Clara B. Worth Elementary School

As an expansive elementary-level community in BAYVILLE, New Jersey, Clara B. Worth Elementary School hosts 666 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Berkeley Township School District. That puts it 64% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Berkeley Township School District, which oversees 4 schools and 2,362 students, Clara B. Worth Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Clara B. Worth Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Clara B. Worth Elementary School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Clara B. Worth Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Clara B. Worth Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Berkeley Township Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clara B. Worth Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Clara B. Worth Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 20% since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 666).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.