Private elementary schools in New Jersey (593)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Tova Bais	Lakewood	PreK-12	2,122	34	Nonsectarian, all-girls
Bnos Melech of Lakewood	Lakewood	K-12	1,710	15.6	Jewish, all-girls
Yeshiva Orchos Chaim	Lakewood	K-8	1,468	11.9	Jewish, all-boys
Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic Boys'	Passaic	PreK-8	1,064	9.7	Jewish, all-boys
Bnos Yaakov Elementary School	Lakewood	K-8	1,059	17.8	Jewish, all-girls
The Montclair Kimberley Academy	Montclair	PreK-12	1,034	6	Nonsectarian
Bnos Devorah	Lakewood	PreK-8	1,024	15.8	Jewish, all-girls
Yeshiva Toras Aron	Lakewood	K-8	976	19.7	Jewish, all-boys
St. Benedict's Prep	Newark	K-12	965	12.9	Roman Catholic
Princeton Day School	Princeton	PreK-12	952	7.4	Nonsectarian
Eastern Christian Middle School	Wyckoff	PreK-12	877	13.6	Christian (nondenominational)
Bais Taiga	Lakewood	K-2	875	26.7	Jewish, all-girls
Yeshiva of North Jersey	River Edge	PreK-8	803	4.9	Jewish
Yeshivat Noam School	Paramus	PreK-8	778	7.5	Jewish
Ybh of Passaic-Hillel	Passaic	PreK-8	753	11.4	Jewish
Talmud Torah Bais Avrohom	Lakewood	PreK-8	740	17.9	Jewish, all-boys
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva	Livingston	PreK-12	690	5.2	Jewish
Yavneh Academy	Paramus	PreK-8	679	6.2	Jewish
Toras Imecha/Bnos Bina-Ateres Nechama	Lakewood	PreK-12	679	20.5	Jewish, all-girls
Rutgers Preparatory School	Somerset	PreK-12	673	7.8	Nonsectarian
Shiras Chaim	Lakewood	K-8	658	23.5	Jewish, all-girls
Kent Place School	Summit	PreK-12	636	6.8	Nonsectarian, all-girls
Yeshiva Ohr Shraga Lakewood	Lakewood	K-10	606	15.2	Jewish, all-boys
St. Leo the Great School	Lincroft	PreK-8	575	15.1	Roman Catholic
Bnos Esther Malka	Lakewood	K-8	569	11.2	Jewish, all-girls
Gill St. Bernard S School	Gladstone	PreK-12	561	7.1	Nonsectarian
Machzikei Hadas	Lakewood	PreK-10	561	12.8	Jewish, all-boys
Atlantic Christian School	Egg Harbor Township	PreK-12	555	12.8	Christian (nondenominational)
Moorestown Friends School	Moorestown	PreK-12	552	7.3	Friends
Nachlas Bais Yaakov	Lakewood	PreK-8	551	12	Jewish, all-girls
St. Joseph Grade School	Toms River	PreK-8	547	13.7	Roman Catholic
Yeshivat He'atid	Teaneck	PreK-8	542	8.6	Jewish
Noor-Ul-Iman School	Monmouth Junction	PreK-12	527	7.1	Islamic
Talmud Torah Zecher Yochanan	Lakewood	PreK-11	527	13.8	Jewish, all-boys
Bais Reuven Kamenitz	Lakewood	K-8	524	8.5	Jewish, all-boys
Yeshiva Masoras Avos	Lakewood	PreK-8	518	20.7	Jewish, all-boys
The Kings Christian School	Cherry Hill	PreK-12	501	11.8	Other religious
Hawthorne Christian Academy	Hawthorne	PreK-12	498	10.6	Christian (nondenominational)
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child	Summit	PreK-12	498	6.4	Roman Catholic
Bnos Orchos Chaim	Lakewood	K-8	494	14.6	Jewish, all-girls

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