Ocean Township School District

The Ocean Township School District in New Jersey is home to two elementary schools, Waretown Elementary School and Frederic A. Priff Elementary School, both of which serve students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. While the schools share similar characteristics, they face some notable challenges in providing high-quality education to their predominantly white student populations.

Neither Waretown Elementary nor Frederic A. Priff Elementary stand out as top-performing schools, with both consistently ranking in the bottom half of New Jersey elementary schools and receiving 1-2 star ratings from SchoolDigger. The schools have similar student racial makeups, with around 78-80% white students and relatively low representation of other racial groups. Waretown Elementary has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 21.2% compared to Frederic A. Priff's 17.9%, and both schools serve a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with 32.63% and 28.63% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, respectively.

Despite the similarities, the schools differ in their student-teacher ratios, with Waretown Elementary having a lower ratio of 10.6 compared to Frederic A. Priff's 13.4. However, the per-student spending is relatively even across the two schools, at $11,819 for Waretown and $11,497 for Frederic A. Priff. Overall, the performance and resource challenges faced by these schools suggest that the Ocean Township School District may need to address systemic issues to improve educational outcomes for its elementary school students.