Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340774004618
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School
1021 Larsen Road, Jackson, NJ 08527 · (732) 833-4640 · Ocean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
210 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 87 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 40.8% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Howard C. Johnson Elementary School
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard C. Johnson Elementary School this school | 416 | 50.5% | 31.4% |
| Beatrice Gilmore School Woodland Park | 359 | 47.9% | 38.3% |
| Merriam Avenue School NEWTON | 483 | 55.7% | 33.4% |
| Mercerville Elementary School HAMILTON | 350 | 47.4% | 38.9% |
| North Dover Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 384 | 54.2% | 48.8% |
| Robinson Elementary School HAMILTON | 387 | 44.7% | 36.7% |
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 Howard C. Johnson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #938 of 1,290 | #38 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #741 of 1,319 ▼ 7 | #24 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #1,162 of 1,319 ▼ 115 | #49 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #647 of 1,562 | #37 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #557 of 1,390 | #16 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #402 of 1,392 | #9 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #572 of 1,481 | #24 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #387 of 798 | #15 of 30 |
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
416
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 416 | 38.6 | 10.8:1 | 50% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 38% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 39.8 | 9.9:1 | 29% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 37 | 10.9:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 42.6 | 11.0:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 42 | 11.0:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 38 | 19.8:1 | 7% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard C. Johnson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (468 to 416); teachers down 9% (42.6 to 38.6).
About Howard C. Johnson Elementary School
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Jackson, New Jersey. It teaches 416 students in pre-K through 5.
Jackson Township School District enrolls 7,627 students, and its 10 schools include Howard C. Johnson Elementary School.
The student body at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. The next largest groups are 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 36 points below the 83% share among Ocean County residents. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 50% of students at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Howard C. Johnson Elementary School is 7.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 31.4%. Predicted: 38.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ocean County show that the median household earns about $89,863 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ocean County has 117 public schools with about 66,051 students, including Howard C. Johnson Elementary School.
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School's nearest public school is Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Howard C. Johnson Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Howard C. Johnson Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Howard C. Johnson Elementary School enrolled 404 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 416.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Township School District
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,577 students
- Jackson Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Carl W. Goetz Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Switlik Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School0.1 mi · 718
- Aldrich Elementary School1.2 mi · 470
- Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School2.1 mi · 251
- Lucy N. Holman Elementary School2.5 mi · 547
- Land O'Pines Elementary School2.7 mi · 530
- Taunton Elementary School2.9 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Howard C. Johnson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School?
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is Howard C. Johnson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Howard C. Johnson Elementary School have?
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Howard C. Johnson Elementary School?
At Howard C. Johnson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Howard C. Johnson Elementary School public or private?
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Township School District.
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