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What tradition at Gregory Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340894003916
Gregory Elementary School
201 Monmouth Avenue, LONG BRANCH, NJ 07740 · (732) 222-7048 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest 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
9.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
486 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 21% |
Student demographics
50%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
11.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
11.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 13.3% |
% 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
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Gregory Elementary School
Gregory Elementary School's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Elementary School this school | 573 | 84.8% | 12.4% |
| A A Anastasia Elementary School LONG BRANCH | 588 | 81.3% | 23.6% |
| Robert Morris School No. 18 ELIZABETH | 471 | 87.3% | 33.7% |
| Madison Monroe School No. 16 ELIZABETH | 644 | 78.9% | 24.6% |
| School 25 PATERSON | 526 | 88.2% | 18.7% |
| George E. Wilson Elementary School HAMILTON | 545 | 83.7% | 16.0% |
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 Gregory Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #1,228 of 1,290 | #86 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #1,252 of 1,319 ▼ 45 | #90 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #1,293 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #92 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #269 of 1,562 | #9 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #273 of 1,390 | #29 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #807 of 1,392 | #41 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #133 of 1,481 | #3 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #408 of 545 | #33 of 46 |
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
573
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 573 | 59 | 9.7:1 | 85% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 56 | 10.1:1 | 83% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 55 | 10.9:1 | 80% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 56 | 10.5:1 | 87% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 54 | 10.2:1 | 86% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 56 | 11.2:1 | 83% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 61 | 12.6:1 | 66% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 72% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gregory Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (551 to 573); teachers up 9% (54 to 59).
About Gregory Elementary School
Students in LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, attend Gregory Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 573 students. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 41% higher.
The district, LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District, operates 8 schools serving 5,368 students.
Roughly 68% of students at Gregory Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County residents are about 13% Hispanic. Gregory Elementary School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gregory Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.7:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 85%. For comparison, public schools in Monmouth County average 29%.
Gregory Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Gregory Elementary School would be expected to post about 19.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.4%.
Within Monmouth County, the median household income is $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Gregory Elementary School, Monmouth County has 185 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Gregory Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to A A Anastasia Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 12.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 5 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Gregory Elementary School was 587 in 2020-21 and 573 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Gregory Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- George L CatramboneElementary · 686 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 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
- George L CatramboneElementary · 686 students
- A A Anastasia Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 326 students
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other Gregory Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Gregory Elementary. Gregory Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Gregory Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJ · 484 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 418 students
- Gregory Elementary - 02Gregory, SD · 237 students
Nearby schools
- A A Anastasia Elementary School0.2 mi · 588
- Morris Avenue Elementry School0.7 mi · 267
- Lenna W. Conrow Elementary School0.9 mi · 286
- Maple Place Middle School0.9 mi · 256
- Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning Center1.0 mi · 326
- Long Branch Middle School1.1 mi · 1,142
Frequently asked questions
About Gregory Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gregory Elementary School?
Gregory Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Gregory Elementary School serve?
Gregory Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gregory Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gregory Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gregory Elementary School?
At Gregory Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 68% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Gregory Elementary School public or private?
Gregory Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.