Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLET TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341368003832
Lillian Drive School
28 LILLIAN DRIVE, HAZLET, NJ 07730 · (732) 787-2332 · Monmouth County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
11.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
80 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 23% |
This year's 1st grade class (63) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
41.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -15.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 45.4% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lillian Drive School
Lillian Drive School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Drive School this school | 260 | 30.8% | 41.4% |
| Oaklyn Public School OAKLYN | 273 | 29.7% | 40.7% |
| Ocean City Primary School OCEAN CITY | 271 | 31.7% | 56.2% |
| Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School HEWITT | 250 | 31.2% | 54.5% |
| Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center Atco | 257 | 30.7% | N/A |
| Oxford Central School Oxford | 262 | 29.8% | 43.2% |
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 Lillian Drive School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #708 of 1,290 | #63 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #975 of 1,319 ▼ 314 | #79 of 93 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #895 of 1,319 ▼ 181 | #78 of 93 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #1,253 of 1,562 | #89 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #734 of 1,390 | #71 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #973 of 1,392 | #57 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #843 of 1,481 | #39 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #399 of 545 | #32 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
260
+21 (+9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 260 | 22.7 | 11.5:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 26% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 19% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 26 | 9.2:1 | 14% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 23.2 | 10.8:1 | 25% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 15% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 12% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lillian Drive School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (249 to 260); teachers down 2% (23.2 to 22.7).
About Lillian Drive School
Lillian Drive School is an elementary school in HAZLET, New Jersey, according to federal school records. A total of 260 students attend the school, which covers grades 1 through 4. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
The 8 schools in Hazlet Township Public School District enroll 2,657 students altogether, Lillian Drive School among them.
Lillian Drive School's enrollment is 73% White. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share in Monmouth County as a whole is similar, at about 74%. Lillian Drive School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Lillian Drive School total 22.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.5:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. The school counts 80 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 31%. That is close to the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County.
The allk12 Grade for Lillian Drive School is C. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New Jersey, Lillian Drive School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.4% actual against a predicted 49.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Monmouth County, median household income is about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lillian Drive School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County, which together enroll about 91,053 students.
The school nearest to Lillian Drive School is Raritan High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lillian Drive School is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lillian Drive School went from 239 students to 260. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.2:1 to 11.5:1.
Community posts for Lillian Drive School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Hazlet Township Public School District
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Other schools in HAZLET
- Raritan High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Hazlet Middle SchoolMiddle · 376 students
- Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 341 students
- Middle Road SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Raritan Valley SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Beers Street SchoolMiddle · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Raritan High School0.2 mi · 781
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School0.3 mi · 87
- Hazlet Middle School0.8 mi · 376
- Middle Road School1.0 mi · 285
- Joseph R. Bolger Middle School1.2 mi · 318
- Joseph C. Caruso School1.3 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Lillian Drive SchoolHow many students attend Lillian Drive School?
Lillian Drive School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 01-04.
What age range does Lillian Drive School serve?
Lillian Drive School serves students from grade 01 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Lillian Drive School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Lillian Drive School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lillian Drive School?
At Lillian Drive School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lillian Drive School public or private?
Lillian Drive School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hazlet Township Public School District.
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