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Enrollment
630
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341635004120
Memorial School
221 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE, UNION BEACH, NJ 07735 · (732) 264-5400 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
53 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
274 students
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 | 99 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 25% larger than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
58.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp 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 35 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 36.3% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Memorial School
Memorial School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial School this school | 630 | 43.5% | 38.4% |
| H & M Potter School BAYVILLE | 627 | 43.7% | 38.2% |
| East Dover Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 584 | 44.0% | 28.9% |
| Forked River Elementary School FORKED RIVER | 479 | 43.2% | 34.4% |
| Beachwood Elementary School BEACHWOOD | 480 | 39.6% | 38.3% |
| Silver Bay Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 585 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
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 Memorial School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #791 of 1,290 | #71 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #876 of 1,319 ▼ 63 | #73 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #517 of 1,319 ▲ 262 | #49 of 93 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #183 of 1,562 | #3 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #831 of 1,390 | #80 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #1,037 of 1,392 | #62 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #689 of 1,481 | #29 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #516 of 545 | #43 of 46 |
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
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 53.3 | 11.8:1 | 43% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 52.8 | 11.5:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 55.7 | 11.4:1 | 28% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 61 | 9.8:1 | 32% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 60.9 | 10.3:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 59 | 10.6:1 | 38% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 33% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 980 | 73 | 13.4:1 | 24% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 50 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (625 to 630); teachers down 12% (60.9 to 53.3).
About Memorial School
Memorial School serves students in UNION BEACH, New Jersey, as a high-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 630 students. That is 56% bigger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Memorial School belongs to Union Beach Public School District.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Memorial School. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Monmouth County, where about 74% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
The school has 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school reported 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Memorial School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Memorial School would be expected to post about 42.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Monmouth County show that the median household earns about $124,845 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Monmouth County, 186 public schools serve about 91,053 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Hazlet Middle School, is the closest to Memorial School. Memorial School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 31 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 9.8:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Memorial School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Memorial schools
18 other US public schools in 6 states are named Memorial. Memorial School is the largest of the 19.
- Memorial SchoolMAYWOOD, NJ · 415 students
- Memorial SchoolTOTOWA, NJ · 413 students
- Memorial SchoolEmerson, NJ · 374 students
- Memorial SchoolSOUTH HACKENSACK, NJ · 222 students
- Memorial SchoolLyndhurst, NJ · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Hazlet Middle School0.7 mi · 376
- Cove Road School0.7 mi · 175
- Middle Road School1.0 mi · 285
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center1.4 mi · 341
- Keyport Central School1.5 mi · 605
- Keyport High School1.5 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial School?
Memorial School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Memorial School serve?
Memorial School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Memorial School have?
Memorial School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Memorial School?
Student demographics at Memorial School are roughly 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Memorial School in?
Memorial School is part of Union Beach Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.