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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANASQUAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340942003942
Manasquan Elementary School
168 Broad Street, Manasquan, NJ 08736 · (732) 528-8810 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- 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
8.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
43 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Manasquan Elementary School→Manasquan High School
Based on grade levels within Manasquan School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 57.9% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Manasquan Elementary School
Manasquan Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manasquan Elementary School this school | 475 | 9.1% | 59.5% |
| Alexandria Township School Pittstown | 417 | 9.4% | 49.5% |
| Seaview Elementary School LINWOOD | 444 | 10.4% | 70.1% |
| Central Elementary School WALL | 494 | 12.1% | 58.0% |
| Holland Township Elementary School MILFORD | 525 | 14.1% | 49.9% |
| Frankford Township School BRANCHVILLE | 505 | 14.7% | 46.2% |
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 Manasquan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #342 of 1,290 | #33 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #361 of 1,319 ▲ 55 | #38 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #211 of 1,319 ▲ 139 | #21 of 93 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #468 of 1,562 | #27 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #39 of 1,390 | #6 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #1,299 of 1,392 | #90 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #1,270 of 1,481 | #90 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #205 of 798 | #18 of 50 |
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
475
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 475 | 59.6 | 8.0:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 61.6 | 8.2:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 63.6 | 7.8:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 62 | 8.6:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 65 | 8.9:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 63 | 10.0:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 10% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 5% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manasquan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (580 to 475); teachers down 8% (65 to 59.6).
About Manasquan Elementary School
This page covers Manasquan Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Manasquan, New Jersey. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 475 students.
Manasquan School District, which runs Manasquan Elementary School, has 2 schools and 1,392 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Manasquan Elementary School is White, at 88%. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic. Among all residents of Monmouth County, the White share is about 74%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
Its ratio of 8.0:1 is based on 59.6 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 9%. Across public schools in Monmouth County, the average is 29%.
Manasquan Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.2%. Manasquan Elementary School scores 59.5%.
The school is in Monmouth County, where median household income comes to about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monmouth County's 186 public schools enroll about 91,053 students and include Manasquan Elementary School.
Manasquan High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Manasquan Elementary School. Manasquan Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 59.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 475, from 531 in 2020-21.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Manasquan High School0.1 mi · 917
- Sea Girt Elementary School0.5 mi · 148
- Old Mill Elementary School1.1 mi · 396
- Brielle Elementary School1.3 mi · 471
- Spring Lake Heights Elementary School1.9 mi · 292
- Wall Intermediate School2.1 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About Manasquan Elementary SchoolHow large is Manasquan Elementary School?
Manasquan Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Manasquan Elementary School serve?
Manasquan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Manasquan Elementary School?
Approximately 8.0:1 students per teacher at Manasquan Elementary School.
How diverse is Manasquan Elementary School?
Manasquan Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Manasquan Elementary School?
Manasquan Elementary School is overseen by Manasquan School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.