Beers Street School
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 82 | 41% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 59% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat 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 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 51.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% 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%.
Schools most like Beers Street School
Beers Street School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beers Street School this school | 198 | 18.7% | 54.5% |
| Sussex County Technology Charter School SPARTA | 225 | 15.1% | 38.1% |
| Frank Antonides School West Long Branch | 220 | 24.5% | 58.1% |
| Long Pond School NEWTON | 189 | 23.3% | 56.0% |
| High Mountain School NORTH HALEDON | 259 | 23.6% | 48.3% |
| Southampton Township School #3 SOUTHAMPTON | 253 | 24.1% | 52.3% |
Where Beers Street School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #141 of 433 | #16 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #173 of 437 ▼ 32 | #20 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #124 of 437 ▼ 54 | #14 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #420 of 445 | #33 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #290 of 436 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #146 of 282 | #24 of 32 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 198 | 17.7 | 11.2:1 | 19% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 22.6 | 9.4:1 | 20% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 21.5 | 8.8:1 | 19% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 21 | 9.4:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 23.5 | 9.4:1 | 20% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 20% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 30 | 11.3:1 | 7% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (221 to 198); teachers down 25% (23.5 to 17.7).
About Beers Street School
Students in HAZLET, New Jersey, attend Beers Street School, a very small middle school. Federal data show 198 students enrolled in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in New Jersey enroll around 578, and this school is 66% below that mark.
Hazlet Township Public School District oversees Beers Street School and 7 other schools, with 2,657 students in total.
More than half of the students at Beers Street School are White (75%). The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic and 3% Asian. That is in line with Monmouth County, where about 74% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beers Street School is 11.2:1, based on 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Monmouth County, the average is 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Beers Street School lands at B, ahead of 63% of New Jersey public middle schools.
A school with Beers Street School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 55.9%. Beers Street School scores 54.5%, 1.5 points below that line.
The school is in Monmouth County, where median household income comes to about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Monmouth County's 186 public schools enroll about 91,053 students and include Beers Street School.
About 0.3 miles separate Beers Street School from the closest public school, Raritan Valley School. The five-mile area around Beers Street School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Beers Street School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 54.5% versus a 48.6% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 197 in 2020-21 and 198 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 9.4:1 in 2020-21 to 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
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