Summary:
ZIP code 07734 has three Keansburg schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Joseph C. Caruso School (K–5), Joseph R. Bolger Middle School (6–8), and Keansburg High School (9–12). Together, they enroll 1,292 students. The main academic concern is that most reported results are below state levels: Caruso’s grade 3–5 averages trail the state by 26 points in ELA and 30 in Math, while Bolger’s grade 6–8 averages trail by 26 points in ELA and 23 in Math. The broad pattern is sizable state gaps, with one notable Algebra I exception.
Bolger stands out most positively in eighth-grade Algebra I: 75% were proficient, just above the 74.5% statewide result. Its separately reported Algebra I End of Course result was also 75%, compared with 40% statewide—a 35-point advantage. By contrast, Keansburg High had the weakest supplied results in Geometry: proficiency was 0% in ninth grade versus 50% statewide, and 0% for End of Course versus 52% statewide. The high school’s ELA results were closer to state levels than its Geometry results, though still lower: NJGPA ELA was 56% versus 76% statewide.
Results have shifted unevenly rather than showing a consistent area-wide improvement. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the ELA gap narrowed at Caruso (29 to 26 points) and Bolger (29 to 26 points); at the high school, the ninth-grade ELA gap narrowed from 26 to 24 points, while the Geometry gap widened from 41 to 50 points. Bolger’s striking Algebra I result also rose from 38% versus 73% statewide to 75% versus 74.5%. SchoolDigger ranks Caruso in the 9th percentile with 0 stars, the high school in the 8th percentile with 0 stars, and Bolger in the 14th percentile with 1 star. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 29%–36% across the schools, compared with 14% statewide. Caruso’s student–teacher ratio was 9.6, Bolger’s 12.5, and the high school’s 11.2. Free/reduced lunch eligibility was 75.5% at Caruso and 76.4% at Bolger in 2024–2025; the high school reported 41.6% for 2023–2024, a different year.
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