Spruce Street Elementary School

Spruce Street Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey. Federal data show 554 students enrolled in grades 1 through 2 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.

Enrollment across the 8 schools in Lakewood Township School District totals 4,193 students.

By race and ethnicity, Spruce Street Elementary School is 85% Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black and 7% White. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.

The school had 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school's 14.3:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in Ocean County.

Census data for Ocean County show median household income comes to about $89,863, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 117 public schools in the county, enrolling about 66,051, Spruce Street Elementary School among them.

Among nearby public schools, Oak Street Elem School is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Spruce Street Elementary School.

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.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 481 to 554, a 15% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.3:1) than in 2020-21 (9.1:1).

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