Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LONG BRANCH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341749006107
Betty McElmon Elementary School
20 Parker Road, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 · (732) 222-5900 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
63 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Betty McElmon Elementary School→Frank Antonides School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
65.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 66.4% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Betty McElmon Elementary School
Betty McElmon Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty McElmon Elementary School this school | 320 | 19.7% | 62.5% |
| Maple Road Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 303 | 17.5% | 44.0% |
| Franklin Township School QUAKERTOWN | 293 | 17.7% | 53.5% |
| G. Harold Antrim Elementary School Point Pleasant Beach | 302 | 22.5% | 62.4% |
| Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center HAZLET | 341 | 16.1% | N/A |
| Atlantic Highlands Elementary School ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS | 282 | 18.1% | N/A |
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 Betty McElmon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #292 of 1,290 | #24 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #319 of 1,319 ▼ 52 | #33 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #579 of 1,319 ▼ 152 | #56 of 93 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,027 of 1,562 | #73 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #142 of 1,390 | #19 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #1,012 of 1,392 | #61 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,042 of 1,481 | #53 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #288 of 545 | #20 of 46 |
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
320
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 320 | 35.5 | 9.0:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 33 | 10.3:1 | 16% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 31.9 | 10.2:1 | 14% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 33 | 9.7:1 | 14% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 26.2 | 11.2:1 | 14% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 16% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 10% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 7% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Betty McElmon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (294 to 320); teachers up 35% (26.2 to 35.5).
About Betty McElmon Elementary School
Betty McElmon Elementary School sits in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolled 320 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
West Long Branch School District is made up of 2 schools with 540 students in all.
White students make up a majority at Betty McElmon Elementary School, at 74%. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Monmouth County as a whole is similar, at about 74%. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 9.0 students per teacher and 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 20%. That rate is below the 29% average among public schools in Monmouth County.
Betty McElmon Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Betty McElmon Elementary School is 7.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Monmouth County has about 645,353 residents, and the median household income is $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Betty McElmon Elementary School, Monmouth County has 185 other public schools.
Frank Antonides School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Betty McElmon Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Betty McElmon Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Betty McElmon Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 319 students in 2020-21 and 320 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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 West Long Branch School District
- Frank Antonides SchoolMiddle · 220 students
Other schools in West Long Branch
- Shore Regional High SchoolHigh · 556 students
- Frank Antonides SchoolMiddle · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Antonides School0.0 mi · 220
- Shore Regional High School0.4 mi · 556
- Wolf Hill School1.4 mi · 354
- Academy of Law & Public Safety1.4 mi · 73
- Long Branch High School1.5 mi · 1,500
- Long Branch Middle School1.5 mi · 1,142
Frequently asked questions
About Betty McElmon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Betty McElmon Elementary School?
Betty McElmon Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Betty McElmon Elementary School serve?
Betty McElmon Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Betty McElmon Elementary School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Betty McElmon Elementary School.
How diverse is Betty McElmon Elementary School?
Betty McElmon Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Betty McElmon Elementary School?
Betty McElmon Elementary School is overseen by West Long Branch School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.