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Piner Elementary School

Lakewood Township · Ocean County · Elementary school
Grades PK–K · was PK–1 in 2015
Last reported enrollment in 2024-25 — no longer in the data since.
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2024-25, it enrolled 364 students across grades PK–K. That is 299 fewer than in 2015-16 (663) — the school had shrunk. Its biggest cohort is kindergarten.

students 0200400600800KPK1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2015-16 and 2024-25 was Hispanic students — 86% then, 87% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 787%6%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or moreNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25 the makeup of this school shifted noticeably.

That’s the second-largest shift among the district’s six elementary schools — smaller than 52% of Ocean County elementary schools. The district as a whole shifted just 1.1 over the same years, making this school an outlier. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Hispanic +4.6·Black −3.5·White −2.6

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2024-25, 92.6% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 050100notreported92.6%92%91.3%201520202024
This schooldistrict overalldistrict elementary schools

Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district elementary schools, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism

In 2024-25, 29% of students were chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — down from 37.9% in 2021-22.

% chronically absent 0204029%16%14.4%2021202220232024
This schooldistrict overallNew Jersey

Chronic absenteeism — the share of students who missed 10% or more of the days they were enrolled (roughly 18 days across a full school year). The lighter lines show the district overall and New Jersey, for comparison. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2024-25.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →