Island Heights Elementary School

As a tiny elementary school in ISLAND HEIGHTS, New Jersey, Island Heights Elementary School caters to 142 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Island Heights School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Island Heights Elementary School sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Island Heights Elementary School sits inside Island Heights School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Island Heights Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Island Heights Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ocean County (around 44%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Island Heights Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ocean County) reports that median household earnings sit near $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Island Heights Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

The closest other public school is Ocean Gate Elementary School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Island Heights Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Island Heights Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 142). White enrollment moved from 97% to 86% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.