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Deane-Porter Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-3

33^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 98% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Deane-Porter Elementary School is a top-performing public elementary school located in Rumson, New Jersey, serving grades PK-3 and part of the highly-ranked Rumson Borough School District. With consistently exceptional academic performance, low chronic absenteeism, and a small student-teacher ratio, Deane-Porter is a standout institution that has been ranked among the best elementary schools in the state.

Deane-Porter Elementary School's academic excellence is evident in its consistently high proficiency rates, with 76.3% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 92.5% proficient or better in Mathematics, far exceeding the state averages. The school's performance extends across different student subgroups, ranking 7th out of 1,326 New Jersey elementary schools for female students and 25th out of 970 schools for white students in ELA. Additionally, Deane-Porter's low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 4.8% to 16.6%, are significantly lower than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Deane-Porter Elementary School stands out as a high-performing institution. For example, Red Bank Charter School, located about 3.85 miles away, has significantly lower proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics. Deane-Porter's exceptional and consistent performance, along with its small student-teacher ratio and low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, contribute to its ability to provide a high-quality, personalized learning environment for its students.

411

Students ?

10.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,020

Per pupil spending ?

0.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

50 Blackpoint Road
Rumson, NJ 07760-1592

(732) 842-0330

District: Rumson Borough School District

Students who attend Deane-Porter Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Forrestdale School
High:	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

91.7%

Two or more races:

4.9%

Hispanic:

2.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2015 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (84% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school84%

District avg84%

New Jersey avg47%

33^rd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 609Rumson Borough School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	33 of 1347	97.6%	★★★★★
2024	97.5	6 of 1338	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	96.8	10 of 1342	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	96.3	15 of 1345	98.9%	★★★★★
2021	95.6	34 of 1317	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	94.6	17 of 1360	98.8%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	27 of 1353	98.0%	★★★★★
2017	98.3	1 of 1352	99.9%	★★★★★
2016	97.2	6 of 1346	99.6%	★★★★★
2015	95.9	19 of 1357	98.6%	★★★★★
2014	86.6	70 of 1363	94.9%	★★★★★
2013	89.0	17 of 1367	98.8%	★★★★★
2012	89.3	9 of 1363	99.3%	★★★★★
2011	85.8	55 of 1360	96.0%	★★★★★
2010	86.2	50 of 1354	96.3%	★★★★★
2009	84.0	114 of 1346	91.5%	★★★★★
2008	76.0	306 of 1338	77.1%	★★★★☆
2007	83.5	35 of 1329	97.4%	★★★★★
2006	74.2	358 of 1314	72.8%	★★★★☆
2005	80.0	177 of 1303	86.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	96.7	7 of 1326	99.5%	★★★★★
2024	97.2	4 of 1317	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	97.5	3 of 1318	99.8%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	42 of 1326	96.8%	★★★★★
2021	94.9	31 of 1290	97.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.0	18 of 1331	98.6%	★★★★★
2018	95.0	11 of 1333	99.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	92.8	50 of 1318	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	96.9	11 of 1313	99.2%	★★★★★
2023	95.1	27 of 1315	97.9%	★★★★★
2022	97.4	4 of 1324	99.7%	★★★★★
2021	95.2	31 of 1297	97.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	24 of 1335	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	91.1	78 of 1334	94.2%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.5	86 of 1023	91.6%	★★★★★
2023	85.1	99 of 958	89.7%	★★★★☆
2022	99.2	6 of 949	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.4	25 of 868	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	93.1	47 of 1007	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	92.9	46 of 1001	95.4%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	91.8	25 of 970	97.4%	★★★★★
2024	96.8	4 of 963	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	94.9	10 of 975	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	94.5	13 of 976	98.7%	★★★★★
2021	93.6	16 of 964	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	94.1	14 of 1023	98.6%	★★★★★
2018	92.6	26 of 1022	97.5%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

White (2025)97th percentile~ school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)92nd percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics92%+43 vs state

English Language Arts76%+31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (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-S Science 8th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Deane-Porter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	50 Blackpoint Road	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 842-0330	411	38	10.7		377 (91.7%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.9%)	95.1	33^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	97.6%		97.5	6^th of 1338 public elementary schools	99.6%	27			76.3						92.5								$11,020	$457	$10,563
Viola L Sickles School	Public	PK, KG-3	25 Willow Street	Fair Haven	07704	Monmouth County	Fair Haven School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-6151	464	40	11.6	0.6%	437 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	95.3	26^th of 1347 public elementary schools	98.1%		97.4	7^th of 1338 public elementary schools	99.5%	19			78.7						89.8								$8,188		$8,188
Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	360 Navesink Avenue	Highlands	07732	Monmouth County	Henry Hudson Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(732) 872-1476	153	18	8.3	43.1%	104 (68.0%)	2 (1.3%)	34 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.5%)	57.1							(n/a)	38.9		38.5	57.1	72.2	61.3			38.5	23.8	61.1	48.4
Navesink Elementary School	Public	K-5	151 Monmouth Avenue	Atlantic Highlands	07716	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 291-0289	210	21	10.1	11.0%	170 (81.0%)	3 (1.4%)	19 (9.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	87.5	165^th of 1347 public elementary schools	87.8%		92.9	63^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	95.3%	102	55.3		61.4	86.2	86.8				68.2	75.8	76.3						$10,198	$303	$9,895
Point Road School	Public	PK, KG-4	357 Little Silver Point Road	Little Silver	07739	Monmouth County	Little Silver Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 741-4022	397	42	9.4		351 (88.4%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (6.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	95.6	20^th of 1347 public elementary schools	98.5%		95	33^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	97.5%	13			84.6	87.6					90.5	82.2							$9,910	$346	$9,564
Monmouth Beach Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7 Hastings Place	Monmouth Beach	07750	Monmouth County	Monmouth Beach School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 222-6139	230	33	6.9		209 (90.9%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	83.9	219^th of 1347 public elementary schools	83.7%		90.1	109^th of 1338 public elementary schools	91.9%	110	43.8	52.1	37.5	75.0	81.3	84.0	86.4	91.3	66.6	80.0	86.7	84.0	81.3	90.9	81.8	87.6	$15,153	$137	$15,016
Atlantic Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	140 First Avenue	Atlantic Highlands	07716	Monmouth County	Henry Hudson Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(732) 291-2020	282	31	9.2	18.1%	221 (78.4%)	4 (1.4%)	38 (13.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.7%)	65.4							(n/a)	40.0		50.0	47.4	48.6	72.2			64.3	58.9	51.4	72.3
Red Bank Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	58 Oakland Street	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Red Bank Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 450-2092	182	21	8.4	56.0%	47 (25.8%)	9 (4.9%)	120 (65.9%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	32.4	922^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	31.6%		23.6	1025^th of 1338 public elementary schools	23.4%	103	0.0	20.0	42.8	40.0	14.3	70.0	61.2	70.0	42.9	20.0	7.1	40.0	38.9	16.7			$12,107	$652	$11,455
Lenna W. Conrow Elementary School	Public	PK-K	335 Long Branch Ave	Long Branch	07740	Monmouth County	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 222-4539	286	42	6.8	78.7%	40 (14.0%)	33 (11.5%)	206 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)								(n/a)																	$13,322	$343	$12,979
Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning Center	Public	PK-K	80 Avenel Boulevard	Long Branch	07740	Monmouth County	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 571-4150	326	23	14.1	66.0%	107 (32.8%)	14 (4.3%)	195 (59.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)								(n/a)																	$13,218	$261	$12,957

Frequently Asked Questions about Deane-Porter Elementary School

Is Deane-Porter Elementary School a good school?

Yes! Deane-Porter Elementary School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 33^rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Deane-Porter Elementary School?

Students at Deane-Porter Elementary School are 92% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

What district is Deane-Porter Elementary School in?

Rumson Borough School District

How many students attend Deane-Porter Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 411 students attended Deane-Porter Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Deane-Porter Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Deane-Porter Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Forrestdale School
High : Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School

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