Enrollment
92
Elementary
DISTRICT 98 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340891004656
Long Beach Island Grade School
201 West 20TH STREET, SHIP BOTTOM, NJ 08008 · (609) 494-8851 · Ocean County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
5.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
13 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 28 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 27% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Long Beach Island School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 40.9% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Long Beach Island Grade School
Long Beach Island Grade School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Island Grade School this school | 92 | 14.1% | 49.6% |
| Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School SURF CITY | 104 | 12.5% | N/A |
| Chatsworth Elementary School CHATSWORTH | 91 | 16.5% | 27.9% |
| Walnut Ridge School VERNON | 95 | 10.5% | N/A |
| Lebanon Borough School LEBANON | 88 | 15.9% | 56.4% |
| Avon Elementary School AVON | 112 | 14.3% | 66.7% |
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 Long Beach Island Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #1,527 of 1,562 | #69 of 70 |
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
92
-14 (-13%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
5.7:1
was 6.2:1
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 | 92 | 16.2 | 5.7:1 | 14% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 16.3 | 5.6:1 | 9% (8) |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 17.7 | 5.5:1 | 14% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 106 | 17 | 6.2:1 | 15% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 125 | 19 | 6.6:1 | 26% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 117 | 15 | 7.8:1 | 25% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 113 | 15 | 7.5:1 | 19% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 225 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 19% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 196 | 16 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Beach Island Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (125 to 92); teachers down 15% (19 to 16.2).
About Long Beach Island Grade School
Long Beach Island Grade School is a very small elementary school with its address in SHIP BOTTOM, New Jersey. Students in grades 3 through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 92 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 77% below average.
The district for Long Beach Island Grade School is Long Beach Island School District, with 2 schools and 196 students.
The share of students at Long Beach Island Grade School who are White is 86%. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic and 7% Asian. Ocean County residents are about 83% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Long Beach Island Grade School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 5.7:1 is based on 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. On average, public schools in Ocean County report 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, Long Beach Island Grade School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Long Beach Island Grade School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.6% and a predicted 58.4%.
In the surrounding county, Ocean County, median household income comes to about $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 117, with about 66,051 students.
Of the public schools around it, Long Beach Island Grade School is closest to Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Long Beach Island Grade School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Long Beach Island Grade School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Long Beach Island Grade School enrolled 106 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 92.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Long Beach Island School District
- Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary SchoolElementary · 104 students
Nearby schools
- Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School0.8 mi · 104
- Oxycocus Elementary School5.6 mi · 176
- Eagleswood Elementary School5.8 mi · 136
- Southern Regional Middle School5.9 mi · 865
- Beach Haven School6.0 mi · 56
- Southern Regional High School6.0 mi · 1,820
Frequently asked questions
About Long Beach Island Grade SchoolHow large is Long Beach Island Grade School?
Long Beach Island Grade School enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Long Beach Island Grade School serve?
Long Beach Island Grade School serves grades 03-06.
How many students per teacher at Long Beach Island Grade School?
Approximately 5.7:1 students per teacher at Long Beach Island Grade School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Long Beach Island Grade School?
At Long Beach Island Grade School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian.
What district is Long Beach Island Grade School in?
Long Beach Island Grade School is part of Long Beach Island School District.
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