Frank Defino Central Elementary School

Frank Defino Central Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in MARLBORO, New Jersey, part of Marlboro Township School District, with 510 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Frank Defino Central Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Marlboro Township School District, a district that serves 4,481 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frank Defino Central Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest looks like 27% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

With demographic context factored in, Frank Defino Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household income runs about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Frank Defino Central Elementary School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

The closest other public school is Marlboro High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frank Defino Central Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Frank Defino Central Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frank Defino Central Elementary School has grew 3%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 35% to 27%.

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