Ardena Elementary School

Ardena Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary-level community in FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, overseen by Howell Township Public School District, educates 374 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Howell Township Public School District, which oversees 12 schools and 6,047 students, Ardena Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ardena Elementary School lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Ardena Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of -4.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Ardena Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Memorial Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ardena Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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