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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Lanes Mill Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004592
Lanes Mill Elementary School
1891 LANES MILL RD, BRICK, NJ 08724 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
196 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 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 up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 38.1% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Lanes Mill Elementary School
Lanes Mill Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanes Mill Elementary School this school | 557 | 35.2% | 37.0% |
| Silver Bay Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 585 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| Delran Intermediate School DELRAN | 610 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
| Bayville Elementary School BAYVILLE | 475 | 37.5% | 44.8% |
| Beachwood Elementary School BEACHWOOD | 480 | 39.6% | 38.3% |
| Ramtown Elementary School HOWELL | 483 | 30.6% | 45.4% |
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 Lanes Mill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #814 of 1,290 | #25 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #736 of 1,319 ▲ 46 | #23 of 52 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #847 of 1,319 ▲ 69 | #23 of 52 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #295 of 1,562 | #22 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #655 of 1,390 | #19 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #816 of 1,392 | #28 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #774 of 1,481 | #45 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #790 of 798 | #30 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
557
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 557 | 49.9 | 11.2:1 | 35% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 48.2 | 11.9:1 | 34% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 47.5 | 12.2:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 48 | 11.7:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 49.4 | 11.3:1 | 38% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 34% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 24% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 16% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 36 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lanes Mill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (559 to 557); teachers up 1% (49.4 to 49.9).
About Lanes Mill Elementary School
In BRICK, New Jersey, part of Ocean County, Lanes Mill Elementary School is an elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 557 students. That is 38% bigger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Lanes Mill Elementary School is among 12 schools run by Brick Township Public School District, which serves 8,224 students.
The largest group at Lanes Mill Elementary School is White students, at 67%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Ocean County residents are about 83% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Teacher count: 49.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.2:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. Across public schools in Ocean County, the average is 44%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lanes Mill Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.0%; the prediction is 46.9%.
In the wider Ocean County area, median household income comes to about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ocean County counts 117 public schools with about 66,051 students.
Lanes Mill Elementary School's nearest public school is Brick Township Memorial High School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lanes Mill Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Lanes Mill Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (560) and 2024-25 (557).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Lanes Mill Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Brick Township High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
Other schools in BRICK
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Osbornville Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development CenterElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Brick Township Memorial High School0.3 mi · 1,269
- Herbertsville Early Childhood Development Center1.4 mi · 224
- Ramtown Elementary School1.4 mi · 483
- Veterans Memorial Middle School1.5 mi · 865
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School1.5 mi · 619
- Howell Township Middle School South1.6 mi · 893
Frequently asked questions
About Lanes Mill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lanes Mill Elementary School?
Lanes Mill Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lanes Mill Elementary School serve?
Lanes Mill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lanes Mill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lanes Mill Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lanes Mill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lanes Mill Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lanes Mill Elementary School in?
Lanes Mill Elementary School is part of Brick Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.