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Emma Havens Young Elementary School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Emma Havens Young Elementary School
Emma Havens Young Elementary School operates as a big elementary-level community in BRICK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Brick Township Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 843 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Emma Havens Young Elementary School sits 108% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Brick Township Public School District, which oversees 12 schools and 8,224 students, Emma Havens Young Elementary School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Emma Havens Young Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 38% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
On the income-and-resources front, Emma Havens Young Elementary School reports 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Emma Havens Young Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Ocean County shows median household income runs about $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Emma Havens Young Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Drum Point Road Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emma Havens Young Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.3%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Emma Havens Young Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 754 (now 843). The White share of enrollment decreased from 72% to 53% over that span.
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