Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340945004664
Whiting Elementary School
412 MANCHESTER BLVD, WHITING, NJ 08759 · (732) 350-4994 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
99 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 77 | 29% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Manchester Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 40.0% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Whiting Elementary School
Whiting Elementary School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting Elementary School this school | 266 | 37.2% | 43.2% |
| Ocean Avenue Elementary School NORTH MIDDLETOWN | 283 | 38.9% | 31.7% |
| Clarence B. Lamb Elementary School WRIGHTSTOWN | 294 | 36.7% | 41.0% |
| Ocean City Primary School OCEAN CITY | 271 | 31.7% | 56.2% |
| Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary BARNEGAT | 325 | 35.7% | N/A |
| Glendora Elementary School GLENDORA | 233 | 32.6% | 40.2% |
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 Whiting Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #676 of 1,290 | #14 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #711 of 1,319 ▲ 32 | #18 of 52 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #574 of 1,319 ▲ 61 | #6 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,234 of 1,562 | #55 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #125 of 1,390 | #9 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #759 of 1,392 | #22 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #753 of 1,481 | #43 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #256 of 545 | #18 of 28 |
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
266
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 266 | 29.7 | 8.9:1 | 37% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 27.8 | 9.9:1 | 32% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 27.3 | 11.0:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 26 | 9.5:1 | 27% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 22.7 | 10.7:1 | 33% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 23 | 10.8:1 | 34% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 24% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 14% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiting Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (242 to 266); teachers up 31% (22.7 to 29.7).
About Whiting Elementary School
Whiting Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in WHITING, New Jersey. In all, 266 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 34% below the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Whiting Elementary School reports to Manchester Township School District, which has 6 schools and 2,904 students.
More than half of enrollment at Whiting Elementary School is White: 65%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 83% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whiting Elementary School scores 52%.
Whiting Elementary School lists 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 37% of the student body.
Whiting Elementary School scores 43.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.8%.
In Ocean County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Ocean County number 117, with about 66,051 students.
Manchester Township High School, about 4.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Whiting Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Whiting Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 266 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 248.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Whiting Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Manchester Township School District
- Manchester Township High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Manchester Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- Manchester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Manchester Regional Day SchoolCombined · 56 students
Other Whiting Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Whiting Elementary. Whiting Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Whiting Elementary SchoolWhiting, IA · 78 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Township High School4.8 mi · 947
- Lakehurst Elementary School4.9 mi · 411
- Manchester Township Elementary School5.8 mi · 573
- Manchester Regional Day School6.9 mi · 56
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School Jackson Center7.0 mi · 2
- Ridgeway Elementary School7.3 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Whiting Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whiting Elementary School?
Whiting Elementary School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whiting Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whiting Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whiting Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whiting Elementary School is approximately 8.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Whiting Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whiting Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Whiting Elementary School in?
Whiting Elementary School is part of Manchester Township School District.
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