Other / mixed grade configuration · Monmouth Beach, NJ

Monmouth Beach Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Monmouth Beach Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 69/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 341038004018
0/100100/10069/100
👥 S:T ratio
74
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
54
📋 Attendance
77
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Monmouth Beach Elementary School earns 69/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of New Jersey schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New Jersey schools.

69
Resource Index · Higher
6.4:1
small classes for New Jersey
230
students enrolled

Monmouth Beach Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 97% of New Jersey schools. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

230

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

36.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

6.4:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

-46% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Monmouth Beach Elementary School compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:16.4:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Monmouth Beach Elementary School

Monmouth Beach Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, enrolling 230 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 6.4:1, Monmouth Beach Elementary School is leaner than roughly 97% of New Jersey schools and 46% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 230 puts it in the smaller third of New Jersey schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 2,501 New Jersey schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 17/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 230 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance holds up well here: only 9.1% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Monmouth Beach School District operates only this one school, so Monmouth Beach Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

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 Monmouth Beach Elementary School compares

Monmouth Beach Elementary School 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 6.4:1 ▼ 46% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 230 top 86% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

6.4:1
Leaner classes than 97% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
230
Bigger than 23% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
6.4:1
students per teacher - 46% below state mean
Top 3% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
9.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$27,668
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 230 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
4
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.6 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 90.9%
Hispanic or Latino 6.5%
Two or More 2.2%
African American 0.4%

Largest group: White at 90.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 16.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 16.9, Monmouth Beach Elementary School is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Monmouth Beach School District, which includes Monmouth Beach Elementary School.

$27,668
Per student
+11%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+67%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 76.0%
State 19.6%
Federal 4.3%

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 other 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Monmouth Beach Elementary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Monmouth Beach Elementary School

How many students attend Monmouth Beach Elementary School?

Monmouth Beach Elementary School has 230 students enrolled. It is a public school in Monmouth Beach, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Monmouth Beach Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Monmouth Beach Elementary School is 6.4:1, which is 46% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 59% 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 Monmouth Beach Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Monmouth Beach Elementary School is White at 90.9% of enrollment, in Monmouth Beach, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Monmouth Beach Elementary School?

Monmouth Beach Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 69/100 (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 Monmouth Beach Elementary School a good school?

Monmouth Beach Elementary School earns 69/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of New Jersey schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New Jersey schools. 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 Monmouth Beach School District?

None reported; Monmouth Beach School District operates only Monmouth Beach Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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