Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EATONTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340441003768
Margaret L Vetter
3 GRANT AVENUE, EATONTOWN, NJ 07724 · (732) 542-4644 · Monmouth County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
124 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 41% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Margaret L Vetter→Memorial Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Eatontown Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 37.1% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Margaret L Vetter
Margaret L Vetter's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret L Vetter this school | 232 | 53.4% | 40.6% |
| Meadowbrook EATONTOWN | 212 | 53.8% | N/A |
| Slackwood Elementary School LAWRENCEVILLE | 251 | 59.8% | 43.6% |
| Yardville Heights Elementary School HAMILTON | 251 | 59.8% | 46.4% |
| School #16 CLIFTON | 201 | 49.3% | 46.8% |
| New Hanover Township School WRIGHTSTOWN | 185 | 52.4% | 24.7% |
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 Margaret L Vetter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #735 of 1,290 | #67 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #628 of 1,319 ▲ 163 | #59 of 93 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #643 of 1,319 no change | #64 of 93 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,332 of 1,562 | #94 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #291 of 1,390 | #30 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #165 of 1,392 | #3 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #549 of 1,481 | #23 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #478 of 545 | #40 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
232
+41 (+21%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 232 | 23.7 | 9.8:1 | 53% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 23.1 | 9.6:1 | 47% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 22.8 | 8.3:1 | 40% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 21 | 9.1:1 | 53% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | N/A | N/A | 40% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 29 | 10.3:1 | 65% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 56% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 24% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret L Vetter.
About Margaret L Vetter
Margaret L Vetter is a small elementary school serving families in EATONTOWN, New Jersey. Grades offered run from 4 through 5, with 232 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
Margaret L Vetter sits within Eatontown Public School District, which has 4 schools and 949 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Margaret L Vetter. The largest is Hispanic students, at 38%. Other students are 37% White, 13% Black, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Hispanic share among all Monmouth County residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1 at Margaret L Vetter, with 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. Compared with the 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Margaret L Vetter is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Margaret L Vetter's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 36.9%. Margaret L Vetter scores 40.6%, 3.7 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Monmouth County show that the median household income is $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 186 public schools in Monmouth County, enrolling about 91,053 students in all.
Memorial Middle School is the public school closest to Margaret L Vetter, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Margaret L Vetter's average proficiency of 40.6% compares with 48.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Margaret L Vetter as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 21% enrollment rise, from 191 in 2020-21 to 232 in 2024-25.
The Margaret L Vetter community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Eatontown Public School District
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 270 students
- WoodmereElementary · 235 students
- MeadowbrookElementary · 212 students
Other schools in EATONTOWN
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 270 students
- WoodmereElementary · 235 students
- MeadowbrookElementary · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Middle School0.1 mi · 270
- Meadowbrook1.1 mi · 212
- Woodmere1.2 mi · 235
- Monmouth Regional High School1.5 mi · 891
- Wolf Hill School1.8 mi · 354
- Tinton Falls Middle School1.8 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret L VetterHow large is Margaret L Vetter?
Margaret L Vetter enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 04-05.
Is Margaret L Vetter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Margaret L Vetter is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Margaret L Vetter have?
Margaret L Vetter employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Margaret L Vetter?
At Margaret L Vetter, the student body is approximately 37% White, 38% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Margaret L Vetter public or private?
Margaret L Vetter is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eatontown Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.