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What's something Manalapan High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,690
High
DISTRICT 1,631 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340561003802
Manalapan High School
20 CHURCH LANE, ENGLISHTOWN, NJ 07726 · (732) 792-7200 · Monmouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,690 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
227 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 434 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 431 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 402 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 423 | 25% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
58.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp 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 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High School
Manalapan High School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan High School this school | 1,690 | 13.4% | 44.2% |
| Gloucester County Institute of Technology Sewell | 1,657 | 11.9% | 51.2% |
| Cherokee High School MARLTON | 2,082 | 16.9% | 46.5% |
| Shawnee High School MEDFORD | 1,387 | 9.4% | 46.1% |
| Clearview Regional High School MULLICA HILL | 1,332 | 18.0% | 52.4% |
| Freehold Township High School FREEHOLD TWP. | 1,813 | 19.5% | 39.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #144 of 397 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #120 of 400 ▲ 5 | #13 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #150 of 395 ▲ 2 | #11 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,690 | #62 of 442 | #4 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #347 of 388 | #30 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #294 of 389 | #21 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.4% | #323 of 405 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #59 of 200 | #9 of 24 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,690
-138 (-8%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,695
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,690 | 113 | 15.0:1 | 13% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 1,740 | 115 | 15.1:1 | 10% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 1,722 | 117 | 14.7:1 | 9% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 1,828 | 117 | 15.6:1 | 9% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 1,941 | 126.4 | 15.4:1 | 8% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 1,939 | 127 | 15.3:1 | 9% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 1,947 | 111 | 17.5:1 | 4% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 2,073 | 122 | 17.0:1 | 1% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 1,695 | 99 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manalapan High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,941 to 1,690); teachers down 11% (126.4 to 113).
About Manalapan High School
Manalapan High School is a large high school in ENGLISHTOWN, New Jersey, one of the schools in Freehold Regional High School District. The school enrolls 1,690 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 82% larger than that.
Manalapan High School sits within Freehold Regional High School District, which has 6 schools and 9,784 students.
By race and ethnicity, Manalapan High School is 75% White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Monmouth County is about 74% White. Manalapan High School has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.0 students per teacher. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 13%. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 16 points.
Manalapan High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 58.8%. Manalapan High School posts 44.2%, 14.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Monmouth County show that median household income is about $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Manalapan High School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County, which together enroll about 91,053 students.
Wemrock Brook School is the public school closest to Manalapan High School, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Manalapan High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Manalapan High School saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Freehold Regional High School District
- Freehold Township High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Howell High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Marlboro High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Colts Neck High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
- Freehold Borough High SchoolHigh · 1,376 students
Nearby schools
- Wemrock Brook School0.8 mi · 513
- Taylor Mills School1.0 mi · 533
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School1.2 mi · 1,207
- John I. Dawes Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 306
- Clark Mills School1.2 mi · 474
- Milford Brook School1.4 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Manalapan High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manalapan High School?
Manalapan High School enrolls approximately 1,690 students in grades 09-12.
Is Manalapan High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Manalapan High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manalapan High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manalapan High School is approximately 15.0:1 (113 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manalapan High School?
At Manalapan High School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Manalapan High School public or private?
Manalapan High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Freehold Regional High School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.