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Best kept secret at Drum Point Road Elementary School?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004584
Drum Point Road Elementary School
41 DRUM POINT RD, BRICK TOWN, NJ 08723 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
143 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 45.7% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Drum Point Road Elementary School
Drum Point Road Elementary School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Point Road Elementary School this school | 465 | 30.8% | 42.4% |
| Lanoka Harbor Elementary School LANOKA HARBOR | 465 | 31.2% | 40.4% |
| Lounsberry Hollow School VERNON | 417 | 28.5% | 35.9% |
| Centre City Elementary School MANTUA | 464 | 26.3% | 54.8% |
| Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School NEW EGYPT | 490 | 25.3% | 49.3% |
| Waterford Elementary School Waterford | 431 | 34.6% | 41.2% |
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 Drum Point Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #691 of 1,290 | #17 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #612 of 1,319 ▲ 33 | #8 of 52 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #667 of 1,319 ▲ 174 | #9 of 52 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #494 of 1,562 | #34 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,130 of 1,390 | #43 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #1,088 of 1,392 | #37 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #844 of 1,481 | #50 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #291 of 545 | #21 of 28 |
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
465
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 465 | 35.2 | 13.2:1 | 31% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 36.1 | 13.1:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 37.2 | 12.5:1 | 24% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 27% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 34% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 41 | 11.0:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 14% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 36 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drum Point Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (428 to 465); teachers down 10% (39 to 35.2).
About Drum Point Road Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Drum Point Road Elementary School serves students in BRICK TOWN, New Jersey. It teaches 465 students in kindergarten through 5.
The 12 schools of Brick Township Public School District, including Drum Point Road Elementary School, enroll 8,224 students.
White students are 77% of those enrolled at Drum Point Road Elementary School. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Drum Point Road Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Drum Point Road Elementary School has a ratio of 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Ocean County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Drum Point Road Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Drum Point Road Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.4% is 6.9 points below the 49.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Ocean County show the median household earns about $89,863 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Drum Point Road Elementary School, Ocean County has 117 public schools.
Drum Point Road Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Emma Havens Young Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Drum Point Road Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Drum Point Road Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 479 students in 2020-21 to 465 in 2024-25.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
Other schools in BRICK TOWN
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Emma Havens Young Elementary School0.1 mi · 843
- Osbornville Elementary School0.8 mi · 372
- Lake Riviera Middle School1.5 mi · 893
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development Center1.7 mi · 359
- Brick Township High School2.1 mi · 1,200
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School Brick Center2.2 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Drum Point Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Drum Point Road Elementary School?
Drum Point Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Drum Point Road Elementary School serve?
Drum Point Road Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Drum Point Road Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Drum Point Road Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Drum Point Road Elementary School?
Student demographics at Drum Point Road Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Drum Point Road Elementary School public or private?
Drum Point Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brick Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.