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Top New Jersey Public Preschools Eligible For Free Lunch

Approximately 42% of public preschool students in New Jersey are eligible for free lunch (2026).
The public preschools with the highest eligible for free lunch are listed below (where sufficient data available).
The public preschool with the highest percentage of students eligible for free lunch in New Jersey is Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7, with 100% of students eligible.
Eligible for Free Lunch Range: 82% 100% Avg. Eligible for Free Lunch: 87%

Public Preschools Eligible For Free Lunch in New Jersey (2026)

School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
Eligible for Free Lunch
Grades
Location
Rank: #11.
Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7
Eligible for Free Lunch: 100%
Grades: PK-K
155 Summer St.
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5507
Rank: #2 - 32. - 3.
Abraham Lincoln School Number 24
Eligible for Free Lunch: 99%
Grades: PK
36 Parker Ave
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5500
Rank: #2 - 32. - 3.
Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6
(Math: 7% | Reading: 16%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 99%
Grades: PK-8
85 Hamilton Ave.
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5506
Rank: #4 - 54. - 5.
Mario Drago School No. 3
(Math: 12% | Reading: 29%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 98%
Grades: PK-8
155 Van Houten Ave.
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 470-5503
Rank: #4 - 54. - 5.
Vincent Capuana School No. 15
Eligible for Free Lunch: 98%
Grades: PK-K
374 Broadway
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 815-8563
Rank: #66.
Lord Stirling Community School
(Math: 14% | Reading: 23%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 91%
Grades: PK-5
101 Redmond Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 745-5300
Rank: #7 - 87. - 8.
Dr. E. Alma Flagg School
(Math: 8% | Reading: 17%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 90%
Grades: PK-8
150 Third St
Newark, NJ 07104
(973) 268-5190
Rank: #7 - 87. - 8.
New York Avenue School
(Math: 3% | Reading: 8%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 90%
Grades: PK-8
411 N New York Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-7280
Rank: #9 - 119. - 11.
Quarter Mile Lane School
(Math: 6% | Reading: 9%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 88%
Grades: PK-8
300 Quarter Mile Lane
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856) 455-8030
Rank: #9 - 119. - 11.
South 17th Street School
(Math: 16% | Reading: 20%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 88%
Grades: PK-8
619 S Seventeenth St
Newark, NJ 07103
(973) 374-2570
Rank: #9 - 119. - 11.
Uptown School Complex
(Math: 9% | Reading: 9%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 88%
Grades: PK-8
323 Madison Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 344-8809
Rank: #12 - 1312. - 13.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex
(Math: 6% | Reading: 19%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 87%
Grades: PK-8
1700 Marmora Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-7380
Rank: #12 - 1312. - 13.
Speedway Avenue School
(Math: 7% | Reading: 17%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 87%
Grades: PK-8
701 South Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ 07106
(973) 374-2740
Rank: #14 - 1514. - 15.
Grove Street Elementary School
(Math: 10-14% | Reading: 20-24%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 86%
Grades: PK-5
602 Grove Street
Irvington, NJ 07111
(973) 399-6865
Rank: #14 - 1514. - 15.
Sovereign Avenue School
(Math: 22% | Reading: 38%)
Rank:
3/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 86%
Grades: PK-8
111 N. Sovereign Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-7260
Rank: #16 - 2016. - 20.
Chelsea Heights School
(Math: 35% | Reading: 50%)
Rank:
5/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 85%
Grades: PK-8
4101 Filbert Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-7272
Rank: #16 - 2016. - 20.
Paul Robeson Community School For The Arts
(Math: 11% | Reading: 26%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 85%
Grades: PK-8
199 Paul Robeson Blvd
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 745-5300
Rank: #16 - 2016. - 20.
Piner Elementary School
Eligible for Free Lunch: 85%
Grades: PK-K
1141 E County Line Road
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 905-3566
Rank: #16 - 2016. - 20.
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
(Math: 32% | Reading: 54%)
Rank:
5/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 85%
Grades: PK-6
4507 Hudson Ave
Union City, NJ 07087
(201) 348-5971
Rank: #16 - 2016. - 20.
Whitney M. Young Jr. School
(Math: 4% | Reading: 9%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 85%
Grades: PK-8
135 Stegman St
Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 915-6440
Rank: #21 - 2421. - 24.
Brighton Avenue School
(Math: 10-14% | Reading: 15-19%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 84%
Grades: PK-5
30 N. Brighton Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-3150
Rank: #21 - 2421. - 24.
Franklin Elementary School
(Math: 14% | Reading: 23%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 84%
Grades: PK-8
42 Park Ave
Newark, NJ 07104
(973) 268-5250
Rank: #21 - 2421. - 24.
Ollie Culbreth Jr. School
(Math: 8% | Reading: 12%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 84%
Grades: PK-8
153 Union St
Jersey City, NJ 07304
(201) 915-6430
Rank: #21 - 2421. - 24.
Veterans' Memorial Elementary School
(Math: 23% | Reading: 40%)
Rank:
3/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 84%
Grades: PK-5
1401 Central Avenue
Union City, NJ 07087
(201) 348-2737
Rank: #25 - 2825. - 28.
Fourteenth Avenue School
Special Education School
Eligible for Free Lunch: 83%
Grades: PK-8
26 Speedway Ave
Newark, NJ 07106
(973) 733-6940
Rank: #25 - 2825. - 28.
Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28
(Math: 15% | Reading: 29%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 83%
Grades: PK-8
25 First Street
Elizabethport, NJ 07206
(908) 436-3950
Rank: #25 - 2825. - 28.
Mckinley Community School
(Math: 13% | Reading: 16%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 83%
Grades: PK-8
15 Van Dyke Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 745-5300
Rank: #25 - 2825. - 28.
Pennsylvania Ave School
(Math: 11% | Reading: 18%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 83%
Grades: PK-8
201 N. Pennsylvania Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 343-7290
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Camden Street Elementary School
(Math: 7% | Reading: 20%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-8
281 Camden St
Newark, NJ 07103
(973) 733-6994
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Chancellor Avenue School
(Math: 9% | Reading: 20%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-8
321 Chancellor Ave
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 705-3870
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Chaplain Charles Watters School
(Math: 5% | Reading: 17%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-8
220 Virginia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07304
(201) 915-6510
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Dionne Warwick Institute
(Math: 20-24% | Reading: 40-44%)
Rank:
4/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-5
120 Central Ave
East Orange, NJ 07018
(973) 266-5930
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
(Math: 9% | Reading: 17%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-8
291 N 7th St
Newark, NJ 07107
(973) 268-5260
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Gladys Nunery School
(Math: 20-24% | Reading: 25-29%)
Rank:
2/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-5
123 Claremont Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 915-6520
Rank: #29 - 3829. - 38.
Martin Center For The Arts
(Math: 6% | Reading: 11%)
Rank:
1/
10
Bottom 50%
Eligible for Free Lunch: 82%
Grades: PK-8
59 Wilkinson Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 915-6590
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the New Jersey average of public preschools students eligible for free lunch?
The New Jersey average of public preschools students eligible for free lunch is 42%% for 2026.
What are the public preschools with the highest percentage of students eligible for free lunch in New Jersey?
The best top-ranked public preschools in New Jersey include Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7, Abraham Lincoln School Number 24 and Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6.

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