Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWELL TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340756006123
Memorial Elementary School
485 ADELPHIA ROAD, FREEHOLD, NJ 07728 · (732) 919-1085 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
85 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
53.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 42.5% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
Where Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #668 of 1,290 | #61 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #467 of 1,319 | #47 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #624 of 1,319 | #61 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #654 of 1,562 | #47 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #188 of 1,390 | #23 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #886 of 1,392 | #48 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #100 of 545 | #5 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
+70 (+20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.7:1
% White
71%
was 70%
% Hispanic
14%
was 12%
% Black
3%
was 6%
% Asian
7%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 44.4 | 9.3:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 33.6 | 8.4:1 | 30% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 34.4 | 7.8:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 35.6 | 9.7:1 | 19% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, under Howell Township Public School District. Its 414 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Howell Township Public School District has 12 schools and 6,047 students, and Memorial Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Memorial Elementary School, at 71%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Monmouth County is about 74% White. Memorial Elementary School's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
Memorial Elementary School employs 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Memorial Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%. That rate is below the 29% average among public schools in Monmouth County.
A school with Memorial Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 54.9%. Memorial Elementary School scores 43.6%, 11.3 points below that line.
Within Monmouth County, the median household income is $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%. In all, Monmouth County has 186 public schools and roughly 91,053 students.
The school nearest to Memorial Elementary School is Adelphia Early Learning Center, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.0%; Memorial Elementary School's is 43.6%, ranking 5th of 8.
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.
Memorial Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 344 in 2017-18 to 414 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Howell Township Public School District
- Howell Township Middle School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Howell Township Middle School SouthMiddle · 893 students
- Land O'Pines Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Ramtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Aldrich Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Edith M. Griebling Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in FREEHOLD
- Freehold Borough High SchoolHigh · 1,376 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower SchoolMiddle · 582 students
- Clifton T. Barkalow SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Freehold Learning CenterElementary · 562 students
- Freehold Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Marshall W. Errickson SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Adelphia Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 357
- Ardena Elementary School0.6 mi · 374
- Edith M. Griebling Elementary School1.2 mi · 457
- Howell Township Middle School North2.2 mi · 970
- Howell High School2.6 mi · 1,775
- Land O'Pines Elementary School2.6 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Memorial Elementary School serve?
Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Memorial Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Memorial Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Elementary School in?
Memorial Elementary School is part of Howell Township Public School District.
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