Drum Point Road Elementary School, Brick Town NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Drum Point Road Elementary School

Drum Point Road Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Brick Township, a large, sprawling suburban community on the Jersey Shore. The school is one of several elementary schools within the Brick Township Public School District, which operates a dozen schools across the township. There is no traditional downtown in Brick; neighborhoods and schools are spread out and linked by major highways including the Garden State Parkway. The school sits in a residential area, and families generally drive to school and to commercial corridors along Routes 70, 88, and 35.

On the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments, the school’s performance varies by grade and subject. Among the strongest results is fourth-grade English language arts, where a clear majority of students scored proficient. Third-grade ELA and fifth-grade ELA fell closer to half proficient, while math showed a similar pattern: fourth-grade math also had a majority proficient, third-grade math was around half, and fifth-grade math dipped below half. Science, tested only in fifth grade, had roughly a quarter of students reaching proficiency. Compared with other districts in Ocean County, the school’s overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile, meaning it is among the higher-performing elementary schools in the county. Still, the drop in fifth-grade math and science is a soft spot a parent may want to discuss with the school to understand what supports are in place as students move toward middle school.

The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population making up the next largest group, and smaller shares of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic diversity that puts the school roughly at the district average. Enrollment is moderate for a K-5 school, with class sizes that appear steady across the grade levels. There are no data on special education or English learner populations, nor on chronic absenteeism, so those areas cannot be characterized.

The surrounding community of Brick Township has a population that peaked decades ago and has since leveled off. Housing values run high relative to national benchmarks, and the rental market is similarly elevated. The district is funded primarily through local property taxes, so housing costs directly support school budgets. The district’s overall enrollment has been stable in recent years, and no major curriculum shifts or referendums were identified in publicly available information.

This is a school that sits above the county median in academic performance but with uneven results across grades and subjects. Fourth grade appears to be a particularly strong year, especially in reading. The weaker fifth-grade scores, particularly in science, are worth a closer look. The school serves a largely white, middle-income population in a car-dependent suburban township with no walkable center. For families considering this school, the housing market in Brick is expensive, and the community offers ocean beach sections, parks, and highway access to the broader region. The school itself is a regular public elementary school without special designations or magnet programs, and the data available give a solid but mixed picture of its academic strengths.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 49% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 43% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 41% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 40% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 49% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 48% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 28% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolBrick Township Public School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income23%Higher-income55%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income67%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income48%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income55%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income61%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income41%6 pp gap