Crime & Safety 4 Bergen County Elementary Schools Named In Top 25 In NJ By US News Out of more than 2,300 public elementary schools in NJ, 4 Bergen County schools ranked among the best, said U.S. News and World Report.
Out of hundreds of public elementary schools in NJ, one Bergen County school ranked among the 10 best, and three others were in the top 25, said U.S. News and World Report. (Caren Lissner/Patch)
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — U.S. News and World Report recently released their 2025 ranking of the nation’s best public elementary schools — and four Bergen County public schools came out on top.
The news magazine used publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education in its metrics. Data included state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in math and reading/language arts, students’ background, and their achievements in core subjects. Student-teacher ratios were applied to break ties. School 28 in Paterson was listed as the best public elementary school in New Jersey, according to the list.
One public school in Bergen County — Orchard Elementary School in Ridgewood — also came out in the top 10.
The top 10 are:
School 28, Paterson Public School District Princeton Charter School Washington Elementary School, Westfield Public School District Milton Avenue School, School District of the Chathams Cornelia F. Bradford School, Jersey City Public Schools Forrestdale School, Rumson Borough School District Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit Public School District Orchard Elementary School, Ridgewood Public School District Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, East Brunswick Wildwood Elementary School, Mountain Lakes Three other Bergen County schools made the top 25: Brookside School in Allendale at 17, Alexander Hamilton School in Glen Rock at number 21, Cherry Hill School in River Edge at 25.
2,347 New Jersey schools were considered in the rankings.
You can see the full rankings for New Jersey schools here. LaMont Jones, managing editor for Education at U.S. News, said in a news release that the rankings are among evaluation tools that parents can use to see which schools are providing a good education for a successful future.
4 Bergen County Elementary Schools Named In Top 25 In NJ By US News
