John I. Dawes Early Learning Center

John I. Dawes Early Learning Center operates as a cozy K-5 school in MANALAPAN, New Jersey, run under Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 306 students spanning grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

John I. Dawes Early Learning Center is one of 8 schools operated by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, a district that enrolls 4,502 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John I. Dawes Early Learning Center logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, John I. Dawes Early Learning Center shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at John I. Dawes Early Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which John I. Dawes Early Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clark Mills School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

John I. Dawes Early Learning Center operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John I. Dawes Early Learning Center has decreased 24%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 73% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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