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Enrollment
1,207
Middle
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340939000029
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School
155 MILLHURST ROAD, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · (732) 786-2650 · Monmouth County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,207 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
181 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 600 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 607 | 50% |
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
62.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 65.5% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School this school | 1,207 | 15.0% | 61.3% |
| Randolph Middle School RANDOLPH | 959 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
| Marlboro Middle School MARLBORO | 935 | 8.2% | 58.0% |
| Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School SUMMIT | 871 | 15.5% | 69.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School FAIR LAWN | 1,100 | 16.6% | 68.4% |
| Moorestown Upper Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 869 | 8.9% | 65.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #94 of 433 | #10 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #93 of 437 ▼ 33 | #11 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #70 of 437 ▼ 27 | #9 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,207 | #12 of 445 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #390 of 417 | #32 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #262 of 419 | #14 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #318 of 436 | #21 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #263 of 282 | #32 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,207
+43 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 1,328
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 1,207 | 86.9 | 13.9:1 | 15% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 1,158 | 88.8 | 13.0:1 | 9% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 1,174 | 95.7 | 12.3:1 | 9% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 1,164 | 106 | 11.0:1 | 9% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 1,223 | 101.5 | 12.1:1 | 9% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 1,249 | 101 | 12.4:1 | 11% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 1,302 | 79 | 16.5:1 | 8% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 1,328 | 88 | 15.1:1 | 3% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,223 to 1,207); teachers down 14% (101.5 to 86.9).
About Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Manalapan, New Jersey, under Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 1,207 students in 2024-25. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students, which makes this school 109% larger than average.
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School falls under Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 4,502 students.
Federal enrollment data show Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is 69% White. The next largest groups are 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is 13.9:1, based on 86.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School counts 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% for Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School. The school posts 61.3%, 3.3 points above the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Monmouth County show that the median household earns about $124,845 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Monmouth County has 186 public schools with about 91,053 students, including Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School.
The closest school to Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is Wemrock Brook School, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 64.3% on proficiency, and Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is below that at 61.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,207, compared with 1,164 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 11.0 in 2020-21 to 13.9 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Pine Brook SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lafayette Mills SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Manalapan
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Pine Brook SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lafayette Mills SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Wemrock Brook School0.4 mi · 513
- Manalapan High School1.2 mi · 1,690
- Taylor Mills School1.4 mi · 533
- Clark Mills School1.5 mi · 474
- John I. Dawes Early Learning Center1.5 mi · 306
- Milford Brook School1.6 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolHow many students attend Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School enrolls approximately 1,207 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School serve?
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School.
How diverse is Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School reports a student body of 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is overseen by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.