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Alumni: what's one memory from McKinley Avenue Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341569004718
McKinley Avenue Elementary School
1000 McKinley Avenue, Manahawkin, NJ 08050 · (609) 978-5700 · Ocean County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
187 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 328 | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 302 | 48% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
McKinley Avenue Elementary School→Stafford Intermediate School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Stafford Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 50.3% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 McKinley Avenue Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Avenue Elementary School this school | 630 | 29.7% | 51.1% |
| Mary F. Janvier School FRANKLINVILLE | 579 | 30.4% | N/A |
| Mill Pond Elementary School LANOKA HARBOR | 599 | 28.2% | N/A |
| Clara B. Worth Elementary School BAYVILLE | 666 | 26.6% | 45.9% |
| Silver Bay Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 585 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| Ocean Acres Elementary School Manahawkin | 747 | 27.2% | N/A |
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 McKinley Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #496 of 1,290 | #4 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #625 of 1,319 ▼ 79 | #11 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #680 of 1,319 ▼ 96 | #12 of 52 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #182 of 1,562 | #13 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,014 of 1,390 | #37 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,131 of 1,392 | #42 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #861 of 1,481 | #51 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #263 of 545 | #19 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
630
+60 (+11%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 630 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 47.5 | 12.9:1 | 29% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 49.5 | 12.4:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 47 | 12.1:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 22% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 51 | 11.6:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 17% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 27 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (575 to 630); teachers up 6% (47 to 50).
About McKinley Avenue Elementary School
McKinley Avenue Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school based in Manahawkin, New Jersey. Enrollment is 630 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 3 through 4. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 56% above average.
Stafford Township School District is the district for McKinley Avenue Elementary School. It has 5 schools and 2,542 students.
Roughly 78% of students at McKinley Avenue Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at McKinley Avenue Elementary School is 30%. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in Ocean County.
The allk12 Grade for McKinley Avenue Elementary School is B. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.9% for McKinley Avenue Elementary School. The school posts 51.1%, 1.2 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Ocean County, the median household income is $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%. Ocean County is home to 117 public schools and about 66,051 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Stafford Intermediate School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. McKinley Avenue Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, McKinley Avenue Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, McKinley Avenue Elementary School's enrollment climbed 11%, to 630.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at McKinley Avenue Elementary School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Stafford Township School District
- Ocean Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Stafford Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning CenterElementary · 332 students
- Oxycocus Elementary SchoolElementary · 176 students
Other schools in Manahawkin
- Southern Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Southern Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Ocean Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Stafford Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning CenterElementary · 332 students
- Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental ScienceHigh · 275 students
Other McKinley Avenue Elementary schools
One other US public school is named McKinley Avenue Elementary. McKinley Avenue Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- McKinley Avenue ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Stafford Intermediate School0.0 mi · 657
- Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center0.0 mi · 332
- Oxycocus Elementary School1.4 mi · 176
- Southern Regional Middle School1.5 mi · 865
- Southern Regional High School1.7 mi · 1,820
- Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science1.8 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McKinley Avenue Elementary School?
McKinley Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does McKinley Avenue Elementary School serve?
McKinley Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McKinley Avenue Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McKinley Avenue Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McKinley Avenue Elementary School?
At McKinley Avenue Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Avenue Elementary School?
McKinley Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Stafford Township School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.