Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School

Located at 200 S. BARNEGAT AVENUE, in SURF CITY, New Jersey, Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary-level community that enrolls 104 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under Long Beach Island School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

Within Long Beach Island School District, which oversees 2 schools and 196 students, Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest consists of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ocean County) shows that median household income runs about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Long Beach Island Grade School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School has contracted 6%, going from 111 students in 2018 to 104 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 18% to 8% over that span.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.