Summerfield Elementary School

Summerfield Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in NEPTUNE, New Jersey, overseen by Neptune Township School District, with 389 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Neptune Township School District (3,374 students total), Summerfield Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summerfield Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

After controlling for student poverty, Summerfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.

Around the school, Monmouth County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Summerfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summerfield Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summerfield Elementary School has declined 18%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 19% to 27%.

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