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What's the most underrated thing about Lincroft Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341011003996
Lincroft Elementary School
729 NEWMAN SPRINGS ROAD, LINCROFT, NJ 07738 · (732) 741-5838 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+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
12.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
14 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
58.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 69.1% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Lincroft Elementary School
Lincroft Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincroft Elementary School this school | 486 | 2.9% | 58.7% |
| Central School HADDONFIELD | 447 | 0.7% | 85.2% |
| Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School SHREWSBURY | 439 | 0.7% | 70.0% |
| Nut Swamp Elementary School MIDDLETOWN | 464 | 1.5% | 60.5% |
| Brielle Elementary School BRIELLE | 471 | 2.3% | 62.4% |
| Viola L Sickles School FAIR HAVEN | 464 | 0.6% | 86.2% |
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 Lincroft Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #358 of 1,290 | #34 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #281 of 1,319 ▼ 53 | #28 of 93 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #521 of 1,319 ▼ 74 | #50 of 93 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #433 of 1,562 | #22 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #995 of 1,390 | #88 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #1,284 of 1,392 | #86 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.9% | #1,394 of 1,481 | #100 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #251 of 545 | #17 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
486
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 486 | 38.9 | 12.5:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 35.8 | 13.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 34.3 | 14.0:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 32.6 | 13.6:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincroft Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (442 to 486); teachers up 19% (32.6 to 38.9).
About Lincroft Elementary School
Lincroft Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in LINCROFT, New Jersey. The school counts 486 students across kindergarten through 5.
The district, Middletown Township Public School District, has 8,752 students enrolled across 16 schools.
Lincroft Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 87% White. It is also 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Monmouth County is roughly 74% White. By the diversity index, Lincroft Elementary School comes in at 23%.
Lincroft Elementary School counts 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.5 students for each one. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Lincroft Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lincroft Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (58.7%) and its predicted rate (64.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Across Monmouth County, median household income is about $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Monmouth County number 186 and enroll about 91,053.
The closest public school, High Technology High School, is about 0.4 miles from Lincroft Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lincroft Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Lincroft Elementary School had 449 students in 2020-21 and 486 in 2024-25, an 8% increase.
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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 Middletown Township Public School District
- Middletown High School SouthHigh · 1,406 students
- Middletown High School NorthHigh · 1,289 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Thorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bayshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- New Monmouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- High Technology High School0.4 mi · 284
- Swimming River School1.9 mi · 432
- Middletown High School South1.9 mi · 1,406
- Mahala F. Atchison School2.0 mi · 484
- Tinton Falls Middle School2.4 mi · 443
- Red Bank Primary School2.5 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Lincroft Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincroft Elementary School?
Lincroft Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincroft Elementary School serve?
Lincroft Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincroft Elementary School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Lincroft Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincroft Elementary School?
Lincroft Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincroft Elementary School?
Lincroft Elementary School is overseen by Middletown Township Public School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.