Tuckerton Elementary School

Tuckerton Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment primary school in TUCKERTON, New Jersey, run under Tuckerton Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 308 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Tuckerton Elementary School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Tuckerton Elementary School is a school of Tuckerton Borough School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Tuckerton Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Tuckerton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 33.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ocean County put median household earnings sit near $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Tuckerton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

George J. Mitchell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tuckerton Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Tuckerton Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 308). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 73%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.