Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341011004008
River Plaza Elementary School
155 HUBBARD AVENUE, RED BANK, NJ 07701 · (732) 747-3679 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
15 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 64.2% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 River Plaza Elementary School
River Plaza Elementary School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Plaza Elementary School this school | 268 | 5.6% | 64.7% |
| Glenview Avenue HADDON HEIGHTS | 261 | 8.0% | 57.7% |
| Thomas B. Conley Elementary School ASBURY | 258 | 2.7% | 46.6% |
| Spring Lake Heights Elementary School SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS | 292 | 9.9% | 66.1% |
| Strawbridge Elementary School WESTMONT | 244 | 2.9% | 61.6% |
| Hillview School Pompton Plains | 306 | 5.2% | 66.3% |
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 River Plaza Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #244 of 1,290 | #20 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #115 of 1,319 ▲ 186 | #11 of 93 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #169 of 1,319 ▲ 188 | #17 of 93 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,230 of 1,562 | #86 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #750 of 1,390 | #73 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,278 of 1,392 | #84 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.6% | #1,333 of 1,481 | #96 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #630 of 798 | #44 of 50 |
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
268
+20 (+8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 268 | 23.3 | 11.5:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 23.8 | 11.0:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 24.8 | 10.3:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 7% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 21.7 | 13.0:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 27 | 11.6:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 13 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Plaza Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (281 to 268); teachers up 7% (21.7 to 23.3).
About River Plaza Elementary School
River Plaza Elementary School is a small elementary school in RED BANK, New Jersey. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 268 students in 2024-25. The school is 34% below the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
River Plaza Elementary School is one of the 16 schools that make up Middletown Township Public School District (8,752 students in total).
White students are 87% of those enrolled at River Plaza Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Monmouth County overall, about 74% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
River Plaza Elementary School lists 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 6% of the student body. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 23 points.
On the allk12 Grade, River Plaza Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For River Plaza Elementary School, the prediction is 63.1% and the result is 64.7%.
In Monmouth County, home to about 645,353 people, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. River Plaza Elementary School shares Monmouth County with 185 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Red Bank Primary School is about 0.8 miles from River Plaza Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, River Plaza Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 268, up from 248 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.3 to 11.5 over 4 years.
The discussion board for River Plaza Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 schools in Middletown Township Public School District
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Thorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bayshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other schools in RED BANK
- Red Bank Middle SchoolMiddle · 600 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Red Bank Charter SchoolElementary · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Red Bank Primary School0.8 mi · 543
- Red Bank Charter School0.9 mi · 182
- Fairview Elementary School1.2 mi · 291
- Red Bank Middle School1.5 mi · 600
- Middletown High School South1.5 mi · 1,406
- Nut Swamp Elementary School1.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About River Plaza Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at River Plaza Elementary School?
River Plaza Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-05.
Is River Plaza Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
River Plaza Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does River Plaza Elementary School have?
River Plaza Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is River Plaza Elementary School?
River Plaza Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is River Plaza Elementary School public or private?
River Plaza Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Middletown Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.