Morris Avenue Elementry School

Morris Avenue Elementry School operates as a modestly sized primary school in LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, operated by LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District. Current enrollment sits at 267 students spanning grades pre-K through K. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Morris Avenue Elementry School sits 34% below that benchmark.

LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,368 students; Morris Avenue Elementry School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Morris Avenue Elementry School reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 17% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Morris Avenue Elementry School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monmouth County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Morris Avenue Elementry School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Long Branch Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morris Avenue Elementry School has edged down 34%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 55% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Morris Avenue Elementry School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.