Best Public Schools in North Middletown, NJ

Summary:

The city of North Middletown, New Jersey is home to a single public elementary school, Ocean Avenue Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is part of the Middletown Township Public School District, which is ranked 193 out of 609 school districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ocean Avenue Elementary School has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking over the past three school years, dropping from 479 out of 1,342 New Jersey elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,006 out of 1,347 in 2024-2025. The school's performance on standardized tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science is below the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 36.69% in the 2023-2024 school year.

While the school's student-teacher ratio of 10.1 is lower than the national average, its per-student spending of $8,747 for the 2018-2019 school year is below the national average of around $12,000 per student. These factors suggest that the school may not have the necessary resources to provide a high-quality education, which could be contributing to the school's declining academic performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)			NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ocean Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	235 Ocean Avenue	North Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 787-0092	283	26	10.8	38.9%	180 (63.6%)	22 (7.8%)	53 (18.7%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.1%)	26.3	1006^th of 1347 public elementary schools	25.3%		33.8	883^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	34.0%	123	19.2	33.4	44.2	42.5	22.2	25.0	33.4	$8,747	$190	$8,557

Cities Near North Middletown

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Middletown	0.71 mi	6	155^th
New Monmouth	1.62 mi	1	165^th
Belford	1.81 mi	1	311^th
Port Monmouth	1.87 mi	1	241^st
Red Bank	2.07 mi	5	296^th

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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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