Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWELL TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340756003860
Aldrich Elementary School
615 ALDRICH ROAD, HOWELL, NJ 07731 · (732) 751-2483 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
160 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 47.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aldrich Elementary School
Aldrich Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldrich Elementary School this school | 470 | 34.0% | 44.0% |
| Memorial School TOTOWA | 413 | 29.5% | 27.1% |
| Land O'Pines Elementary School HOWELL | 530 | 30.2% | 40.5% |
| Bayville Elementary School BAYVILLE | 475 | 37.5% | 44.8% |
| Ramtown Elementary School HOWELL | 483 | 30.6% | 45.4% |
| Tinc Rd. Elementary School FLANDERS | 449 | 32.5% | 59.2% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aldrich Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #658 of 1,290 | #59 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #532 of 1,319 ▲ 71 | #50 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #696 of 1,319 ▲ 4 | #68 of 93 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #484 of 1,562 | #30 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #938 of 1,390 | #84 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #603 of 1,392 | #21 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #793 of 1,481 | #36 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #249 of 545 | #16 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
+92 (+24%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 38.4 | 12.2:1 | 34% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 29.5 | 12.5:1 | 20% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 30.4 | 12.9:1 | 17% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 16% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 17% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 25 | 23.1:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 8% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 38 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aldrich Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (427 to 470); teachers up 13% (34 to 38.4).
About Aldrich Elementary School
Aldrich Elementary School, located in HOWELL, New Jersey, is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 470 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Aldrich Elementary School reports to Howell Township Public School District, which has 12 schools and 6,047 students.
A majority of students at Aldrich Elementary School, 54%, are White. Next come 36% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White. Aldrich Elementary School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Aldrich Elementary School employs 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. Aldrich Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 34%.
allk12 grades Aldrich Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Aldrich Elementary School is 3.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (44.0% versus 47.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census estimates describe Monmouth County this way: median household income is about $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 186 public schools in Monmouth County, with a combined enrollment of about 91,053.
The closest public school to Aldrich Elementary School is Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of Aldrich Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Aldrich Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Aldrich Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 378 to 470 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Aldrich Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howell Township Public School District
- Howell Township Middle School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Howell Township Middle School SouthMiddle · 893 students
- Land O'Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Ramtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Edith M. Griebling Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in HOWELL
- Howell Township Middle School SouthMiddle · 893 students
- Land O'Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Ramtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Taunton Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Newbury Early Learning CenterElementary · 365 students
- Greenville Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other Aldrich Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Aldrich Elementary. Aldrich Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- ALDRICH ELEMENTARYOMAHA, NE · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School1.1 mi · 718
- Howard C. Johnson Elementary School1.2 mi · 416
- Taunton Elementary School1.7 mi · 389
- Newbury Early Learning Center1.7 mi · 365
- Land O'Pines Elementary School1.8 mi · 530
- Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School1.9 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Aldrich Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Aldrich Elementary School?
Aldrich Elementary School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
Is Aldrich Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Aldrich Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Aldrich Elementary School have?
Aldrich Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Aldrich Elementary School?
Student demographics at Aldrich Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 36% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Aldrich Elementary School in?
Aldrich Elementary School is part of Howell Township Public School District.
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