX
9. DEMAREST, BERGEN
10. CLOSTER, BERGEN
11. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, BERGEN
12. BERNARDS TWP, SOMERSET
13. W WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REG, MERCER
14. MENDHAM BORO, MORRIS
15. MOUNTAIN LAKES, MORRIS
16. ORADELL, BERGEN
17. MILLBURN, ESSEX
18. ALPINE, BERGEN
19. FAIR LAWN, BERGEN
20. RIDGEWOOD, BERGEN
21. WOODCLIFF LAKE, BERGEN
22. EDISON, MIDDLESEX
23. MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET
24. MONTAGUE TWP, SUSSEX
25. UPPER SADDLE RIVER, BERGEN
26. LITTLE SILVER, MONMOUTH
27. SEA GIRT, MONMOUTH
28. PARK RIDGE, BERGEN
29. TENAFLY, BERGEN
30. EAST AMWELL TWP, HUNTERDON
31. BERKELEY HEIGHTS, UNION
32. NEW PROVIDENCE, UNION
33. SUMMIT, UNION
34. CRESSKILL, BERGEN
35. GLEN ROCK, BERGEN
36. HO HO KUS, BERGEN
37. LEONIA, BERGEN
38. NORTH CALDWELL, ESSEX
39. ROSELAND, ESSEX
40. PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MERCER
41. HILLSBOROUGH, SOMERSET
42. WESTFIELD, UNION
43. STONE HARBOR, CAPE MAY
44. LIVINGSTON, ESSEX
45. HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL, MERCER
46. MONROE TWP, MIDDLESEX
47. SCHOOL DIST OF THE CHATHAMS, MORRIS
48. KINNELON, MORRIS
49. WARREN, SOMERSET
50. MARGATE, ATLANTIC
51. HARRINGTON PARK, BERGEN
52. MAHWAH, BERGEN
53. RIVER EDGE, BERGEN
54. LOGAN TWP, GLOUCESTER
55. SOUTH BRUNSWICK, MIDDLESEX
56. BOONTON, MORRIS
57. MANNINGTON TWP, SALEM
58. GREEN TWP, SUSSEX
59. CRANFORD, UNION
60. FORT LEE, BERGEN
61. HADDONFIELD, CAMDEN
62. MARLBORO, MONMOUTH
63. MONMOUTH BEACH, MONMOUTH
64. WASHINGTON TWP, MORRIS
65. RAMSEY, BERGEN
66. WYCKOFF, BERGEN
67. ROBBINSVILLE, MERCER
68. EAST BRUNSWICK, MIDDLESEX
69. METUCHEN, MIDDLESEX
70. CHESTER TWP, MORRIS
71. PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS, MORRIS
72. BRANCHBURG, SOMERSET
73. MOUNTAINSIDE, UNION
74. BETHLEHEM TWP, HUNTERDON
75. HIGHLAND PARK, MIDDLESEX
76. FAIR HAVEN, MONMOUTH
77. MORRIS PLAINS, MORRIS
78. OLDMANS TWP, SALEM
79. HAWORTH, BERGEN
80. OLD TAPPAN, BERGEN
81. LITTLE FALLS, PASSAIC
82. SPRINGFIELD TWP, BURLINGTON
83. UPPER TWP, CAPE MAY
84. COLTS NECK, MONMOUTH
85. FLORHAM PARK, MORRIS
86. MONTVILLE, MORRIS
87. RANDOLPH, MORRIS
88. RIVERDALE, MORRIS
89. POMPTON LAKES, PASSAIC
90. SPARTA, SUSSEX
91. RIDGEFIELD, BERGEN
92. DELAWARE TWP, HUNTERDON
93. HIGH BRIDGE, HUNTERDON
94. MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REG, MONMOUTH
95. ROOSEVELT, MONMOUTH
96. DENVILLE TWP, MORRIS
97. EAST HANOVER, MORRIS
98. BAY HEAD, OCEAN
99. WANAQUE, PASSAIC
100. SPRINGFIELD, UNION
101. NORWOOD, BERGEN

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