Swimming River School

Swimming River School is a moderately sized elementary school in TINTON FALLS, New Jersey, overseen by Tinton Falls School District. The school enrolls 432 students in grades 3 through 5.

Within Tinton Falls School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,359 students, Swimming River School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Swimming River School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Swimming River School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 50.6%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Monmouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Swimming River School is one.

The closest other public school is Mahala F. Atchison School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Swimming River School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Swimming River School has contracted 12%, going from 491 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Swimming River School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.