Best Student-Teacher Ratios in New Jersey.

Cities in New Jersey with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

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#	City	Population	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	Ocean City	11,261	8.5:1	3
2	Princeton Meadows	15,561	8.6:1	1
3	Asbury Park	15,295	8.6:1	5
4	Paramus	26,568	8.8:1	18
5	Tinton Falls	19,361	8.9:1	7
6	Franklin Park	13,211	9.0:1	2
7	Ringwood	11,657	9.0:1	4
8	Red Bank	12,862	9.1:1	3
9	Somers Point	10,515	9.1:1	4
10	Franklin Lakes	11,084	9.2:1	5
11	East Franklin	11,070	9.5:1	1
12	The Hills	10,785	9.5:1	1
13	Hillsdale	10,144	9.6:1	4
14	Somerset	22,720	9.7:1	5
15	West Freehold	14,883	9.7:1	4
16	Ramsey	14,805	9.7:1	5
17	Oakland	12,768	9.7:1	5
18	Phillipsburg	15,299	9.8:1	4
19	Eatontown	13,575	9.8:1	4
20	Florham Park	13,564	9.8:1	3
21	Lakewood	69,585	9.9:1	5
22	Edgewater	14,759	9.9:1	2
23	Somerville	13,410	10.0:1	3
24	Bound Brook	12,219	10.0:1	5
25	Budd Lake	10,650	10.0:1	1
26	Avenel	17,121	10.2:1	4
27	Little Ferry	10,996	10.2:1	2
28	Lincoln Park	10,957	10.2:1	2
29	Atlantic City	38,632	10.3:1	11
30	Williamstown	14,705	10.3:1	3
31	Highland Park	15,121	10.4:1	4
32	Upper Montclair	12,457	10.4:1	3
33	Ridgefield	11,498	10.4:1	4
34	Colonia	18,587	10.5:1	6
35	Robertsville	12,035	10.5:1	3
36	Princeton	30,756	10.6:1	7
37	North Plainfield	22,809	10.7:1	6
38	Hawthorne	19,628	10.7:1	5
39	Ridgefield Park	13,235	10.7:1	4
40	Martinsville	11,559	10.7:1	2
41	Wanaque	11,206	10.7:1	3
42	Oak Ridge	10,954	10.7:1	6
43	Waldwick	10,164	10.7:1	4
44	Long Branch	32,530	10.8:1	9
45	South Plainfield	24,473	10.8:1	8
46	Guttenberg	11,754	10.8:1	1
47	Blackwells Mills	10,301	10.8:1	2
48	Pleasantville	20,712	11.0:1	6
49	Bradley Gardens	14,165	11.0:1	2
50	Pompton Plains	10,971	11.0:1	4
51	Kendall Park	10,011	11.0:1	3
52	Old Bridge	28,236	11.1:1	8
53	Summit	22,705	11.1:1	9
54	Parsippany	21,345	11.1:1	8
55	Point Pleasant	19,334	11.1:1	4
56	Madison	16,447	11.1:1	5
57	Manville	10,921	11.1:1	4
58	Hackettstown	10,140	11.1:1	4
59	Secaucus	21,778	11.2:1	6
60	Rutherford	18,894	11.2:1	5
61	Short Hills	14,923	11.2:1	5
62	East Rutherford	10,313	11.2:1	4
63	New Brunswick	56,345	11.3:1	13
64	Westfield	31,111	11.3:1	15
65	Englewood	29,638	11.3:1	6
66	Pennsville	12,233	11.3:1	5
67	Bellmawr	11,737	11.3:1	3
68	Lake Hopatcong	10,259	11.3:1	2
69	Maywood	10,093	11.3:1	3
70	Brookdale	9,960	11.3:1	3
71	Palisades Park	20,290	11.4:1	3
72	Tenafly	15,319	11.4:1	6
73	Westwood	11,283	11.4:1	3
74	Glassboro	23,717	11.5:1	4
75	New Providence	13,727	11.5:1	5
76	Collingswood	14,205	11.6:1	8
77	Clifton	89,379	11.7:1	21
78	Sicklerville	44,998	11.7:1	9
79	Fair Lawn	35,610	11.7:1	9
80	Hillsborough	22,585	11.7:1	5
81	Preakness	18,520	11.7:1	7
82	Echelon	13,284	11.7:1	1
83	Sayreville	45,838	11.8:1	9
84	South River	16,124	11.8:1	4
85	Pine Hill	10,802	11.8:1	4
86	Kearny	40,614	11.9:1	8
87	Garfield	32,783	11.9:1	12
88	Lindenwold	21,719	11.9:1	5
89	Dumont	18,279	11.9:1	5
90	Cherry Hill Mall	14,541	11.9:1	3
91	Glen Rock	12,154	11.9:1	6
92	Hoboken	58,668	12.0:1	8
93	Hackensack	46,057	12.0:1	7
94	Metuchen	15,144	12.0:1	4
95	Middlesex	14,645	12.0:1	6
96	Roselle Park	14,093	12.0:1	5
97	Mercerville	13,535	12.0:1	5
98	Freehold	12,507	12.0:1	3
99	Millville	27,511	12.1:1	10
100	Hasbrouck Heights	12,115	12.1:1	4
101	Pompton Lakes	11,047	12.1:1	4
102	Wood-Ridge	10,218	12.1:1	3
103	Bayonne	71,553	12.2:1	14
104	Camden	71,496	12.2:1	23
105	River Edge	12,091	12.2:1	3
106	Greentree	11,537	12.2:1	4
107	Fort Lee	40,067	12.3:1	6
108	Roselle	22,646	12.3:1	8
109	Morristown	20,453	12.3:1	4
110	Dover	18,563	12.3:1	5
111	Hopatcong	14,565	12.3:1	4
112	Ridgewood	26,308	12.4:1	10
113	Lodi	26,082	12.4:1	8
114	White Horse	10,507	12.4:1	3
115	Passaic	70,002	12.5:1	20
116	Cliffside Park	25,781	12.5:1	5
117	Carteret	25,496	12.5:1	6
118	Jersey City	294,078	12.6:1	53
119	Perth Amboy	55,855	12.6:1	14
120	Rahway	30,109	12.7:1	6
121	Woodbridge	20,756	12.7:1	5
122	Woodland Park	13,355	12.7:1	5
123	Vineland	61,006	12.8:1	18
124	Bergenfield	28,450	12.8:1	7
125	Iselin	19,551	12.8:1	6
126	Hammonton	14,840	12.9:1	4
127	Moorestown-Lenola	14,625	12.9:1	2
128	Hamilton Square	11,622	12.9:1	6
129	Gloucester City	11,509	12.9:1	3
130	Elmwood Park	21,412	13.0:1	5
131	Harrison	20,369	13.0:1	5
132	North Arlington	16,461	13.0:1	6
133	Westmont	14,195	13.0:1	7
134	Beachwood	11,088	13.0:1	2
135	Lake Hiawatha	11,018	13.0:1	1
136	Linden	44,192	13.1:1	11
137	New Milford	16,995	13.1:1	4
138	Fords	12,771	13.2:1	2
139	Wallington	11,889	13.2:1	3
140	Bridgeton	27,001	13.3:1	9
141	Paterson	158,735	13.4:1	49
142	Elizabeth	137,302	13.4:1	38
143	Union City	66,463	13.5:1	14
144	Haddonfield	12,595	13.6:1	5
145	Fairview	15,099	13.7:1	3
146	Totowa	10,959	13.7:1	3
147	Toms River	94,956	13.8:1	18
148	Trenton	90,338	14.1:1	33
149	Ocean Acres	19,204	14.2:1	1
150	West New York	52,004	14.3:1	9
151	East Orange	70,090	14.5:1	22
152	Springdale	15,173	14.5:1	3
153	Marlton	10,922	14.8:1	2
154	Plainfield	55,236	14.9:1	20
155	Newark	310,178	15.8:1	85