Sandshore Rd. Elementary School

Sandshore Rd. Elementary School is an average-sized primary school in BUDD LAKE, New Jersey, operated by Mount Olive Township School District. The school caters to 409 students in grades K through 5.

Mount Olive Township School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,776 students; Sandshore Rd. Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sandshore Rd. Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sandshore Rd. Elementary School logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sandshore Rd. Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 57.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Morris County shows median household income runs about $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sandshore Rd. Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

The closest other public school is Mount Olive Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandshore Rd. Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sandshore Rd. Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sandshore Rd. Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 409). White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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