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How has Beachwood Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623006037
Beachwood Elementary School
901 BERKELEY AVENUE, BEACHWOOD, NJ 08722 · (732) 505-5820 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
190 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
43.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
41.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 41.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 46.6% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Beachwood Elementary School
Beachwood Elementary School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood Elementary School this school | 480 | 39.6% | 38.3% |
| Forked River Elementary School FORKED RIVER | 479 | 43.2% | 34.4% |
| Green-Fields Elementary School WOODBURY | 479 | 39.2% | 41.1% |
| Waterford Elementary School Waterford | 431 | 34.6% | 41.2% |
| Oakview Elementary School WEST DEPTFORD | 475 | 34.5% | N/A |
| Lanes Mill Elementary School BRICK | 557 | 35.2% | 37.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Beachwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #798 of 1,290 | #23 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #750 of 1,319 ▼ 117 | #25 of 52 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #858 of 1,319 ▲ 12 | #26 of 52 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #453 of 1,562 | #30 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,023 of 1,390 | #38 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #938 of 1,392 | #30 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #716 of 1,481 | #38 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #547 of 798 | #19 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
480
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 480 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 40% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 35.6 | 13.5:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 36.6 | 13.2:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 38.1 | 13.5:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 19% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 41 | 19.8:1 | 10% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 34 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beachwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (515 to 480); teachers unchanged (38.1 to 38).
About Beachwood Elementary School
Beachwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in BEACHWOOD, New Jersey. It enrolls 480 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Toms River Regional School District counts 18 schools and 14,323 students, including Beachwood Elementary School.
The largest group at Beachwood Elementary School is White students, at 72%. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Ocean County, the White share is about 83%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Beachwood Elementary School scores 45%.
Classroom staffing at Beachwood Elementary School totals 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 40% of students (190) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Beachwood Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 25% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Beachwood Elementary School scores 38.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ocean County show that median household income comes to about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ocean County counts 117 public schools with about 66,051 students.
Toms River Intermediate School South is about 0.9 miles from Beachwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Beachwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 31.4% proficiency; Beachwood Elementary School posts 38.3%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 480 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 456.
People who know Beachwood Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Toms River Regional School District
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
Other schools in BEACHWOOD
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
Other Beachwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beachwood Elementary. Beachwood Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Beachwood Elementary SchoolJBLM Lewis North, WA · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Toms River Intermediate School South0.9 mi · 1,044
- Pine Beach Elementary School1.1 mi · 371
- Bayville Elementary School1.8 mi · 475
- South Toms River Elementary School1.8 mi · 330
- Toms River High School South2.3 mi · 1,463
- Berkeley Township Elementary School2.3 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Beachwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Beachwood Elementary School?
Beachwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-05.
Is Beachwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beachwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Beachwood Elementary School have?
Beachwood Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Beachwood Elementary School?
Beachwood Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Beachwood Elementary School public or private?
Beachwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Toms River Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.