#1Englewood Cliffs
Bergen County · 5,384 peopleSchools grade, graded within the state·Overall A · #53 of 466 in NJ
Englewood Cliffs, #1 on this list · Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0New Jersey rankings · Schools
Towns with the best schools in New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs ranks first on schools among New Jersey’s 465 towns of 2,500+; 113 of the 465 grade A− or better (schools are graded within each state).
The Schools grade: state test results and graduation rates of the districts serving each town, compared with the state’s other districts (U.S. Department of Education). How grades work
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#2Spring Lake
Monmouth County · 2,769 peopleSchools grade, graded within the state·Overall A · #61 of 466 in NJ
#3Rumson
Monmouth County · 7,157 peopleSchools grade, graded within the state·Overall A · #44 of 466 in NJ
All 465 towns
Schools grade, best first (graded within New Jersey). Towns with the same score share a rank (T = tied; 48 towns here); the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
465 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownGradeOverall
T32Plainsboro TownshipMiddlesex County · 24,349 peopleAgraded within the state·Overall A · #103 of 466
T32West Windsor TownshipMercer County · 32,839 peopleAgraded within the state·Overall A · #77 of 466
42Montgomery TownshipSomerset County · 24,039 peopleAgraded within the state·Overall A · #117 of 466
44Branchburg TownshipSomerset County · 15,511 peopleAgraded within the state·Overall A− · #138 of 466
57Moorestown TownshipBurlington County · 22,262 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #118 of 466
71East Hanover TownshipMorris County · 11,457 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall B+ · #190 of 466
74Berkeley Heights TownshipUnion County · 15,140 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A+ · #38 of 466
76Robbinsville TownshipMercer County · 15,958 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #89 of 466
80Hillsborough TownshipSomerset County · 45,061 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #97 of 466
84South Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex County · 47,454 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #125 of 466
94Parsippany-Troy Hills TownshipMorris County · 56,633 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #114 of 466
99East Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex County · 50,678 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A− · #163 of 466
105Bedminster TownshipSomerset County · 8,285 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #76 of 466
T106Scotch Plains TownshipUnion County · 25,437 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #72 of 466
T108West Caldwell TownshipEssex County · 11,205 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #69 of 466
110Edison TownshipMiddlesex County · 109,077 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall B+ · #210 of 466
112Readington TownshipHunterdon County · 16,406 peopleA−graded within the state·Overall A · #132 of 466
114Upper Pittsgrove TownshipSalem County · 3,545 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #215 of 466
115Spring Lake HeightsMonmouth County · 4,868 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #56 of 466
118East Amwell TownshipHunterdon County · 3,952 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #168 of 466
120Mount Olive TownshipMorris County · 29,503 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #87 of 466
124Millstone TownshipMonmouth County · 10,412 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #197 of 466
130Medford TownshipBurlington County · 25,612 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #115 of 466
132Harrison TownshipGloucester County · 14,043 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A+ · #16 of 466
133Chesterfield TownshipBurlington County · 9,046 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A+ · #36 of 466
137Mansfield TownshipBurlington County · 9,199 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #167 of 466
138Green Brook TownshipSomerset County · 7,410 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #174 of 466
140Colts Neck TownshipMonmouth County · 9,989 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #120 of 466
141South Hackensack TownshipBergen County · 2,755 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall C− · #377 of 466
143Middletown TownshipMonmouth County · 67,135 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #93 of 466
144Freehold TownshipMonmouth County · 36,052 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #195 of 466
146Delaware TownshipHunterdon County · 4,597 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A+ · #13 of 466
T147Bridgewater TownshipSomerset County · 46,455 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #144 of 466
155Mantua TownshipGloucester County · 15,582 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #181 of 466
159Springfield TownshipBurlington County · 3,315 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B− · #301 of 466
161Little Falls TownshipPassaic County · 15,340 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #155 of 466
166East Greenwich TownshipGloucester County · 12,610 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #131 of 466
T168Maplewood TownshipEssex County · 26,320 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A− · #156 of 466
T168South Orange Village TownshipEssex County · 19,139 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #186 of 466
T170Peapack and GladstoneSomerset County · 2,587 peopleB+graded within the state·Overall A · #128 of 466
172Cherry Hill TownshipCamden County · 79,965 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B+ · #180 of 466
T174Woolwich TownshipGloucester County · 14,858 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall A− · #150 of 466
176Upper Freehold TownshipMonmouth County · 7,251 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall A− · #159 of 466
177Springfield TownshipUnion County · 18,342 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall A− · #177 of 466
180Bethlehem TownshipHunterdon County · 3,774 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B+ · #207 of 466
T182Bordentown TownshipBurlington County · 12,821 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B · #226 of 466
191North Hanover TownshipBurlington County · 8,189 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall C · #351 of 466
196Mount Laurel TownshipBurlington County · 47,738 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B · #258 of 466
199Cinnaminson TownshipBurlington County · 17,930 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B− · #289 of 466
T202Independence TownshipWarren County · 5,666 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall A− · #136 of 466
206Old Bridge TownshipMiddlesex County · 70,228 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B · #237 of 466
208Piscataway TownshipMiddlesex County · 62,253 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B · #229 of 466
212South PlainfieldMiddlesex County · 24,891 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B− · #268 of 466
213Evesham TownshipBurlington County · 49,525 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B+ · #217 of 466
216Saddle Brook TownshipBergen County · 14,441 peopleBgraded within the state·Overall B+ · #191 of 466
225South Harrison TownshipGloucester County · 3,479 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall A− · #134 of 466
T227Pilesgrove TownshipSalem County · 4,280 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall A− · #158 of 466
230Shamong TownshipBurlington County · 6,659 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B− · #302 of 466
239Tabernacle TownshipBurlington County · 7,014 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B− · #299 of 466
240Southampton TownshipBurlington County · 10,563 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall C+ · #334 of 466
243West Milford TownshipPassaic County · 25,216 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall A− · #164 of 466
245Rochelle Park TownshipBergen County · 5,972 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B− · #267 of 466
253Delran TownshipBurlington County · 18,909 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B− · #296 of 466
254Alexandria TownshipHunterdon County · 4,811 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall C+ · #331 of 466
T257Aberdeen TownshipMonmouth County · 19,535 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B+ · #218 of 466
259Washington TownshipGloucester County · 49,840 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B · #227 of 466
263Holland TownshipHunterdon County · 5,239 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall C+ · #324 of 466
265Burlington TownshipBurlington County · 24,893 peopleB−graded within the state·Overall B− · #300 of 466
275Weymouth TownshipAtlantic County · 2,751 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall C− · #388 of 466
278Hainesport TownshipBurlington County · 6,197 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B+ · #182 of 466
281West Orange TownshipEssex County · 49,557 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B · #256 of 466
284North Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex County · 45,097 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B− · #311 of 466
286Woodbridge TownshipMiddlesex County · 104,802 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B− · #277 of 466
289Woodbury HeightsGloucester County · 3,162 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall A · #130 of 466
T292East Windsor TownshipMercer County · 30,562 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B · #254 of 466
295West Deptford TownshipGloucester County · 22,681 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B− · #270 of 466
299Egg Harbor TownshipAtlantic County · 48,435 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall C · #373 of 466
T309Toms River TownshipOcean County · 100,899 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall C+ · #317 of 466
312Monroe TownshipGloucester County · 38,137 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall B− · #281 of 466
315Greenwich TownshipGloucester County · 5,026 peopleC+graded within the state·Overall A− · #179 of 466
334Westampton TownshipBurlington County · 9,436 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall B− · #312 of 466
335Lumberton TownshipBurlington County · 13,171 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall C+ · #343 of 466
342Florence TownshipBurlington County · 13,385 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall B · #239 of 466
350Pemberton TownshipBurlington County · 27,611 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall C− · #387 of 466
353Eastampton TownshipBurlington County · 6,603 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall C+ · #328 of 466
T361West Amwell TownshipHunterdon County · 3,037 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall B+ · #213 of 466
365Deptford TownshipGloucester County · 32,600 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall C+ · #322 of 466
366Gloucester TownshipCamden County · 67,085 peopleCgraded within the state·Overall B− · #306 of 466
371City of Orange TownshipEssex County · 35,642 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall D− · #442 of 466
373Galloway TownshipAtlantic County · 38,380 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall C− · #378 of 466
377Franklin TownshipGloucester County · 16,666 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall C · #353 of 466
385Lawrence TownshipCumberland County · 3,167 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall D− · #446 of 466
386Mount Holly TownshipBurlington County · 10,645 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall C− · #380 of 466
390Hopewell TownshipCumberland County · 4,517 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall D · #411 of 466
393Waterford TownshipCamden County · 10,562 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall B− · #282 of 466
401Maple Shade TownshipBurlington County · 20,556 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall D · #412 of 466
T404Carneys Point TownshipSalem County · 8,766 peopleC−graded within the state·Overall C− · #404 of 466
T411Buena Vista TownshipAtlantic County · 7,175 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D · #415 of 466
413Little Egg Harbor TownshipOcean County · 21,801 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall C+ · #339 of 466
415Maurice River TownshipCumberland County · 4,780 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D− · #462 of 466
419North Bergen TownshipHudson County · 61,483 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall C− · #375 of 466
426Upper Deerfield TownshipCumberland County · 8,111 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D− · #443 of 466
431Edgewater Park TownshipBurlington County · 9,617 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall C− · #401 of 466
435Riverside TownshipBurlington County · 8,231 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall C− · #386 of 466
436Deerfield TownshipCumberland County · 3,251 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D− · #461 of 466
446Fairfield TownshipCumberland County · 5,440 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D− · #464 of 466
449Willingboro TownshipBurlington County · 32,824 peopleDgraded within the state·Overall D · #426 of 466
454Delanco TownshipBurlington County · 5,010 peopleD−graded within the state·Overall C · #361 of 466
456Commercial TownshipCumberland County · 4,767 peopleD−graded within the state·Overall D− · #466 of 466
Not ranked
3 towns without a schools grade
Towns of 2,500+ that don’t have the figures this grade needs. Each town’s page says which ones are missing.
- Atlantic Highlands Monmouth County · 4,417 people
- Highlands Monmouth County · 4,350 people
- New Hanover Township Burlington County · 6,237 people
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which New Jersey town has the best schools?
Englewood Cliffs (Bergen County) ranks first on schools among 465 towns, with an A+; Spring Lake and Rumson follow. Schools are compared within New Jersey, so the letter is a state grade.
How are these towns ranked?
The Schools grade: state test results and graduation rates of the districts serving each town, compared with the state’s other districts (U.S. Department of Education). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a schools grade (465 in New Jersey). 3 towns of 2,500+ lack the figures and are listed above. Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the New Jersey page.
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