Holly Glen Elementary School

Holly Glen Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary campus in WILLIAMSTOWN, New Jersey, overseen by Monroe Township Public School District, teaches 570 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Holly Glen Elementary School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Monroe Township Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 5,703 students. Holly Glen Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Holly Glen Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, Holly Glen Elementary School logs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Holly Glen Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Gloucester County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holly Glen Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 46.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Gloucester County put median household earnings sit near $105,115, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Holly Glen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Williamstown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holly Glen Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holly Glen Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

Holly Glen Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holly Glen Elementary School has shrank 12%, going from 649 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.