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Marlboro Elementary School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Marlboro Elementary School
Marlboro Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in MARLBORO, New Jersey, one of the schools within Marlboro Township School District, with 551 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 405.
Marlboro Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Marlboro Township School District, a district that enrolls 4,481 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Marlboro Elementary School reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marlboro Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is south of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marlboro Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.4%; this one delivers 68.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Monmouth County reports that median household income runs about $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Marlboro Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Frank J. Dugan Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marlboro Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marlboro Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.2%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Marlboro Elementary School's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 551). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 65%.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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- Marlboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
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- Marlboro High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Marlboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Frank J. Dugan Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Frank Defino Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Frank J. Dugan Elementary School0.4 mi · 624
- Marlboro Middle School0.7 mi · 935
- Marlboro High School1.0 mi · 1,700
- Frank Defino Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 510
- Robertsville Elementary School2.1 mi · 438
- Asher Holmes Elementary School2.1 mi · 444