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If you could change one rule at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341647003007
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School
200 BENGAL BLVD, BARNEGAT, NJ 08005 · (609) 660-8900 · Ocean County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-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
11.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
260 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 265 | 51% |
| Grade 4 | 259 | 49% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School→Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School→Russell O. Brackman Middle School→Barnegat High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Barnegat Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 48.0% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School this school | 524 | 49.6% | 43.0% |
| Franklin Borough School FRANKLIN | 527 | 49.1% | 35.9% |
| Commercial Township School PORT NORRIS | 505 | 54.7% | 22.7% |
| Hopewell Crest BRIDGETON | 524 | 45.4% | 33.3% |
| Myron L. Powell Elementary School CEDARVILLE | 479 | 49.9% | 33.6% |
| East Dover Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 584 | 44.0% | 28.9% |
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 Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #684 of 1,290 | #16 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #833 of 1,319 ▼ 243 | #32 of 52 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #956 of 1,319 ▼ 190 | #33 of 52 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #353 of 1,562 | #25 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #858 of 1,390 | #29 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #582 of 1,392 | #16 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #589 of 1,481 | #25 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +138.2% | #3 of 545 | #1 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
524
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
+68% since 2010-11, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 524 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 41.5 | 12.0:1 | 41% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 44 | 11.0:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 25.3 | 8.7:1 | 32% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 29 | 8.8:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 18% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 138% (220 to 524); teachers up 74% (25.3 to 44).
About Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in BARNEGAT, New Jersey. The school counted 524 students in 2024-25, covering grades 3 through 4. That is 29% above the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Besides Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School, Barnegat Township School District runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 3,604 students.
About 60% of the student body at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Ocean County, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School totals 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School is about 50%.
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School's results are 4.0 points above predicted: 43.0% against 39.0%.
For Ocean County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $89,863, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 117 public schools in the county, enrolling about 66,051, Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School among them.
Barnegat High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.1%; Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School's is 43.0%, ranking 2nd of 6.
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
An 8% rise took enrollment from 487 in 2020-21 to 524 in 2024-25.
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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 Barnegat Township School District
- Barnegat High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Cecil S. Collins ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Russell O. Brackman Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- Robert L. Horbelt Elementary SchoolMiddle · 499 students
- Lillian M. Dunfee ElementaryElementary · 325 students
Other schools in BARNEGAT
- Barnegat High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Cecil S. Collins ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Russell O. Brackman Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- Robert L. Horbelt Elementary SchoolMiddle · 499 students
- Lillian M. Dunfee ElementaryElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Barnegat High School0.3 mi · 1,003
- Cecil S. Collins Elementary1.1 mi · 744
- Russell O. Brackman Middle School1.2 mi · 509
- Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School1.3 mi · 499
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School Waretown Center1.5 mi · 74
- Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary1.9 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph T. Donahue Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School?
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 03-04.
Is Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-04.
How many teachers does Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School have?
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School in?
Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School is part of Barnegat Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.