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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARLBORO TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340972003954
Asher Holmes Elementary School
48 MENZEL LANE, MORGANVILLE, NJ 07751 · (732) 972-2080 · Monmouth County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
59 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (76) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
70.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.6% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 77.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Asher Holmes Elementary School
Asher Holmes Elementary School's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asher Holmes Elementary School this school | 444 | 13.3% | 70.8% |
| Kirby's Mill Elementary School MEDFORD | 402 | 13.4% | 67.3% |
| Wemrock Brook School MANALAPAN | 513 | 15.8% | 71.1% |
| Joyce Kilmer School MAHWAH | 394 | 12.2% | 61.2% |
| Radburn Elementary School FAIR LAWN | 445 | 11.5% | 86.5% |
| Crim Primary School Bridgewater | 396 | 10.6% | 69.5% |
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 Asher Holmes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #149 of 1,290 | #5 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #147 of 1,319 ▼ 46 | #12 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #251 of 1,319 ▼ 117 | #27 of 93 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #559 of 1,562 | #39 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #829 of 1,390 | #79 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #828 of 1,392 | #44 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #1,180 of 1,481 | #79 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #153 of 798 | #10 of 50 |
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
444
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 444 | 37.6 | 11.8:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 38.4 | 11.6:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 37.6 | 11.9:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 47.1 | 12.0:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Asher Holmes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (564 to 444); teachers down 20% (47.1 to 37.6).
About Asher Holmes Elementary School
Asher Holmes Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Marlboro Township School District, located in MORGANVILLE, New Jersey. It educates 444 students in grades 1 through 5.
The district, Marlboro Township School District, operates 8 schools serving 4,481 students.
Asher Holmes Elementary School is 68% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 18% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Asher Holmes Elementary School's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Asher Holmes Elementary School, 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Roughly 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
allk12 grades Asher Holmes Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Asher Holmes Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.8%.
Across Monmouth County, the median household income is $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Monmouth County has 186 public schools and roughly 91,053 students.
Of nearby public schools, Robertsville Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Asher Holmes Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 64.0% proficiency; Asher Holmes Elementary School posts 70.8%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 456 in 2020-21 to 444 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Asher Holmes Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Marlboro Township School District
- Marlboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Marlboro Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Frank J. Dugan Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Marlboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Frank Defino Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Robertsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
Other schools in MORGANVILLE
- Marlboro Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Robertsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- David C Abbott Early Learning CenterElementary · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Robertsville Elementary School0.2 mi · 438
- Marlboro Middle School1.7 mi · 935
- Frank J. Dugan Elementary School2.1 mi · 624
- Marlboro Elementary School2.1 mi · 551
- Frank Defino Central Elementary School2.4 mi · 510
- David C Abbott Early Learning Center2.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About Asher Holmes Elementary SchoolHow large is Asher Holmes Elementary School?
Asher Holmes Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades 01-05.
Is Asher Holmes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Asher Holmes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at Asher Holmes Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Asher Holmes Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Asher Holmes Elementary School?
At Asher Holmes Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Asher Holmes Elementary School?
Asher Holmes Elementary School is overseen by Marlboro Township School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.