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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340156004578
H & M Potter School
60 VEEDER LANE, BAYVILLE, NJ 08721 · (732) 269-5700 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
11.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
274 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 147 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
H & M Potter School→Berkeley Township Elementary School
Based on grade levels within Berkeley Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 43.5% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 H & M Potter School
H & M Potter School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H & M Potter School this school | 627 | 43.7% | 38.2% |
| East Dover Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 584 | 44.0% | 28.9% |
| Memorial School UNION BEACH | 630 | 43.5% | 38.4% |
| Cecil S. Collins Elementary BARNEGAT | 744 | 48.1% | N/A |
| Delran Intermediate School DELRAN | 610 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
| Warren E. Sooy Jr. Elementary School HAMMONTON | 696 | 43.5% | 37.6% |
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 H & M Potter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #801 of 1,290 | #24 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #764 of 1,319 ▼ 75 | #26 of 52 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #981 of 1,319 ▲ 63 | #34 of 52 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #186 of 1,562 | #14 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #729 of 1,390 | #25 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #796 of 1,392 | #26 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #682 of 1,481 | #32 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #147 of 545 | #11 of 28 |
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
627
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 627 | 54.8 | 11.4:1 | 44% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 55.5 | 11.4:1 | 41% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 54.5 | 11.6:1 | 37% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 57 | 11.0:1 | 38% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 43.6 | 12.5:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 35% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 35% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 23% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 42 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H & M Potter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (544 to 627); teachers up 26% (43.6 to 54.8).
About H & M Potter School
H & M Potter School sits in BAYVILLE, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 627 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 55% above average.
Berkeley Township School District counts 4 schools and 2,362 students, including H & M Potter School.
At H & M Potter School, 67% of students are White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Ocean County is about 83% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
There are 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.4:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Of all students at H & M Potter School, 44% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ocean County average a similar 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, H & M Potter School lands at C, ahead of 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, H & M Potter School would be expected to post about 42.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%.
For the population of Ocean County, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Ocean County, 117 public schools serve about 66,051 students.
Measured in a straight line, Ocean Gate Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from H & M Potter School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 38.2% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 629 students in 2020-21 and 627 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
H & M Potter School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley Township School District
- Clara B. Worth Elementary SchoolElementary · 666 students
- Berkeley Township Elementary SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Bayville Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in BAYVILLE
- Central Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Central Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 680 students
- Clara B. Worth Elementary SchoolElementary · 666 students
- Berkeley Township Elementary SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Bayville Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Ocean Gate Elementary School0.7 mi · 141
- Bayville Elementary School0.7 mi · 475
- Berkeley Township Elementary School1.2 mi · 594
- Clara B. Worth Elementary School2.0 mi · 666
- Island Heights Elementary School2.0 mi · 142
- Pine Beach Elementary School2.3 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About H & M Potter SchoolHow many students attend H & M Potter School?
H & M Potter School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does H & M Potter School serve?
H & M Potter School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at H & M Potter School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at H & M Potter School.
How diverse is H & M Potter School?
H & M Potter School reports a student body of 67% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is H & M Potter School public or private?
H & M Potter School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berkeley Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.