Spruce Street Elementary School

Spruce Street Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, part of Lakewood Township School District, instructs 554 students, covering grades 1 through 2. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 37% larger than typical.

Lakewood Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,193 students; Spruce Street Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Spruce Street Elementary School records that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Black, 7% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Spruce Street Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Ocean County's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, census data for Ocean County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Spruce Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Oak Street Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spruce Street Elementary School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Spruce Street Elementary School's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 554). Class-load math has grew: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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