Ocean Avenue Elementary School, North Middletown NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Ocean Avenue Elementary School

Ocean Avenue Elementary School serves the heavily residential shoreline community of North Middletown, a census-designated place within Middletown Township, Monmouth County. The school covers pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Because Ocean Avenue is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and state testing applies only to the grades that take the NJSLA assessments.

The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and modest representation of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. The school enrolls children from a range of household incomes; a meaningful portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The neighborhood is dense suburban in character, with single-family homes as the dominant housing type. Housing values in the area are high, and the local real estate market is active, with properties typically selling within a short time. The community sits along Sandy Hook Bay, and residents have access to beaches, parks, and a segment of the Henry Hudson Trail for recreation. Route 36 runs along the southern border, providing a commercial corridor and access to nearby towns.

Ocean Avenue's academic performance on the NJSLA state assessments falls below the midpoint when compared to schools across Monmouth County. In mathematics, proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grades are soft. In English language arts, the school's results are mixed. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency was higher than the school's own math results, while third- and fifth-grade ELA proficiency were in a similar range to the math scores. Fifth-grade science proficiency was also low. The overall proficiency picture places the school in the bottom quartile relative to other elementary schools in the county. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the academic program, instructional supports, and any plans for improvement.

The school is a regular public school within the Middletown Township Public School District. The district brief did not surface any recent major changes or initiatives that would directly affect a family's day-to-day experience at Ocean Avenue. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no pathway data on AP, dual-credit, or career programs to report. The school's programs and course access information was not available in the data provided.

Ocean Avenue Elementary is a school where academic proficiency on state tests is notably below the county average. For a family weighing this school, the primary considerations are the residential character of North Middletown, the high housing costs, and the need to investigate what academic supports the school offers to address the test results. The school fits a family that values a small, neighborhood elementary setting in a dense suburban beach community and is willing to engage directly with the school about student achievement.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 63% · ▼ 41 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 62% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 59% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 54% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 66% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 65% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 38% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

This schoolMiddletown 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-income13%Higher-income48%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income38%Higher-income50%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income54%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income13%Higher-income29%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income13%Higher-income36%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income42%20 pp gap