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Which teacher or staff member at Wayside Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341206004068
Wayside Elementary School
733 BOWNE ROAD, OCEAN, NJ 07712 · (732) 531-5710 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
201 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 131 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Township of Ocean School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +16.6pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 61.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Wayside Elementary School
Wayside Elementary School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayside Elementary School this school | 583 | 34.5% | 65.1% |
| Delran Intermediate School DELRAN | 610 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
| Lloyd Road Elementary School ABERDEEN | 519 | 36.8% | 50.2% |
| Radix Elementary WILLIAMSTOWN | 609 | 34.2% | 53.7% |
| Millbridge Elementary School DELRAN | 666 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School TURNERSVILLE | 511 | 35.2% | 45.5% |
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 Wayside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #237 of 1,290 | #18 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #222 of 1,319 ▲ 120 | #20 of 93 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #216 of 1,319 ▲ 344 | #22 of 93 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #256 of 1,562 | #8 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #228 of 1,390 | #26 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #501 of 1,392 | #14 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #783 of 1,481 | #35 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #620 of 798 | #43 of 50 |
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
583
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 583 | 61.5 | 9.5:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 62.3 | 9.5:1 | 29% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 62.9 | 9.1:1 | 27% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 61 | 9.1:1 | 24% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 58.3 | 10.5:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 59 | 11.3:1 | 35% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 53 | 16.7:1 | 16% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 34 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (613 to 583); teachers up 5% (58.3 to 61.5).
About Wayside Elementary School
Wayside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in OCEAN, New Jersey. The school enrolls 583 students in pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
In Township of Ocean School District, 5 schools enroll a combined 3,163 students.
About 58% of the student body at Wayside Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Monmouth County, the White share is about 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Its ratio of 9.5:1 is based on 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 34%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Wayside Elementary School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Wayside Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in New Jersey. Predicted: 47.3%. Actual: 65.1%.
For Monmouth County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 186 public schools in the county, enrolling about 91,053, Wayside Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Wayside Elementary School is closest to Township of Ocean Intermediate School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Wayside Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Wayside Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 583, compared with 554 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Wayside Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Township of Ocean School District
- Ocean Township High SchoolHigh · 925 students
- Township of Ocean Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Ocean Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Wanamassa Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Other schools in OCEAN
- Township of Ocean Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Monmouth Regional SchoolHigh
Other Wayside Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wayside Elementary. Wayside Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Wayside Elementary SchoolBartlesville, OK · 696 students
- Wayside ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 652 students
- Wayside ElementaryPotomac, MD · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Township of Ocean Intermediate School0.7 mi · 889
- Regional Achievement Academy1.3 mi · 22
- The Shore Center1.3 mi · 60
- Green Grove Elementary School1.9 mi · 296
- Woodmere2.1 mi · 235
- Ocean Township High School2.3 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Wayside Elementary SchoolHow large is Wayside Elementary School?
Wayside Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Wayside Elementary School serve?
Wayside Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wayside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wayside Elementary School is approximately 9.5:1 (61 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wayside Elementary School?
Wayside Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wayside Elementary School?
Wayside Elementary School is overseen by Township of Ocean School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.