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What tradition at Walnut Street Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623004744
Walnut Street Elementary School
60 WALNUT STREET, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753 · (732) 505-5900 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
468 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 18% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
27.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 28.0% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
Where Walnut Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,052 of 1,290 | #47 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #974 of 1,319 | #43 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,151 of 1,319 | #48 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #97 of 1,562 | #7 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,147 of 1,390 | #44 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #275 of 1,392 | #3 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #512 of 798 | #17 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
727
-60 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
% White
34%
was 41%
% Hispanic
45%
was 40%
% Black
12%
was 9%
% Asian
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 727 | 54.5 | 13.3:1 | 64% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 59.5 | 12.1:1 | 54% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 58 | 12.7:1 | 51% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 61.8 | 12.7:1 | 51% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Street Elementary School.
About Walnut Street Elementary School
In TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, part of Ocean County, Walnut Street Elementary School is an elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 727 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Across its 18 schools, Toms River Regional School District enrolls 14,323 students. Walnut Street Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Walnut Street Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other groups include 34% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Walnut Street Elementary School has a ratio of 13.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Ocean County, the average is 44%.
Walnut Street Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.9%) and its predicted rate (30.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
In Ocean County, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ocean County has 117 public schools with about 66,051 students, including Walnut Street Elementary School.
Toms River High School South, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walnut Street Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 787 students in 2017-18 to 727 in 2024-25. The percentage of White students dropped from 41% to 34% between 2017-18 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Walnut Street Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Toms River Regional School District
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
Other schools in TOMS RIVER
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
Nearby schools
- Toms River High School South0.9 mi · 1,463
- Toms River High School North1.0 mi · 1,861
- Cedar Grove Elementary School1.4 mi · 931
- Toms River Intermediate School North1.6 mi · 970
- Washington Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 354
- West Dover Elementary School1.9 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Street Elementary SchoolHow large is Walnut Street Elementary School?
Walnut Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Walnut Street Elementary School serve?
Walnut Street Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Walnut Street Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Walnut Street Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Walnut Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Walnut Street Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 45% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Street Elementary School in?
Walnut Street Elementary School is part of Toms River Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.