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Enrollment
706
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341329004696
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School
2000 RIVIERA PARKWAY, POINT PLEASANT, NJ 08742 · (732) 701-1900 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL706 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- 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
13.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
74 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 23 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Based on grade levels within Point Pleasant Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 59.8% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School this school | 706 | 10.5% | 56.2% |
| Samuel Mickle School MICKLETON | 712 | 8.1% | 58.1% |
| Harrison Township Elementary School MULLICA HILL | 768 | 14.3% | 64.6% |
| Holland Township Elementary School MILFORD | 525 | 14.1% | 49.9% |
| Newell Elementary School ALLENTOWN | 548 | 9.1% | 40.8% |
| 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 Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #409 of 1,290 | #3 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #301 of 1,319 ▲ 83 | #2 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #419 of 1,319 ▲ 29 | #4 of 52 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 706 | #109 of 1,562 | #9 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,187 of 1,390 | #47 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,328 of 1,392 | #58 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #1,241 of 1,481 | #66 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #608 of 798 | #22 of 30 |
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
706
+17 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 706 | 51.9 | 13.6:1 | 10% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 55.9 | 12.7:1 | 7% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 53.3 | 13.5:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 55.5 | 13.4:1 | 11% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 14% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 41 | 18.2:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 43 | 21.2:1 | 6% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 47 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (745 to 706); teachers down 7% (55.5 to 51.9).
About Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School is a large elementary school in POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey, one of the schools in Point Pleasant Borough School District. The latest federal count shows 706 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 74% higher.
The 4 schools in Point Pleasant Borough School District enroll 2,654 students altogether, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School among them.
The large majority of students at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, 91%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Teachers at the school number 51.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Ocean County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.2% and a predicted 60.4%.
Ocean County census figures show that median household income is about $89,863, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 117 public schools operate in Ocean County, serving about 66,051 students.
Nearby, Bay Head Elementary is about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show 689 students in 2020-21 and 706 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.3:1 to 13.6:1.
Discussions about Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Point Pleasant Borough School District
- Point Pleasant Borough High SchoolHigh · 831 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Ocean Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in POINT PLEASANT
- Point Pleasant Borough High SchoolHigh · 831 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Ocean Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Bay Head Elementary0.7 mi · 125
- Point Pleasant Borough High School0.8 mi · 831
- Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 634
- Ocean Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 483
- Point Pleasant Beach High School1.6 mi · 331
- Midstreams Elementary School2.0 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Nellie F. Bennett Elementary SchoolHow large is Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School?
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School enrolls approximately 706 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School serve?
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School?
At Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School public or private?
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Point Pleasant Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.