New Ranking Of New Jersey's Best Elementary Schools Released

Now's a good time to find out how your local elementary schools stack up against others — especially if you're sending your children to school for the very first time.

Niche.com has released its annual rankings of the best elementary schools in the country and across New Jersey. According to Niche, the best elementary school in New Jersey is the Littlebrook Elementary School in the Princeton school district, which also finished in ninth place nationwide.

Princeton also finished at the top of Niche.com's survey of the best school districts in New Jersey.

Read more: New Ranking Of New Jersey's Best School Districts Released

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

According to Niche, these are the 200 best elementary schools in New Jersey (top-100 national rankings in parenthesis):

1. Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton Public Schools (9th nationally)
2. Johnson Park Elementary School, Princeton Public Schools (50th nationally)
3. Riverside Elementary School, Princeton Public Schools (92nd nationally)
4. South Mountain School, Millburn Township Schools
5. Deerfield Elementary School, Millburn Township Schools
6. Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit Public Schools
7. Princeton Charter School, Princeton
8. Essex Fells School, Essex Fells School District
9. Mount Prospect Elementary School, Bernards Township School District
10. Hartshorn Elementary School, Millburn Township Schools
11. Glenwood Elementary School, Millburn Township Schools
12. Maurice Hawk Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
13. Wandell School, Saddle River School District
14. Village Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
15. Franklin Elementary School, Summit Public Schools
16. Millstone River School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
17. John V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
18. Washington Elementary School, Summit Public Schools
19. Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
20. The Cranbury School, Cranbury Township Board of Education
21. Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn Township Schools
22. Cedar Hill School, Bernards Township School District
23. Alpine Elementary School, Alpine Elementary School District
24. Watchung School, Montclair Public Schools
25. Liberty Corner Elementary School, Bernards Township School District
26. Sea Girt Elementary School, Sea Girt Borough Public Schools
27. Stone Harbor Elementary School, Stone Harbor School District
28. Harrison Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
29. Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter School, Somerset
30. Oak Street Elementary School, Bernards Township School District
31. H.W. Mountz Elementary School, Spring Lake School District
32. Hawes Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
33. Monmouth Junction Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
34. Bay Head Elementary School, Bay Head Borough
35. Southern Boulevard School, The School District of the Chathams
36. Ridgewood Avenue School, Glen Ridge Public Schools
37. Wildwood Elementary School, Mountain Lakes School District
38. Monmouth Beach School, Monmouth Beach
39. Toll Gate Grammar School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District
40. South Valley Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public School District
41. Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
42. Orchard Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
43. Lafayette Avenus School, The School District of the Chathams
44. Central Elementary School, Haddonfield Public Schools
45. Robert Frost Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
46. Mary E. Roberts Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public School District
47. Mackay School, Tenafly Public Schools
48. Cambridge Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
49. Walter Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools, NJPK
50. Stillwater Township School, Stillwater Township School
51. Riker Hill Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
52. Stony Brook Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District
53. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
54. Washington Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
55. Milton Avenue School, The School District of the Chathams
56. Travell Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
57. Jefferson Elementary School, Summit Public Schools
58. Hillside School, Closter Public Schools
59. Clementon Elementary School, Clementon School District
60. Luther Lee Emerson School, Demarest School District
61. Ridge Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
62. J. Spencer Smith Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools
63. Alexander Hamilton School, Glen Rock Public School District
64. Ho-Ho-Kus Public School, Ho-Ho-Kus School District
65. Collins Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
66. Somerville Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
67. Hampton Public School, Hampton
68. Lyncrest Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District
69. Brooks Crossing Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
70. Clara E. Coleman School, Glen Rock Public School District
71. Edith A. Bogert Elementary School, Upper Saddle River School District
72. Roosevelt Public School, Roosevelt
73. Lawrence Brook Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
74. Bradford Elementary School, Montclair Public Schools
75. Upper School, Englewood Cliffs Public Schools, NJ3-8
76. Community Park Elementary School, Princeton Public Schools
77. Mendham Township Elementary School, Mendham Township Board of Education
78. Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School, Berkeley Heights Public Schools
79. Village School, Holmdel Township School District
80. William Woodruff Elementary School, Berkeley Heights Public Schools
81. George Washington Elementary School, Mahwah Township Public Schools
82. Hillside School, Montclair Public Schools
83. Willard Elementary School, Ridgewood Public Schools
84. Henry B. Milnes Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District
85. Triangle Elementary School, Hillsborough Township Public School District
86. Salt Brook Elementary School, New Providence School District
87. Washington Avenue School, The School District of the Chathams
88. Merritt Memorial Elementary School, Cresskill Public School District
89. Mountain Park Elementary School, Berkeley Heights Public Schools
90. Hillside School, Allendale Board of Education
91. Northvail Elementary School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
92. Warren Point Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District
93. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Mahwah Township Public Schools
94. Richard E. Byrd School, Glen Rock Public School District
95. Haworth Public School, Haworth
96. Jefferson Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
97. Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School, Haddonfield Public Schools
98. Bear Tavern Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District
99. Allen W. Roberts Elementary School, New Providence School District
100. Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
101. Wilson Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
102. West Cape May Elementary School, West Cape May Elementary School District
103. Hopewell Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District
104. Brayton Elementary School, Summit Public Schools
105. John Marshall Elementary School, Edison Township Public Schools
106. High Mountain Road Elementary School, Franklin Lakes Public Schools
107. Hamilton Elementary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
108. Indian Hill School, Holmdel Township School District
109. James Madison Intermediate School, Edison Township Public Schools
110. Intervale Elementary School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
111. Lambertville Public School, Lambertville Public School
112. Murray A. Chittick Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
113. Amsterdam Elementary School, Hillsborough Township Public School District
114. Gould/Mountain Elementary School, North Caldwell Board of Education
115. Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School, Cherry Hill Public Schools
116. Jefferson Elementary School, South Orange-Maplewood School District
117. Village Elementary School, Montgomery Township School District
118. Brunswick Acres Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
119. Indian Fields Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
120. George C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public School District
121. Cherry Hill School, River Edge Schools
122. Colonial Road School, Franklin Lakes Public Schools
123. T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School, Old Tappan Public School District
124. Burnet Hill Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
125. Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools
126. McKinley Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
127. Woodbrook Elementary School, Edison Township Public Schools
128. Westmoreland Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District
129. Tuscan Elementary School, South Orange-Maplewood School District
130. Charles H. Bullock School, Montclair Public Schools
131. Irwin Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
132. John Y. Dater Elementary School, Ramsey Public Schools
133. Cedar Hill School, Montville Township School District
134. The Central School, Glen Rock Public School District
135. Berkeley Avenue Elementary School, Westwood Regional School District
136. Crim Elementary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
137. Hillsborough Township Elementary School, Hillsborough Township Public School District
138. J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
139. Northeast School, Montclair Public Schools
140. Radburn Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District
141. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
142. School One Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
143. Hillside Elementary School, Livingston Public Schools
144. Franklin Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
145. Tamaques Elementary School, Westfield Public Schools
146. Norwood Public School, Norwood
147. Edward H. Bryan School, Cresskill Public School District
148. Central School, Warren Township Schools
149. Milltown Elementary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
150. Hilldale Elementary School, Montville Township School District
151. Laning Avenue School, Verona Public Schools
152. Harding Township School, Harding Township School District
153. Betsy Ross Elementary School, Mahwah Township Public Schools
154. Wesley D. Tisdale Elementary School, Ramsey Public Schools
155. Franklin Elementary School, Roxbury Township Public Schools
156. Frank Defino Central Elementary School, Marlboro Township Board of Education
157. Harrington Park School, Harrington Park
158. Lester C. Noecker School, Roseland School District
159. Angelo L. Tomaso School, Warren Township Schools
160. South Mountain Annex School, South Orange-Maplewood School District
161. Grandview Elementary School, North Caldwell Board of Education
162. St. Cloud Elementary School, West Orange Public Schools
163. Menlo Park Elementary School, Edison Township Public Schools
164. Roosevelt Elementary School, River Edge Schools
165. Sparta Alpine School, Sparta Township Public Schools
166. Central Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
167. Brookside Place School, Cranford Public School District
168. Greenbrook Elementary School, South Brunswick Public Schools
169. Torey J. Sabatini School, Madison Public Schools
170. Fort Lee School No. 1, Fort Lee Public Schools
171. Pace Charter School of Hamilton, Public SchoolHamilton Twp
172. Mt. Tabor School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
173. Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough Township Public School District
174. Ravine Drive Elementary School, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
175. William J. McGinn Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
176. Lenape Meadows Elementary School, Mahwah Township Public Schools
177. Rockaway Meadow School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
178. Valley View Elementary School, Montville Township School District
179. Mary S. Shoemaker School, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
180. Soaring Heights, Jersey City
181. J. Fithian Tatem Elementary School, Haddonfield Public Schools
182. Deane Porter School, Rumson School District
183. Orange Avenue School, Cranford Public School District
184. Somerdale Park School, Somerdale Public School
185. Seaview Elementary School, Linwood City School District
186. Memorial Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
187. Martin Luther King Elementary School, Edison Township Public Schools
188. Bergen Arts & Sciences Charter School, Garfield
189. Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School, Shrewsbury
190. Thomas.B. Conley Elementary School, Bethlehem Township Schools
191. Chesterfield Elementary School, Chesterfield
192. Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School, Somerset Hills Regional School District
193. Bowne-Munro Elementary School, East Brunswick Public Schools
194. Moorestown Upper Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public School District
195. Lincoln Elementary School, Edison Township Public Schools
196. Point Road School, Little Silver Boro School District
197. Atlantic Highlands Elementary School, Atlantic Highlands
198. Frenchtown Elementary School, Frenchtown School District
199. Dorchester Elementary School, Woodcliff Lake School District
200. Nathan Hale School, Northvale

(See the entire list by clicking here)

Niche’s data for its K-12 elementary school rankings comes from various sources, including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection.

The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. (Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)

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