Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340927003510
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School
160 BIRCHWOOD DRIVE, CLIFFWOOD BEACH, NJ 07735 · (732) 290-3881 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
108 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 49.6% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School this school | 216 | 50.0% | 46.9% |
| Ethel M Burke Elementary School BELLMAWR | 222 | 50.0% | 56.8% |
| Meadowbrook EATONTOWN | 212 | 53.8% | N/A |
| Woodmere EATONTOWN | 235 | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| Thomas Sharp Elementary School WEST COLLINGSWOOD | 211 | 44.1% | 28.0% |
| Watchung Elementary School MIDDLESEX | 221 | 41.6% | 57.4% |
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 Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #597 of 1,290 | #61 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #606 of 1,319 ▼ 51 | #64 of 111 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #535 of 1,319 ▼ 35 | #42 of 111 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #1,365 of 1,562 | #119 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,010 of 1,390 | #87 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #173 of 1,392 | #42 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #578 of 1,481 | #41 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #509 of 798 | #67 of 84 |
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
216
+20 (+10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 216 | 17.2 | 12.6:1 | 50% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 15.9 | 13.6:1 | 46% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 43% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 17 | 11.5:1 | 38% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 19 | 12.3:1 | 41% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 40% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 14 | 19.4:1 | 31% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 258 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 12% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (234 to 216); teachers down 9% (19 to 17.2).
About Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in New Jersey, located in CLIFFWOOD BEACH. It has an enrollment of 216 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Old Bridge Township School District has 7,921 students spread across 14 schools.
At Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School reports a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher, from 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 12.6:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lunch program data show 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.9%, compared with a predicted 38.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Middlesex County has 214 public schools with about 129,255 students, including Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School.
About 0.4 miles separate Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School from the closest public school, Memorial Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School had a net gain of 20 students, or 10%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Old Bridge Township School District
- Old Bridge High SchoolHigh · 2,659 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 students
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- James A. McDivitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Elementary School0.4 mi · 388
- Cliffwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 358
- Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School1.0 mi · 835
- Ravine Drive Elementary School1.7 mi · 395
- Project Before at Selover School2.4 mi · 233
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School2.5 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School?
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades KG-05.
Is Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School have?
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School public or private?
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Old Bridge Township School District.
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