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Enrollment
758
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340774004622
Switlik Elementary School
75 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, NJ 08527 · (732) 833-4650 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL758 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
356 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 26 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
30.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 47.8% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Switlik Elementary School
Switlik Elementary School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switlik Elementary School this school | 758 | 47.0% | 34.3% |
| Emma Havens Young Elementary School BRICK | 843 | 51.5% | 34.4% |
| Warren E. Sooy Jr. Elementary School HAMMONTON | 696 | 43.5% | 37.6% |
| Mansfield Township Elementary PORT MURRAY | 570 | 46.0% | 38.4% |
| Keyport Central School KEYPORT | 605 | 47.3% | 40.5% |
| Van Derveer Elementary School Somerville | 745 | 43.0% | 39.9% |
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 Switlik Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #875 of 1,290 | #31 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #777 of 1,319 ▼ 185 | #29 of 52 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,100 of 1,319 ▼ 117 | #47 of 52 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 758 | #77 of 1,562 | #4 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,240 of 1,390 | #51 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #559 of 1,392 | #14 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #626 of 1,481 | #28 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #730 of 798 | #26 of 30 |
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
758
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 909
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 758 | 53.8 | 14.1:1 | 47% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 61 | 14.2:1 | 34% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 61.5 | 13.2:1 | 29% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 56 | 13.1:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 59.3 | 13.1:1 | 25% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 25% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | 58 | 14.8:1 | 15% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 1,357 | 63 | 21.5:1 | 7% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 909 | 47 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Switlik Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (775 to 758); teachers down 9% (59.3 to 53.8).
About Switlik Elementary School
A high-enrollment elementary school in Jackson, New Jersey, Switlik Elementary School is part of Jackson Township School District. It serves 758 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 87% bigger than that.
Switlik Elementary School is one of the 10 schools that make up Jackson Township School District (7,627 students in total).
White students account for 51% of enrollment at Switlik Elementary School. Other students are 39% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Ocean County residents. By the diversity index, Switlik Elementary School comes in at 59%.
The school reported 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%.
Switlik Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.3% and a predicted 40.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ocean County, median household income is about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 117 public schools operate in Ocean County, serving about 66,051 students.
The nearest other public school, Jackson Memorial High School, is about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Switlik Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Switlik Elementary School had 736 students in 2020-21 and 758 in 2024-25, a 3% gain.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Switlik Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Township School District
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Memorial High School0.3 mi · 1,577
- Lucy N. Holman Elementary School3.3 mi · 547
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School Jackson Center3.6 mi · 2
- Manchester Regional Day School3.7 mi · 56
- Carl W. Goetz Middle School3.8 mi · 978
- Elms Elementary School4.0 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Switlik Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Switlik Elementary School?
Switlik Elementary School enrolls approximately 758 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Switlik Elementary School serve?
Switlik Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Switlik Elementary School have?
Switlik Elementary School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Switlik Elementary School?
Student demographics at Switlik Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 39% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Switlik Elementary School in?
Switlik Elementary School is part of Jackson Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.