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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340894003325
George L Catrambone
240 Park Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740 · (732) 222-3215 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
560 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 22% |
Student demographics
46%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
15.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 18.6% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 George L Catrambone
George L Catrambone's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George L Catrambone this school | 686 | 81.6% | 17.0% |
| A A Anastasia Elementary School LONG BRANCH | 588 | 81.3% | 23.6% |
| Madison Monroe School No. 16 ELIZABETH | 644 | 78.9% | 24.6% |
| Gregory Elementary School LONG BRANCH | 573 | 84.8% | 12.4% |
| Hawkins Street School NEWARK | 660 | 89.4% | 13.5% |
| Red Bank Primary School RED BANK | 543 | 79.6% | 32.2% |
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 George L Catrambone ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,173 of 1,290 | #83 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,078 of 1,319 ▲ 40 | #84 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,274 of 1,319 ▼ 43 | #90 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #127 of 1,562 | #2 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #543 of 1,390 | #57 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #913 of 1,392 | #50 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #189 of 1,481 | #5 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #169 of 798 | #12 of 50 |
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
686
-127 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 686 | 64 | 10.7:1 | 82% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 63 | 10.7:1 | 80% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 81% (576) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 91% (736) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 85 | 10.1:1 | 94% (803) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 87 | 10.0:1 | 93% (807) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George L Catrambone.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (857 to 686); teachers down 25% (85 to 64).
About George L Catrambone
George L Catrambone is a public large elementary school in Long Branch, New Jersey. Federal data show 686 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District (8 schools, 5,368 students) runs George L Catrambone.
More than half of enrollment at George L Catrambone is Hispanic: 70%. The remaining shares are 22% White and 7% Black. Monmouth County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
George L Catrambone reports a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher, from 64 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 0.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at George L Catrambone, 82% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, George L Catrambone outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, George L Catrambone lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.0%; the prediction is 21.5%.
For the population of Monmouth County, median household income comes to about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monmouth County counts 186 public schools with about 91,053 students.
Academy of Law & Public Safety is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of George L Catrambone, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, George L Catrambone is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, George L Catrambone had a net loss of 127 students, or 16%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 10.7:1 over the same years.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District
- Long Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Long Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 326 students
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in Long Branch
- Long Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Long Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 326 students
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Law & Public Safety1.4 mi · 73
- Long Branch High School1.5 mi · 1,500
- Deal Elementary School1.6 mi · 160
- Ocean Township Elementary School1.7 mi · 410
- Long Branch Middle School1.7 mi · 1,142
- Ocean Township High School1.7 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About George L CatramboneHow large is George L Catrambone?
George L Catrambone enrolls approximately 686 students in grades KG-05.
Is George L Catrambone an elementary, middle, or high school?
George L Catrambone is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does George L Catrambone have?
George L Catrambone employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is George L Catrambone?
George L Catrambone reports a student body of 22% White, 70% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees George L Catrambone?
George L Catrambone is overseen by LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.