Gables Elementary School

Gables Elementary School is a primary school of cozy scale in NEPTUNE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Neptune Township School District, caters to 284 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Gables Elementary School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Neptune Township School District (3,374 students total), Gables Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gables Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gables Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Gables Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Neptune Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gables Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 54% to 61%.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.