Lillian Drive School

Lillian Drive School operates as a tight-knit primary school in HAZLET, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hazlet Township Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 260 students spanning grades 1 through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Hazlet Township Public School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,657 students; Lillian Drive School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lillian Drive School records that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Monmouth County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Lillian Drive School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lillian Drive School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, Monmouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lillian Drive School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Raritan High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lillian Drive School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lillian Drive School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lillian Drive School has rose 4%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 73%.

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