Union Beach Public School District

Union Beach Public School District has one school, Memorial School, a PK–8 school serving 630 students. With no other district school to compare, the most useful picture comes from grade-level results and state benchmarks. ELA averaged 52% across grades 3–8, about 1 point above the state average; math averaged 38%, about 2 points below, and science averaged 22%, about 1 point below. The clearest concern is middle-grade math: grades 6 and 7 were 12 and 11 points below their state benchmarks, respectively.

Results vary considerably by grade, with grade 7 ELA the strongest and grade 6 ELA among the weakest. In 2025–2026, grade 7 ELA was 64%, 8 points above the state’s 56%; grade 6 ELA was 40%, 11 points below the state’s 51%. Math was strongest in grade 5 at 48%, 3 points above the state, and weakest in grade 7 at 28%, 11 points below. In science, grade 8 matched the state at 19%, while grade 5 scored 25%, 2 points below. Grade 8 Algebra I was a notable high result: 94%, 20 points above the state’s grade 8 figure. The state’s separate End-of-Course benchmark is different and should not be treated as the same comparison.

Over two years, the school’s average ELA result fell from 59% to 52%, narrowing its lead over the state from about 6 points to about 1; math rose from 35% to 38%, and science from 12% to 22%, bringing its science average to within about 1 point of the state. The Algebra I result also swung sharply, from 23% in 2024–2025 to 94% in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger placed Memorial School at the 45th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 50th percentile and 3 stars the year before. For context, its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 11.8, and 44% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Because there is only one school and the tested grade cohorts differ by year, these figures cannot establish school-to-school differences or track the same students’ progress.