Joseph C. Caruso School

Located at 81 Frances Place, in KEANSBURG, New Jersey, Joseph C. Caruso School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that caters to 595 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Keansburg School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Joseph C. Caruso School sits 47% above that benchmark.

Keansburg School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,444 students. Joseph C. Caruso School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph C. Caruso School logs that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Joseph C. Caruso School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph C. Caruso School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Monmouth County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Joseph C. Caruso School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Joseph R. Bolger Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph C. Caruso School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 564 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 58% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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