1
Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIR HAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340495003778
Knollwood School
224 HANCE ROAD, FAIR HAVEN, NJ 07704 · (732) 747-0320 · Monmouth County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 19% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fair Haven School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.7% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 76.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Knollwood School
Knollwood School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knollwood School this school | 502 | 0.6% | 71.8% |
| Pequannock Valley School Pompton Plains | 476 | 5.3% | 62.1% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School WYCKOFF | 607 | 0.5% | 61.9% |
| Haddonfield Middle School HADDONFIELD | 631 | 1.6% | 69.4% |
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School VERONA | 702 | 1.9% | 58.1% |
| Roosevelt Intermediate School Westfield | 638 | 0.9% | 65.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Knollwood School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #22 of 433 | #2 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #26 of 437 ▼ 6 | #3 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #38 of 437 ▼ 2 | #5 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #248 of 445 | #18 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #48 of 417 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #410 of 419 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.6% | #435 of 436 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #107 of 282 | #19 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
502
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 502 | 57.3 | 8.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 60.8 | 8.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 64 | 8.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 60 | 9.3:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 54 | 10.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knollwood School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (584 to 502); teachers up 6% (54 to 57.3).
About Knollwood School
Knollwood School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in FAIR HAVEN, New Jersey. The school has 502 students in 2024-25 across grades 4 through 8.
Knollwood School is one school in a 2-school district, Fair Haven School District, which enrolls 966 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Knollwood School is White, at 94%. It is also 3% Hispanic. Monmouth County's residents are about 74% White, 20 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Knollwood School scores 11%.
Knollwood School has 57.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1. The gap from the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is 2.1 students per teacher. At Knollwood School, 1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 28 points below the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Knollwood School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Knollwood School is 6.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 71.8% actual, 65.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
For the population of Monmouth County, median household income comes to about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Monmouth County counts 186 public schools with about 91,053 students.
Red Bank Regional High School is the nearest public school to Knollwood School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Knollwood School is ahead of the 48.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%.
Knollwood School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Fair Haven School District
- Viola L Sickles SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Red Bank Regional High School0.5 mi · 1,261
- Viola L Sickles School0.8 mi · 464
- Red Bank Middle School1.1 mi · 600
- Markham Place School1.3 mi · 309
- Point Road School1.6 mi · 397
- Red Bank Charter School1.6 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Knollwood SchoolHow large is Knollwood School?
Knollwood School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Knollwood School serve?
Knollwood School serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Knollwood School?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at Knollwood School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knollwood School?
At Knollwood School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Knollwood School?
Knollwood School is overseen by Fair Haven School District in Monmouth County.
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