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Alumni: what's one memory from Elms Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340774000725
Elms Elementary School
780 Patterson Road, Jackson, NJ 08527 · (732) 833-4680 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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
14.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
268 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 90 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
46.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 50.6% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Elms Elementary School
Elms Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elms Elementary School this school | 705 | 38.0% | 43.5% |
| Delran Intermediate School DELRAN | 610 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
| Millbridge Elementary School DELRAN | 666 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Wayside Elementary School OCEAN | 583 | 34.5% | 65.1% |
| Endeavour Elementary School JB MDL | 791 | 33.0% | 46.1% |
| Chews Elementary School BLACKWOOD | 716 | 38.7% | 34.2% |
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 Elms Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #670 of 1,290 | #13 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #656 of 1,319 ▼ 117 | #15 of 52 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #803 of 1,319 ▲ 36 | #19 of 52 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #110 of 1,562 | #10 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,234 of 1,390 | #50 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #564 of 1,392 | #15 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #738 of 1,481 | #41 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #465 of 545 | #26 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
705
+70 (+11%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 705 | 50.2 | 14.0:1 | 38% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 54.2 | 13.3:1 | 26% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 52.2 | 12.6:1 | 20% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 50.2 | 13.7:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 13% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 8% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elms Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (689 to 705); teachers unchanged (50.2 to 50.2).
About Elms Elementary School
Elms Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Jackson, New Jersey. In all, 705 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 74% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
A total of 10 schools make up Jackson Township School District, with 7,627 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Elms Elementary School is White: 58%. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 25 points below the 83% share among Ocean County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
Classroom staffing at Elms Elementary School totals 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 38% of students (268) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Elms Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Elms Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.5% actual against a predicted 45.4%.
The school's county is Ocean County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 117 public schools in the county, enrolling about 66,051, Elms Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Carl W. Goetz Middle School is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Elms Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Elms Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 635 (2020-21) to 705 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
This page is set up for the Elms Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Jackson Township School District
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other Elms Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Elms Elementary. Elms Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Elms Elementary SchoolFLUSHING, MI · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Carl W. Goetz Middle School0.5 mi · 978
- Millstone Township Primary School3.7 mi · 395
- Millstone Township Elementary School3.9 mi · 329
- Switlik Elementary School4.0 mi · 758
- Jackson Memorial High School4.4 mi · 1,577
- Millstone Township Middle School6.0 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Elms Elementary SchoolHow large is Elms Elementary School?
Elms Elementary School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elms Elementary School serve?
Elms Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Elms Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Elms Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Elms Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elms Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Elms Elementary School public or private?
Elms Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.