Best Public Schools in Belmar, NJ

Summary:

Belmar, New Jersey is home to a single public school, Belmar Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 394 students. The school is part of the Belmar Elementary School District, which is ranked 289 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Belmar Elementary appears to be a relatively strong-performing school, with students generally outperforming the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics assessments across most grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 70% of 7th-grade students at Belmar Elementary were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.9%. The school also has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6%, lower than the state average.

However, Belmar Elementary has a relatively high percentage of students (51.27%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. The school also spends $15,538 per student, which is higher than the state average, and has a low student-teacher ratio of 7.1 to 1. While the school performs well overall, there are a few areas, such as 8th-grade Mathematics proficiency, where the school could potentially improve.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				NJSLA-S Science (2024)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2024)						NJSLA Mathematics (2024)						NJSLA Algebra I (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Belmar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1101 Main Street	Belmar	07719	Monmouth County	Belmar Elementary School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 681-2388	398	52	7.7	52.0%	143 (35.9%)	13 (3.3%)	222 (55.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	56.5	589^th of 1338 public elementary schools	56.0%		61.3	528^th of 1342 public elementary schools	60.7%	61	33.3	20.4	51.5	66.7	51.7	45.0	70.0	67.4	40.0	67.7	53.3	28.5	50.0	0.0	68.7	68.7	$15,538	$1,241	$14,297

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City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
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Lake Como	0.78 mi	1	518^th
Wall	0.91 mi	7	125^th
Bradley Beach	1.47 mi	1	367^th
Spring Lake	1.73 mi	2	32^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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