NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Wall, NJ

Compiled from official source data by .

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

PlainSchools home → About this data
7
Schools
3,093
Students
59.3/100
Avg Resource Index
10.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wall has more public-school enrollment than 30% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wall lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Wall's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Wall lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 73 to 924 students, a 13-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 70%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
98th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Wall High School accounts for 29.9% of all Wall public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Wall-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

Wall school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Wall school enrollment ranges from 73 students (lowest) to 924 students (highest), a spread of 851 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Wall student-teacher ratio is 10.2:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Communications High School 72
2. Wall Intermediate School 70
3. Wall High School 68
4. Allenwood Elementary School 61
5. West Belmar Elementary School 59
6. Central Elementary School 57
7. Wall Primary School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wall

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 Communications High School 50.2/100
  2. 2 West Belmar Elementary School 47.2/100
  3. 3 Wall Primary School 31.0/100
  4. 4 Central Elementary School 30.7/100
  5. 5 Wall Intermediate School 30.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Wall?

Which Wall school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Communications High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wall schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wall, NJ? ▼

Wall has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,093 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.2:1.

Other Cities in New Jersey

Newark
81 schools
Jersey City
52 schools
Paterson
46 schools
Elizabeth
38 schools
Trenton
34 schools
Hamilton
27 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in New Jersey →

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.