Bay Head Elementary

Located at 145 GROVE STREET, in BAY HEAD, New Jersey, Bay Head Elementary is a rural-scale primary school that enrolls 125 students (grades K through 8), operated by Bay Head Borough School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Bay Head Borough School District is the operating authority for Bay Head Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Bay Head Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bay Head Elementary is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

The closest other public school is Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bay Head Elementary.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bay Head Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 129 students in 2018 to 125 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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