Beers Street School

Beers Street School is one of the micro-enrollment junior highs in HAZLET, New Jersey, operated by Hazlet Township Public School District, with 198 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

Across the 8 schools in Hazlet Township Public School District (2,657 students total), Beers Street School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Beers Street School logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 3% Asian. Compared to Monmouth County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Beers Street School logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Beers Street School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 54.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Monmouth County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Beers Street School is one.

Raritan Valley School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Beers Street School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Beers Street School's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 198). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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