Enrollment
157
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEASIDE HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341479004706
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School
1200 BAY BOULEVARD, SEASIDE HTS, NJ 08751 · (732) 793-8485 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- BBeats 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
7.5:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
125 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 47% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 30.9% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School this school | 157 | 79.6% | 27.1% |
| School #4 CLIFTON | 130 | 86.2% | 25.5% |
| Roosevelt School LODI | 148 | 68.9% | 54.1% |
| School #1 CLIFTON | 255 | 76.5% | 33.6% |
| Woodbine Elementary School WOODBINE | 247 | 81.0% | 15.9% |
| Lakewood Early Childhood Center LAKEWOOD | 248 | 85.1% | N/A |
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 Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,021 of 1,290 | #44 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,019 of 1,319 ▼ 102 | #46 of 52 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,079 of 1,319 ▼ 89 | #43 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #1,453 of 1,562 | #62 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #217 of 1,481 | #7 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #47 of 798 | #4 of 30 |
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
157
-66 (-30%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 215
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 157 | 21 | 7.5:1 | 80% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 24 | 7.3:1 | 91% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 24 | 8.4:1 | 76% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 24 | 9.3:1 | 68% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 23 | 10.2:1 | 74% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | 24 | 9.2:1 | 81% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 17 | 12.4:1 | 78% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 65% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 215 | 17 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (233 to 157); teachers down 8% (23 to 21).
About Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is a small elementary school in SEASIDE HTS, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08751). The school's 157 students are in pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is part of Seaside Heights School District.
By race and ethnicity, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is 52% Hispanic. It is also 30% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Ocean County is roughly 11% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School comes in at 62%.
A ratio of 7.5:1 comes from the school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 80% of students at Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 36 points above the 44% average for public schools in Ocean County.
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School, the prediction is 22.6% and the result is 27.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ocean County, median household income is about $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County, which together enroll about 66,051 students.
The nearest other public school, Lavallette Elementary School, is about 1.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School went from 223 students to 157. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.3:1 in 2020-21, and 7.5:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Lavallette Elementary School1.6 mi · 142
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- East Dover Elementary School4.0 mi · 584
- H & M Potter School4.2 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary SchoolHow large is Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School?
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 157 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School have?
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
How diverse is Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School?
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 52% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School?
Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School is overseen by Seaside Heights School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.