Edith M. Griebling Elementary School

Edith M. Griebling Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, run under Howell Township Public School District. The school works with 457 students in grades K through 5.

Howell Township Public School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,047 students. Edith M. Griebling Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Edith M. Griebling Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Edith M. Griebling Elementary School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edith M. Griebling Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the broader community, Monmouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Edith M. Griebling Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Adelphia Early Learning Center, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edith M. Griebling Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Edith M. Griebling Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Edith M. Griebling Elementary School's enrollment has increased 81% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 457). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 64% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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