NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Tinton Falls, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Tinton Falls 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
2,332
Students
52.3/100
Avg Resource Index
7.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Tinton Falls has more public-school enrollment than 18% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Monmouth Regional High School enrolls 38.2% of Tinton Falls's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Tinton Falls'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Tinton Falls lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 22 to 891 students, a 41-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 82%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
92nd percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Monmouth Regional High School accounts for 38.2% of all Tinton Falls public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Tinton Falls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Tinton Falls school enrollment varies 41× across entities

Tinton Falls school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 891 students (highest), a spread of 869 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Tinton Falls student-teacher ratio is 7.3:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Developmental Learning Center 67
2. Monmouth Regional High School 59
3. Regional Achievement Academy 59
4. Swimming River School 45
5. Tinton Falls Middle School 43
6. Mahala F. Atchison School 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Tinton Falls

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 Regional Achievement Academy 70.6/100
  2. 2 Monmouth Regional High School 67.9/100
  3. 3 Developmental Learning Center 59.3/100
  4. 4 Swimming River School 57.1/100
  5. 5 Tinton Falls Middle School 55.4/100

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Which Tinton Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Developmental Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Tinton Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Tinton Falls, NJ? ▼

Tinton Falls has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,332 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 7.3:1.

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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.