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What's one thing Harmony Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341011003992
Harmony Elementary School
100 Murphy Road, NEW MONMOUTH, NJ 07748 · (732) 671-2111 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
68 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 102 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
63.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 55.4% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Harmony Elementary School
Harmony Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Elementary School this school | 481 | 14.1% | 52.6% |
| White Rock Elementary School OAK RIDGE | 481 | 14.6% | 51.6% |
| Middletown Village Elementary School MIDDLETOWN | 426 | 13.6% | 58.2% |
| Byram Lakes Elementary School STANHOPE | 443 | 11.5% | 49.1% |
| New Monmouth Elementary School MIDDLETOWN | 508 | 17.9% | 48.3% |
| Milton H. Allen Elementary School MEDFORD | 428 | 11.7% | 52.7% |
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 Harmony Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #467 of 1,290 | #43 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #382 of 1,319 ▲ 74 | #40 of 93 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #412 of 1,319 ▲ 199 | #38 of 93 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #451 of 1,562 | #26 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,075 of 1,390 | #91 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,132 of 1,392 | #74 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #1,160 of 1,481 | #76 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #696 of 798 | #46 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
481
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 481 | 37.2 | 12.9:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 39.9 | 11.9:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 40.9 | 11.6:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 37.1 | 13.4:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 8% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (496 to 481); teachers unchanged (37.1 to 37.2).
About Harmony Elementary School
At 100 Murphy Road in NEW MONMOUTH, New Jersey, Harmony Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 481 students, in pre-K through 5.
Middletown Township Public School District is responsible for 16 schools, Harmony Elementary School included, with 8,752 students in all.
Roughly 78% of students at Harmony Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Harmony Elementary School is 37.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Around 14% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Monmouth County average 29%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Harmony Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.4% for Harmony Elementary School. The school posts 52.6%, 5.9 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Monmouth County this way: the median household income is $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Harmony Elementary School, Monmouth County has 185 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Thorne Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.9%; Harmony Elementary School's is 52.6%, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Harmony Elementary School's enrollment grew from 464 in 2020-21 to 481 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Harmony Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Middletown Township Public School District
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Thorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bayshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other Harmony Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Harmony Elementary. Harmony Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 18.
- Harmony ElementaryHemet, CA · 826 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 781 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolMonroe, GA · 666 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolBuford, GA · 614 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolGoshen, KY · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Thorne Middle School0.3 mi · 597
- New Monmouth Elementary School1.0 mi · 508
- Middletown Village Elementary School1.3 mi · 426
- Ocean Avenue Elementary School1.4 mi · 283
- Joseph R. Bolger Middle School1.5 mi · 318
- Middletown High School North1.5 mi · 1,289
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Elementary SchoolHow large is Harmony Elementary School?
Harmony Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harmony Elementary School serve?
Harmony Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harmony Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Harmony Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Harmony Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harmony Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony Elementary School?
Harmony Elementary School is overseen by Middletown Township Public School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.