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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340564003820
Laura Donovan School
237 STONEHURST BLVD, FREEHOLD, NJ 07728 · (732) 431-3321 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
96 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 50.4% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Laura Donovan School
Laura Donovan School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Donovan School this school | 441 | 21.8% | 53.3% |
| Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School Bernardsville | 435 | 23.4% | 61.3% |
| Strathmore Elementary School ABERDEEN | 481 | 23.9% | 54.2% |
| Arthur Stanlick Elementary School LK SHAWNEE JEFFERSON TWSP | 388 | 20.6% | 37.2% |
| Taunton Elementary School HOWELL | 389 | 24.7% | 40.7% |
| Lincoln Park Elementary School LINCOLN PARK | 500 | 24.8% | 64.7% |
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 Laura Donovan School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #458 of 1,290 | #41 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #392 of 1,319 ▲ 148 | #42 of 93 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #389 of 1,319 ▲ 9 | #36 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #567 of 1,562 | #41 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #521 of 1,390 | #53 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #845 of 1,392 | #45 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,004 of 1,481 | #50 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #479 of 545 | #41 of 46 |
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
441
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 441 | 41.5 | 10.6:1 | 22% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 20% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 44 | 10.2:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 38 | 11.3:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 43.5 | 9.9:1 | 20% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 43 | 11.8:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laura Donovan School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (433 to 441); teachers down 5% (43.5 to 41.5).
About Laura Donovan School
Laura Donovan School is a medium-sized elementary school in FREEHOLD, New Jersey. It enrolled 441 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Freehold Township School District is made up of 8 schools with 3,406 students in all.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at Laura Donovan School combined. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Laura Donovan School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
The school employs the equivalent of 41.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Laura Donovan School is 22%.
The allk12 Grade for Laura Donovan School is B. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Laura Donovan School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.3% and a predicted 54.3%.
Census estimates describe Monmouth County this way: median household income is about $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 186 public schools in Monmouth County, with a combined enrollment of about 91,053.
The school nearest to Laura Donovan School is Freehold Township High School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Laura Donovan School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 429 to 441 over 4 years.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Freehold Township School District
- Dwight D. Eisenhower SchoolMiddle · 582 students
- Clifton T. Barkalow SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Marshall W. Errickson SchoolElementary · 464 students
- West Freehold SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Joseph J Catena SchoolElementary · 445 students
- C. Richard Applegate SchoolElementary · 358 students
Other schools in FREEHOLD
- Freehold Borough High SchoolHigh · 1,376 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower SchoolMiddle · 582 students
- Clifton T. Barkalow SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Freehold Learning CenterElementary · 562 students
- Freehold Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Marshall W. Errickson SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Freehold Township High School0.6 mi · 1,813
- Marshall W. Errickson School0.6 mi · 464
- Clifton T. Barkalow School1.1 mi · 574
- Early Childhood Learning Center1.2 mi · 95
- West Freehold School1.5 mi · 447
- Freehold Intermediate School1.7 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Laura Donovan SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Laura Donovan School?
Laura Donovan School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Laura Donovan School serve?
Laura Donovan School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Laura Donovan School have?
Laura Donovan School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Laura Donovan School?
Student demographics at Laura Donovan School are roughly 67% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Laura Donovan School public or private?
Laura Donovan School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Freehold Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.