Aldrich Elementary School

Aldrich Elementary School is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in HOWELL, New Jersey, part of Howell Township Public School District, works with 470 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Howell Township Public School District (6,047 students total), Aldrich Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Aldrich Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Aldrich Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Aldrich Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Aldrich Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Monmouth County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Aldrich Elementary School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Aldrich Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aldrich Elementary School has climbed 10%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 54%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.