Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in WALL, New Jersey, run under Wall Township Public School District, teacheing 494 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Central Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Wall Township Public School District, a district that enrolls 3,194 students overall.

Demographically, Central Elementary School reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Central Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 12% of students at Central Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Central Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 58.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household income runs about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Wall Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.