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What's the most underrated thing about Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHREWSBURY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341497004102
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School
20 OBRE PLACE, SHREWSBURY, NJ 07702 · (732) 747-0882 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
8.4:1
52 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.9pp 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 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 73.7% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School this school | 439 | 0.7% | 70.0% |
| Central School HADDONFIELD | 447 | 0.7% | 85.2% |
| Elizabeth Haddon School HADDONFIELD | 402 | 0.7% | 76.6% |
| Nut Swamp Elementary School MIDDLETOWN | 464 | 1.5% | 60.5% |
| Lincroft Elementary School LINCROFT | 486 | 2.9% | 58.7% |
| Viola L Sickles School FAIR HAVEN | 464 | 0.6% | 86.2% |
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 Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #157 of 1,290 | #7 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #171 of 1,319 ▼ 24 | #16 of 93 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #165 of 1,319 ▲ 22 | #15 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #575 of 1,562 | #42 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #77 of 1,390 | #12 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #1,281 of 1,392 | #85 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.7% | #1,473 of 1,481 | #104 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #554 of 798 | #33 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
439
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 439 | 52 | 8.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 51 | 8.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 53 | 8.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 51 | 8.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 26 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (470 to 439); teachers up 18% (44 to 52).
About Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in SHREWSBURY, New Jersey. It reports enrollment of 439 students in pre-K through 8.
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School is run by Shrewsbury Borough School District.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
The school's 52 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School, 1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Monmouth County, the average is 29%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School is +4.2 points: 70.0% actual, 65.8% predicted.
The school is in Monmouth County, where the median household earns about $124,845 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School shares Monmouth County with 185 other public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Markham Place School, is the closest to Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 441 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 439.
This page collects posts and questions about Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Markham Place School1.2 mi · 309
- Red Bank Middle School1.3 mi · 600
- Swimming River School1.4 mi · 432
- Red Bank Charter School1.4 mi · 182
- Red Bank Primary School1.5 mi · 543
- Mahala F. Atchison School1.8 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Shrewsbury Borough Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School?
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School serve?
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School.
How diverse is Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School?
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School public or private?
Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shrewsbury Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.