Enrollment
175
Middle
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLET TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341368003830
Cove Road School
8 COVE ROAD, HAZLET, NJ 07730 · (732) 264-5050 · Monmouth County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL175 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
50 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 99 | 57% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 43% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hazlet Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
38.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 44.3% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Cove Road School
Cove Road School's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Road School this school | 175 | 28.6% | 45.9% |
| Long Pond School NEWTON | 189 | 23.3% | 56.0% |
| Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School Elmer | 189 | 36.0% | 32.5% |
| Frank Antonides School West Long Branch | 220 | 24.5% | 58.1% |
| High Bridge Middle School HIGH BRIDGE | 130 | 22.3% | 43.6% |
| West Amwell School Lambertville | 141 | 31.9% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Cove Road School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #210 of 433 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #237 of 437 ▼ 53 | #27 of 35 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #200 of 437 ▼ 59 | #24 of 35 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 175 | #426 of 445 | #35 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #231 of 436 | #11 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #91 of 282 | #16 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
175
-7 (-4%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 175 | 17.6 | 9.9:1 | 29% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 19.2 | 8.8:1 | 25% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 21.6 | 8.7:1 | 16% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 18 | 10.1:1 | 19% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 19.2 | 10.7:1 | 22% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 17 | 11.5:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 14% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 10% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cove Road School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (206 to 175); teachers down 9% (19.2 to 17.6).
About Cove Road School
Cove Road School, a small middle school, is located in HAZLET, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 175 students, in grades 5 through 6. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
The district, Hazlet Township Public School District, has 2,657 students enrolled across 8 schools.
A majority of students at Cove Road School, 74%, are White. Next come 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 74% of residents are White. Cove Road School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.9:1, with 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 10.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cove Road School is 29%. That is close to the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County.
allk12 grades Cove Road School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cove Road School's results are 4.6 points below predicted: 45.9% against 50.5%.
Monmouth County has about 645,353 residents, and 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.
Nearest public school: Middle Road School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.8%; Cove Road School's is 45.9%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Federal data place Cove Road School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 182 to 175.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cove Road School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Hazlet Township Public School District
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
Other schools in HAZLET
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lillian Drive SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
Nearby schools
- Middle Road School0.4 mi · 285
- Hazlet Middle School0.6 mi · 376
- Memorial School0.7 mi · 630
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center0.8 mi · 341
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School1.2 mi · 87
- Keyport High School1.2 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Cove Road SchoolHow many students attend Cove Road School?
Cove Road School enrolls approximately 175 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Cove Road School serve?
Cove Road School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cove Road School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cove Road School is approximately 9.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cove Road School?
Cove Road School reports a student body of 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cove Road School?
Cove Road School is overseen by Hazlet Township Public School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.