Ravine Drive Elementary School

As a mid-tier primary school in MATAWAN, New Jersey, Ravine Drive Elementary School hosts 395 students from grades pre-K through 3, run under Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,912 students; Ravine Drive Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Ravine Drive Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, Ravine Drive Elementary School records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Ravine Drive Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 50.7%.

In the surrounding community, Monmouth County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Ravine Drive Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ravine Drive Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.7%.

Ravine Drive Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Ravine Drive Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 395). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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