H & M Potter School

Set in BAYVILLE, New Jersey, H & M Potter School is a roomy K-5 school, overseen by Berkeley Township School District. It works with 627 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 55% above typical.

Berkeley Township School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,362 students. H & M Potter School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, H & M Potter School records that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, H & M Potter School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, H & M Potter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household income runs about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which H & M Potter School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ocean Gate Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around H & M Potter School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), H & M Potter School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. H & M Potter School's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 627). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 15% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.