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How has Veterans Memorial Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004600
Veterans Memorial Elementary School
103 HENDRICKSON AVENUE, BRICK, NJ 08724 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
358 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
41.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 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 up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 35.7% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School this school | 619 | 57.8% | 35.5% |
| Middle Township Elementary #1 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 688 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Middle Township Elementary #2 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 522 | 58.4% | 27.8% |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
| Commercial Township School PORT NORRIS | 505 | 54.7% | 22.7% |
| Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School MAPLE SHADE | 554 | 57.4% | 23.9% |
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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #849 of 1,290 | #28 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #774 of 1,319 ▲ 47 | #28 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #885 of 1,319 ▲ 40 | #28 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #202 of 1,562 | #15 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #597 of 1,390 | #18 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #472 of 1,392 | #11 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #483 of 1,481 | #17 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #709 of 798 | #25 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
619
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 779
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 619 | 56.6 | 10.9:1 | 58% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 53.6 | 10.8:1 | 46% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 55.2 | 11.2:1 | 48% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 54 | 12.0:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 57.7 | 11.0:1 | 41% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 56 | 12.4:1 | 41% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 29% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 16% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 779 | 37 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (636 to 619); teachers down 2% (57.7 to 56.6).
About Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in BRICK, New Jersey. It enrolls 619 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. The school is 53% above the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Brick Township Public School District oversees Veterans Memorial Elementary School and 11 other schools, with 8,224 students in total.
At Veterans Memorial Elementary School, 56% of students are White. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Ocean County is about 83% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
The school has 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Of all students at Veterans Memorial Elementary School, 58% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Ocean County average 44%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Veterans Memorial Elementary School, the prediction is 34.5% and the result is 35.5%.
Looking at the county, Ocean County, median household income comes to about $89,863, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 117, with about 66,051 students.
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Veterans Memorial Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Veterans Memorial Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Veterans Memorial Elementary School had a net loss of 28 students, or 4%. The school's ratio dropped from 12.0:1 to 10.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Veterans Memorial Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in BRICK
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Lanes Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Osbornville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development CenterElementary · 359 students
Other Veterans Memorial Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Veterans Memorial Elementary. Veterans Memorial Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 815 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 721 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolROMA, TX · 458 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolBreinigsville, PA · 451 students
- Veterans Memorial ElementaryCentral Falls, RI · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Veterans Memorial Middle School0.1 mi · 865
- Midstreams Elementary School1.4 mi · 558
- Lanes Mill Elementary School1.5 mi · 557
- Brick Township Memorial High School1.5 mi · 1,269
- Herbertsville Early Childhood Development Center1.9 mi · 224
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development Center2.0 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Veterans Memorial Elementary School serve?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
At Veterans Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Veterans Memorial Elementary School in?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is part of Brick Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.