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Best Public Schools in Tuckerton, NJ

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School

308

Students

Top rankedTuckerton Elementary School856^th of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools

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Tuckerton Elementary School up 101 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Tuckerton, New Jersey has only one school serving grades PK-6: Tuckerton Elementary School. This school is part of the Tuckerton Borough School District, which is ranked 453 out of 609 districts in the state and has a low 1-star rating.

Tuckerton Elementary School has consistently underperformed, ranking in the bottom half of New Jersey elementary schools and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2023-2024 and 2022-2023 school years. The school's test scores are generally below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% and a significant percentage (50.5%) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating socioeconomic challenges.

While the school's student-teacher ratio of 8.6 is relatively low, the overall data suggests that Tuckerton Elementary School is struggling and could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address its academic and socioeconomic challenges. The district-level challenges also indicate that the Tuckerton Borough School District as a whole may need to implement strategies to improve the performance of its schools.

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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 English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tuckerton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	Marine Street	Tuckerton	08087	Ocean County	Tuckerton Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 296-2858	308	35	8.8	51.3%	225 (73.1%)	9 (2.9%)	54 (17.5%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	37.1	856^th of 1347 public elementary schools	36.5%		28.7	957^th of 1338 public elementary schools	28.5%	101	19.5	55.9	54.0	31.7	36.1	55.9	43.2	17.0	32.4	$13,791	$531	$13,260

Cities Near Tuckerton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Little Egg Harbor	1.44 mi	5	456^th
West Creek	5.82 mi	1	446^th
Beach Haven	6.63 mi	1	227^th
Galloway	7.98 mi	8	480^th
Manahawkin	8.72 mi	8	192^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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