Bayshore Middle School

As a mid-tier intermediate school in LEONARDO, New Jersey, Bayshore Middle School teaches 534 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Middletown Township Public School District.

Middletown Township Public School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,752 students. Bayshore Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Bayshore Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Bayshore Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bayshore Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Bayshore Middle School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leonardo Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bayshore Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Bayshore Middle School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 655 (now 534). The White share of enrollment fell from 84% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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