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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 664 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341011003980
Bayshore Middle School
834 LEONARDVILLE ROAD, LEONARDO, NJ 07737 · (732) 291-1380 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
97 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 179 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 47.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bayshore Middle School
Bayshore Middle School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Middle School this school | 534 | 18.2% | 55.1% |
| J. Mason Tomlin Elementary School MANTUA | 558 | 21.3% | 49.3% |
| Clifton T. Barkalow School FREEHOLD | 574 | 15.0% | 54.2% |
| Jefferson Township Middle School OAK RIDGE | 550 | 15.8% | 42.7% |
| Grover Cleveland Middle School CALDWELL | 610 | 12.6% | 57.7% |
| Memorial Middle School POINT PLEASANT | 634 | 16.9% | 52.9% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bayshore Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #135 of 433 | #14 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #193 of 437 ▼ 27 | #21 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #129 of 437 ▼ 8 | #15 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #226 of 445 | #17 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #76 of 417 | #16 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #357 of 419 | #23 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #292 of 436 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #69 of 282 | #10 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
-105 (-16%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 57.2 | 9.3:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 59.8 | 9.0:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 63 | 8.9:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 60 | 10.7:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 57.8 | 11.3:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 56 | 12.0:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 12% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 4% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 56 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayshore Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (655 to 534); teachers down 1% (57.8 to 57.2).
About Bayshore Middle School
Bayshore Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school located in LEONARDO, New Jersey. Enrollment stands at 534 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Bayshore Middle School is one school in Middletown Township Public School District, a system of 16 schools with 8,752 students.
The share of White students at Bayshore Middle School is 79%, a majority. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Bayshore Middle School are from different groups.
On staff are 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 18% of students at Bayshore Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Monmouth County average 29%.
Bayshore Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.2%. Bayshore Middle School scores 55.1%.
The county, Monmouth County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $124,845 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Monmouth County has 186 public schools with about 91,053 students, including Bayshore Middle School.
Leonardo Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Bayshore Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Bayshore Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Bayshore Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 105 students, from 639 to 534. Federal data show the ratio falling from 10.7:1 to 9.3:1.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middletown Township Public School District
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Thorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Lincroft Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Leonardo Elementary School0.1 mi · 283
- Atlantic Highlands Elementary School1.1 mi · 245
- Atlantic Highlands Elementary School1.1 mi · 282
- Bayview Elementary School1.4 mi · 364
- Navesink Elementary School1.7 mi · 210
- Middletown High School North2.3 mi · 1,289
Frequently asked questions
About Bayshore Middle SchoolHow large is Bayshore Middle School?
Bayshore Middle School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bayshore Middle School serve?
Bayshore Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bayshore Middle School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Bayshore Middle School.
How diverse is Bayshore Middle School?
Bayshore Middle School reports a student body of 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bayshore Middle School public or private?
Bayshore Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Middletown Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.