Oak Street Elem School

Oak Street Elem School, a mid-sized K-5 school in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, part of Lakewood Township School District, works with 513 students, covering grades 3 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 405.

Oak Street Elem School is one of 8 schools operated by Lakewood Township School District, a district that caters to 4,193 students overall.

On demographics, Oak Street Elem School records that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Oak Street Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak Street Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.1%; this one delivers 24.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household income runs about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oak Street Elem School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Spruce Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Street Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.0%.

Oak Street Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 45%: 928 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.