Waretown Elementary School

Set in WARETOWN, New Jersey, Waretown Elementary School is an intimate elementary school, run under Ocean Township School District. It hosts 317 students across grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Within Ocean Township School District, which oversees 2 schools and 558 students, Waretown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Waretown Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Waretown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household income runs about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Waretown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Frederic A. Priff Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Waretown Elementary School's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 317). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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