Enrollment
125
New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Bay Head, NJ
Bay Head Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Bay Head Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 60/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 340123004568
👥 S:T ratio 64
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 75
📋 Attendance 72
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Bay Head Elementary earns 60/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 87% of New Jersey schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey.
- 60
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.9:1
- small classes for New Jersey
- 125
- students enrolled
Bay Head Elementary has class sizes smaller than 87% of New Jersey schools. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Bay Head Borough School District · New Jersey
NCES ID 340123004568 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.9:1
vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg
-25% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Bay Head Elementary compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians
What stands out at Bay Head Elementary
Bay Head Elementary is a small elementary school in Bay Head, New Jersey, enrolling 125 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.9:1, Bay Head Elementary is leaner than roughly 87% of New Jersey schools and 25% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of New Jersey schools, with 125 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,501 scored New Jersey schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (90% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 19/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 125 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
11.2% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Bay Head Borough School District operates only this one school, so Bay Head Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 125 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of New Jersey's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Bay Head Elementary compares
Bay Head Elementary on the metrics families compare, against New Jersey and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs New Jersey | New Jersey avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 8.9:1 | ▼ 25% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 125 | top 95% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.9:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
125
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
8.9:1
students per teacher
- 25% below state mean
Top 13% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 87% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
11.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$29,469
per pupil, district-wide
- above New Jersey avg of $24,984
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 125 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 89.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.8%
Two or More 4.0%
African American 1.6%
Largest group: White at 89.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 19.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 19.3, Bay Head Elementary is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Bay Head Borough School District, which includes Bay Head Elementary.
$29,469
Per student
+18%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+78%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 78.9%
State 15.9%
Federal 5.2%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Jersey, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~125 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Bay Head Elementary
How many students attend Bay Head Elementary?
Bay Head Elementary has 125 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Bay Head, NJ.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bay Head Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Bay Head Elementary is 8.9:1, which is 25% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 43% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bay Head Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Bay Head Elementary is White at 89.6% of enrollment, in Bay Head, NJ.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Bay Head Elementary?
Bay Head Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 60/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Bay Head Elementary a good school?
Bay Head Elementary earns 60/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 87% of New Jersey schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New Jersey. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Bay Head Borough School District?
None reported; Bay Head Borough School District operates only Bay Head Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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