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If you could change one rule at Lake Riviera Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
893
Middle
DISTRICT 879 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004590
Lake Riviera Middle School
171 BEAVERSON BOULEVARD, BRICK, NJ 08723 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
379 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 307 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 295 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 30.7% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Lake Riviera Middle School
Lake Riviera Middle School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Riviera Middle School this school | 893 | 42.4% | 39.6% |
| Hammonton Middle School HAMMONTON | 795 | 39.5% | 42.4% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Toms River Intermediate School South BEACHWOOD | 1,044 | 49.8% | 31.6% |
| Central Regional Middle School BAYVILLE | 680 | 38.8% | 35.8% |
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School OCEAN | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Lake Riviera Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #263 of 433 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #250 of 437 ▲ 33 | #7 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #259 of 437 ▲ 3 | #7 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #65 of 445 | #5 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #311 of 417 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #213 of 419 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #176 of 436 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #207 of 282 | #13 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
893
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 978
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 893 | 75.5 | 11.8:1 | 42% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 896 | 77 | 11.6:1 | 38% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 908 | 79.3 | 11.5:1 | 42% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 861 | 78 | 11.0:1 | 40% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 83.8 | 11.3:1 | 37% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 84 | 11.8:1 | 36% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 1,066 | 73 | 14.6:1 | 25% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 1,242 | 73 | 17.0:1 | 14% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 978 | 61 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Riviera Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (943 to 893); teachers down 10% (83.8 to 75.5).
About Lake Riviera Middle School
Lake Riviera Middle School is a public middle school in BRICK, New Jersey. It serves 893 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Lake Riviera Middle School is a school in Brick Township Public School District. The district has 12 schools and 8,224 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at Lake Riviera Middle School. The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Ocean County is about 83% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lake Riviera Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Lake Riviera Middle School's 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.8:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. That is close to the 44% average for public schools in Ocean County.
allk12 grades Lake Riviera Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lake Riviera Middle School is -3.3 points: 39.6% actual, 42.9% predicted.
In Ocean County (population about 654,362), median household income is about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 117 public schools operate in Ocean County, serving about 66,051 students.
Nearest public school: OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy, about 1.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Lake Riviera Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lake Riviera Middle School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 39.6% versus a 43.0% average.
NCES assigns Lake Riviera Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lake Riviera Middle School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Lake Riviera Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in BRICK
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Lanes Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Osbornville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development CenterElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy1.3 mi · 259
- Emma Havens Young Elementary School1.5 mi · 843
- Drum Point Road Elementary School1.5 mi · 465
- Silver Bay Elementary School1.7 mi · 585
- Osbornville Elementary School2.1 mi · 372
- North Dover Elementary School2.2 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Riviera Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lake Riviera Middle School?
Lake Riviera Middle School enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lake Riviera Middle School serve?
Lake Riviera Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lake Riviera Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Lake Riviera Middle School.
How diverse is Lake Riviera Middle School?
Lake Riviera Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 31% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lake Riviera Middle School public or private?
Lake Riviera Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brick Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.