US News & World Report recently came out with it’s Best K-12 Schools rankings and over 700 New Jersey elementary and middle schools were included on the list.
The report showed rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the US, and schools were ranked at the state and district levels.
Here are the top 25 elementary schools in New Jersey:
- School 28, Paterson Public School District
- Sara M. Gilmore Academy, Union School District
- Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter School
- Mendham Township Elementary School, Mendham Township School District
- Cornelia F. Bradford School, Jersey City Public Schools
- William F. Halloran School No. 22, Elizabeth Public Schools
- Washington School, Millburn Township School District
- Brookside School, Allendale Public School District
- Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit Public School District
- Monmouth Junction Elementary School, South Brunswick School District
- Wyoming School, Millburn Township School District
- Forrestdale School, Rumson Borough School District
- Princeton Charter School, Princeton
- Glenwood School, Millburn Township School District
- Clara E. Coleman School, Glen Rock Public School District
- George Washington School, Mahwah Township Public School District
- Upper School</b, Englewood School District
- Henry B. Milnes Elementary School, Fair Lawn Public School District
- The Gray Charter School, Newark
- Hillside Elementary School, Closter Public School District
- Riverview Elementary School, Denville Township K-8 School District
- Somerville Elementary School, Ridgewood Public School District
- Milltown Primary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
- Hartshorn School, Millburn Township School District
- Washington Elementary School, Westfield School District
These schools made the list for the top 25 middle schools in New Jersey:
- School 28, Paterson Public School District
- Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools
- Mendham Township Middle School, Mendham Township School District
- Markham Place School, Little Silver Boro School District
- Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter School
- Princeton Charter School
- Forrestdale School, Rumson Borough School District
- Knollwood School, Fair Haven School District
- Brookside School, Allendale Public School District
- Science Park High School, Newark Public School District
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7, Elizabeth Public Schools
- Briarcliff Middle School, Mountain Lakes Public School District
- Johnstone Elementary School, Vineland Public School District
- Ho-Ho-Kus Public School, Ho-Ho-Kus School District
- Academy I, Jersey City Public Schools
- Sara M. Gilmore Academy, Union City School District
- Millburn Middle School, Millburn Township School District
- Upper School, Englewood Cliffs School District
- Demarest Middle School, Demarest School District
- Robert Treat Academy Charter School, Newark
- Harding Township School, Harding Township School District
- Tenafly Middle School, Tenafly Public School District
- Community Middle School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
- Emil A. Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River School District
- Heritage Middle School, Livingston Board of Education School District
US News determined the rankings by using data from the US Department of Education to analyze math and reading proficiency and math and reading performance. It’s important to note that the data used was from 2018-2019 so changes due to COVID were not factored into the rankings.
Click here to see the full list of the best elementary schools and the best middle schools in NJ.
