South Brunswick Elementary Schools Top Best In N.J. List For 2016

When it comes to good elementary schools, look no further than New Jersey.

Niche.com has just released its 2016 list of the best elementary schools throughout the nation, as well as the state of New Jersey, and many schools you’ll recognize received high ranks on both lists.

Indeed, New Jersey has the top 3 elementary schools in the country (see below).

The survey coincides with New Jersey’s release ofgraduation rates for all the state’s school districts; Patch ranked the top 100 districts. Click here for more...

In addition to naming the overall best elementary schools, Niche.com also ranked the best school districts, as well as schools with the best extracurriculars, facilities,food,sports and more.

Niche ranked thousands of districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. View the full methodology here.

Here are the N.J. elementary schools ranked 1-100, with their national ranking in parenthesis:

1. Glenwood Elementary School, Short Hills (1st nationally)
2. Deerfield Elementary School, Short Hills (2nd nationally)
3. Hartshorn Elementary School, Short Hills (3rd nationally)
4. Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn (5th nationally)
5. Riverside Elementary School, Princeton (7th nationally)
6. Johnson Park Elementary School, Princeton (8th nationally)
7. Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton (9th nationally)
8. Community Park Elementary School, Princeton (19th nationally)
9. South Mountain School, Millburn (22nd nationally)
10. Maurice Hawk Elementary School, Princeton Junction (36th nationally)
11. Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor Township (39th nationally)
12. Millstone River School, Plainsboro Township (57th nationally)
13. John V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, Plainsboro Center (67th nationally)
14. Collins Elementary School, Livingston (79th nationally)
15. Village Elementary School, West Windsor (82nd nationally)
16. Travell Elementary School, Ridgewood (91st nationally)
17. Somerville Elementary School, Ridgewood (94th nationally)
18. Harrison Elementary School, Livingston (98th nationally)
19. Ridge Elementary School, Ridgewood
20. Willard Elementary School, Ridgewood
21. Village Elementary School, Montgomery Township
22. Orchard Elementary School, Ridgewood
23. Wildwood Elementary School, Mountain Lakes
24. Hawes Elementary School, Ridgewood
25. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick
26. Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit
27. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston
28. Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly
29. Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro
30. Franklin Elementary School, Summit
31. Burnet Hill Elementary School, Livingston
32. Mackay School, Tenafly
33. Brayton Elementary School, Summit
34. Walter Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly
35. Robert Frost Elementary School, East Brunswick
36. J. Spencer Smith Elementary School, Tenafly
37. Central Elementary School, East Brunswick
38. Jefferson Elementary School, Summit
39. Riker Hill Elementary School, Livingston
40. Mount Prospect Elementary School, Bernards
41. Allen W. Roberts Elementary School, New Providence
42. Hillside Elementary School, Livingston
43. Lafayette Avenus School, Chatham
44. Lawrence Brook Elementary School, East Brunswick
45. Salt Brook Elementary School, New Providence
46. Milton Avenue School, Chatham
47. Monmouth Junction Elementary School, South Brunswick
48. Southern Boulevard School, Chatham
49. Washington Elementary School, Summit
50. Greenbrook Elementary School, South Brunswick
51. Liberty Corner Elementary School, Bernards
52. Irwin Elementary School, East Brunswick Township
53. Clara E. Coleman School, Glen Rock
54. Hopewell Elementary School, Hopewell
55. Constable Elementary School, South Brunswick
56. Cambridge Elementary School, South Brunswick
57. Brooks Crossing Elementary School, South Brunswick
58. South Valley Elementary School, Moorestown
59. Oak Street Elementary School, Bernards
60. Toll Gate Grammar School, Pennington
61. Alexander Hamilton School, Glen Rock
62. Indian Fields Elementary School, South Brunswick
63. Merritt Memorial Elementary School, Cresskill,
64. Memorial Elementary School, East Brunswick
65. Edward H. Bryan School, Cresskill
66. Washington Avenue School, Chatham
67. Mary E. Roberts Elementary School, Moorestown
68. Stony Brook Elementary School, Hopewell
69. The Central School, Glen Rock
70. George C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown
71. Bowne-Munro Elementary School, East Brunswick
72. Murray A. Chittick Elementary School, East Brunswick
73. Cedar Hill School, Bernards
74. Brunswick Acres Elementary School, South Brunswick
75. Richard E. Byrd School, Glen Rock
76. Village School, Holmdel
77. Hillsborough Township Elementary School, Hillsborough
78. Indian Hill School, Holmdel
79. Wilson Elementary School, Westfield
80. Watchung School, Montclair
81. Sunnymead Elementary School, Hillsborough
82. Moorestown Upper Elementary School, Moorestown
83. Ridgewood Avenue School, Glen Ridge
84. Franklin Elementary School, Westfield
85. Bear Tavern Elementary School, Hopewell
86. Amsterdam Elementary School, Hillsborough
87. Lyncrest Elementary School, Fair Lawn
88. Washington Elementary School, Westfield,
89. Martin Luther King Elementary School, Edison
90. Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough
91. Central Elementary School, Haddonfield
92. James Madison Intermediate School, Edison Township
93. Bradford Elementary School, Upper Montclair
94. John Marshall Elementary School, Edison
95. Thomas Jefferson School, Morristown
96. Tamaques Elementary School, Westfield
97. Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School, Haddonfield
98. Orange Avenue School, Cranford
99. Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School, Bernardsville
100. Hillside School, Montclair