Lincroft Elementary School

Lincroft Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in LINCROFT, New Jersey, one of the schools within Middletown Township Public School District, caters to 486 students, covering grades K through 5.

Lincroft Elementary School is one of 16 schools operated by Middletown Township Public School District, a district that educates 8,752 students overall.

Demographically, Lincroft Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

With demographic context factored in, Lincroft Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 58.7%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household income runs about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), Lincroft Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

High Technology High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincroft Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

Lincroft Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincroft Elementary School has edged up 10%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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