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Schools in Spring Lake Heights · Spring Lake Heights Borough School District

Spring Lake Heights’s public schools outscore 74% of New Jersey districts

67% of students in Spring Lake Heights’s public schools are proficient in reading, above the New Jersey average (49%). The grade covers the public school district serving Spring Lake Heights, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within New Jersey, not nationally.

#114of 465 New Jersey townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From New Jersey state tests taken in spring 2022, when 96% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
67%
▲ 18 pts vs NJ 49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
▲ 12 pts vs NJ 36%
2021–22
Spent per student
$32.9K
▲ 16% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.7
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
292 students on the public path
In brief

Spring Lake Heights’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 446 New Jersey towns with household incomes within a quarter of Spring Lake Heights’s, its schools beat 90%, higher than their 74% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on tests

Reading proficiency is 67% and math 47% in spring 2022, against 49% and 36% statewide. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $32,917 per student, against $28,441 across New Jersey (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Spring Lake Heights’s grade

B+ Test scores

B+: better than 74% of New Jersey school districts, #114 of 465 New Jersey towns. Test scores are above the New Jersey average; there is no graduation rate to add.

New Jersey school districts we grade (651)Better than 74%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (446)Better than 90%
B+A−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 196 test results could put Spring Lake Heights anywhere from B+ to A−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 96% of Spring Lake Heights’s students in the tested grades sat them (197 in math, 196 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Spring Lake Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Spring Lake Heights Elementary SchoolSpring Lake Heights Borough School DistrictA−

Spring Lake Heights’s public schools are run by Spring Lake Heights Borough School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Spring Lake Heights Borough School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 292 students, down 14% since 2020–21 · 6.7 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$32,917NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading67%
State average 48.6% · 196 students tested
Math47%
State average 35.5% · 197 students tested

Spring Lake Heights vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Spring Lake Heights’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Spring Lake HeightsB+Spring Lake Heights Borough
WallBWall Township PK–12 · Freehold Regional 9–12
Sea GirtA+Sea Girt Borough
Spring LakeA+Spring Lake Borough

Every school in Spring Lake Heights

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Spring Lake Heightsby address
Spring Lake Heights Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
A−
292 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Spring Lake Heights’s schools

Are Spring Lake Heights’s schools good?

By New Jersey’s own tests, yes: the public schools Spring Lake Heights children attend outscore 74% of New Jersey’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #114 of 465 New Jersey towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 90%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020.

What school district is Spring Lake Heights in?

Spring Lake Heights Borough School District, which runs grades PK–8 and enrolls 292 students in 1 schools (2024–25).

How much does Spring Lake Heights spend per student?

$32,917 in Spring Lake Heights Borough School District (FY2024), against $28,441 across New Jersey. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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What Spring Lake Heights families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.