Lanes Mill Elementary School

Lanes Mill Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in BRICK, New Jersey, operated by Brick Township Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 557 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 12 schools in Brick Township Public School District (8,224 students total), Lanes Mill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lanes Mill Elementary School records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Ocean County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lanes Mill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

In the surrounding community, Ocean County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Lanes Mill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brick Township Memorial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lanes Mill Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 559 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 23% across the same window.

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