2018 Best Public Elementary Schools in New Jersey

August 31,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Niche put together a list of the best elementary schools for 2018. The 2018 Best Public Elementary Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores, student-teacher ratio, student diversity, teacher quality, grade school ratings, and the overall quality of the school district.

Ridgewood School District placed very well with 6 schools in the top 100. Interesting to many residents they may not have placed in the order you would expect. The Six Ridgewood public schools are :

#32 Hawes
#42 Orchard
#56 Travell
#61 Ridge
#66 Somerville
#83 Willard

The Ridgewood Public School district placed a total of #15

Glen Rock School district placed 3 schools in the top 100

#63 Alexander Hamilton School
#70 Clara E Colemen
#94 Richard E Bird

Glen Rock School District placed #32

Ho Ho Kus district

#64 Ho Ho Kus Public School