Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341116004050
Shark River Hills Elementary School
312 BRIGHTON AVENUE, NEPTUNE, NJ 07753 · (732) 776-2200 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
57 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 81 | 33% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 135% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Neptune Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 35.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Shark River Hills Elementary School
Shark River Hills Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shark River Hills Elementary School this school | 244 | 23.4% | 34.5% |
| Franklin Township School WASHINGTON | 251 | 25.9% | 49.1% |
| Brass Castle School WASHINGTON | 261 | 21.8% | 43.2% |
| Sewell Elementary School SEWELL | 273 | 22.7% | N/A |
| Margaret C. Clifford School Swedesboro | 251 | 22.7% | N/A |
| Woodbury Heights Elementary WOODBURY HTS | 248 | 19.8% | 49.9% |
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 Shark River Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #863 of 1,290 | #74 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #828 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #72 of 93 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #761 of 1,319 ▲ 82 | #72 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #1,313 of 1,562 | #91 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #782 of 1,390 | #76 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #737 of 1,392 | #37 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #974 of 1,481 | #49 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #557 of 798 | #35 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
244
+11 (+5%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 244 | 21 | 11.6:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 24 | 9.8:1 | 23% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 26 | 9.4:1 | 20% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 27 | 8.6:1 | 31% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 28 | 9.3:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 30 | 10.5:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 31% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 36% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shark River Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (261 to 244); teachers down 25% (28 to 21).
About Shark River Hills Elementary School
Students in NEPTUNE, New Jersey, attend Shark River Hills Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. School enrollment was 244 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
Shark River Hills Elementary School is one school in a 7-school district, Neptune Township School District, which enrolls 3,374 students.
Shark River Hills Elementary School is 66% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Monmouth County's population at about 74%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Shark River Hills Elementary School total 21 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school counts 57 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 23%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Shark River Hills Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shark River Hills Elementary School is -18.9 points, in the bottom 10% of New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.5%, and the predicted rate is 53.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Monmouth County show that the median household income is $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 186 public schools in Monmouth County, enrolling about 91,053 students in all.
The school nearest to Shark River Hills Elementary School is Woodrow Wilson, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Shark River Hills Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Shark River Hills Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 244 students in 2024-25, 11 more than the 233 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 8.6:1 to 11.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Neptune Township School District
- Neptune High SchoolHigh · 1,129 students
- Neptune Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- Midtown Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Summerfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Green Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Gables Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
Other schools in NEPTUNE
- Neptune High SchoolHigh · 1,129 students
- Neptune Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School DistrictCombined · 522 students
- Midtown Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Summerfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and ScienceHigh · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson0.9 mi · 264
- Summerfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 389
- Gables Elementary School1.2 mi · 284
- Neptune Middle School1.3 mi · 595
- Neptune High School1.4 mi · 1,129
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science1.5 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Shark River Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shark River Hills Elementary School?
Shark River Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shark River Hills Elementary School serve?
Shark River Hills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shark River Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Shark River Hills Elementary School.
How diverse is Shark River Hills Elementary School?
Shark River Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Shark River Hills Elementary School?
Shark River Hills Elementary School is overseen by Neptune Township School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.