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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340939003928
Lafayette Mills School
66 MAXWELL LANE, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · (732) 786-2700 · Monmouth County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New Jersey public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
51 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 27% |
This year's 1st grade class (86) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
84.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 73.4% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Lafayette Mills School
Lafayette Mills School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Mills School this school | 459 | 11.1% | 69.9% |
| Clark Mills School MANALAPAN | 474 | 11.4% | 68.0% |
| A. Russell Knight Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 456 | 9.6% | 67.3% |
| Milford Brook School Manalapan | 516 | 14.1% | 61.6% |
| Seaview Elementary School LINWOOD | 444 | 10.4% | 70.1% |
| Marshall W. Errickson School FREEHOLD | 464 | 14.2% | 56.8% |
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 Lafayette Mills School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #158 of 1,290 | #8 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #39 of 1,319 ▲ 115 | #6 of 93 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #185 of 1,319 ▲ 67 | #19 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #519 of 1,562 | #35 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,037 of 1,390 | #90 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #1,122 of 1,392 | #71 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,225 of 1,481 | #84 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #419 of 798 | #28 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
459
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 459 | 36.1 | 12.7:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 34.3 | 13.0:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 42 | 12.2:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 43 | 19.6:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 40 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Mills School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (511 to 459); teachers down 14% (42 to 36.1).
About Lafayette Mills School
Lafayette Mills School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in Manalapan. It has an enrollment of 459 students in grades 1 through 5.
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is the local district for Lafayette Mills School. It runs 8 schools with 4,502 students.
More than half of the students at Lafayette Mills School are White (78%). The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafayette Mills School scores 37%.
A staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.7:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.3 students per teacher. By family income, 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 18 points below the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County.
Lafayette Mills School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lafayette Mills School is 9.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 69.9%. Predicted: 60.1%.
In the wider Monmouth County area, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Monmouth County, 186 public schools serve about 91,053 students.
Of the public schools around it, Lafayette Mills School is closest to C. Richard Applegate School, about 1.5 miles away. Lafayette Mills School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lafayette Mills School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 69.9% against a local average of 58.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 487 (2020-21) to 459 (2024-25).
This page is set up for the Lafayette Mills School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Pine Brook SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Manalapan
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Pine Brook SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- C. Richard Applegate School1.5 mi · 358
- Frank J. Dugan Elementary School1.8 mi · 624
- Pine Brook School2.0 mi · 494
- Marlboro Elementary School2.2 mi · 551
- Manalapan High School2.3 mi · 1,690
- Taylor Mills School2.6 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Mills SchoolHow many students attend Lafayette Mills School?
Lafayette Mills School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 01-05.
Is Lafayette Mills School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lafayette Mills School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Lafayette Mills School have?
Lafayette Mills School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lafayette Mills School?
At Lafayette Mills School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Mills School?
Lafayette Mills School is overseen by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.