Joseph A. Citta Elementary School

Joseph A. Citta Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, overseen by Toms River Regional School District, serves 511 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Joseph A. Citta Elementary School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Toms River Regional School District (14,323 students total), Joseph A. Citta Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Joseph A. Citta Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% White, 14% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Joseph A. Citta Elementary School lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph A. Citta Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ocean County shows median household earnings sit near $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Joseph A. Citta Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Dover Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph A. Citta Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph A. Citta Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Joseph A. Citta Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 613 (now 511). The White share of enrollment edged down from 57% to 28% over that span.

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