River Plaza Elementary School

Located at 155 HUBBARD AVENUE, in RED BANK, New Jersey, River Plaza Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that educates 268 students (grades K through 5), run under Middletown Township Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so River Plaza Elementary School sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Middletown Township Public School District (8,752 students total), River Plaza Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, River Plaza Elementary School reports that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, River Plaza Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), River Plaza Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 64.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monmouth County) records that median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), River Plaza Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Red Bank Primary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), River Plaza Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at River Plaza Elementary School has ticked down 5%, going from 281 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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