NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Asbury Park, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Asbury Park from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,193
Students
43.7/100
Avg Resource Index
10.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Asbury Park has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Asbury Park is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Asbury Park's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

2 of 6 listed Asbury Park campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 13-point gap between Hope Academy Charter School and College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 85%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District accounts for 23.8% of all Asbury Park public-school enrollment

That concentration means Asbury Park-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Asbury Park school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Asbury Park school enrollment ranges from 195 students (lowest) to 522 students (highest), a spread of 327 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Asbury Park student-teacher ratio is 10.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Asbury Park's 6 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Hope Academy Charter School 50
2. Thurgood Marshall Elementary School 49
3. Asbury Park High School 44
4. Dr. Martin Luther King Upper Elementary School 42
5. Bradley Elementary School 40
6. College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Asbury Park

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Thurgood Marshall Elementary School 57.3/100
  2. 2 Bradley Elementary School 56.0/100
  3. 3 College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District 54.7/100
  4. 4 Dr. Martin Luther King Upper Elementary School 52.5/100
  5. 5 Asbury Park High School 51.2/100

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Which Asbury Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hope Academy Charter School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Asbury Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Asbury Park, NJ? ▼

Asbury Park has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,193 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.