Laura Donovan School

Laura Donovan School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Freehold Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 441 students spanning grades K through 5.

Freehold Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,406 students; Laura Donovan School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laura Donovan School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 25% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Laura Donovan School records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Laura Donovan School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Laura Donovan School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Monmouth County shows median household income runs about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Laura Donovan School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Freehold Township High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laura Donovan School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

Laura Donovan School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 433 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025.

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