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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340939003930
Milford Brook School
20 GLOBAR TERRACE, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · (732) 786-2780 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-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
12.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
73 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
42%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
Students here typically continue to
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
67.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 65.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Milford Brook School
Milford Brook School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Brook School this school | 516 | 14.1% | 61.6% |
| Marshall W. Errickson School FREEHOLD | 464 | 14.2% | 56.8% |
| Clark Mills School MANALAPAN | 474 | 11.4% | 68.0% |
| Joseph J Catena School FREEHOLD | 445 | 14.4% | 57.0% |
| Marlton Elementary MARLTON | 567 | 10.9% | 44.4% |
| Benedict A. Cucinella School LONG VALLEY | 529 | 8.9% | 59.4% |
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 Milford Brook School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #304 of 1,290 | #27 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #258 of 1,319 ▲ 28 | #25 of 93 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #328 of 1,319 ▼ 25 | #33 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #371 of 1,562 | #17 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #887 of 1,390 | #81 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #1,003 of 1,392 | #60 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #1,159 of 1,481 | #75 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #687 of 798 | #45 of 50 |
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
516
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 516 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 40.6 | 13.2:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 45.1 | 11.4:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 39.1 | 13.6:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 11% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 850 | 47 | 18.1:1 | 2% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 45 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milford Brook School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (533 to 516); teachers up 10% (39.1 to 43).
About Milford Brook School
Students in Manalapan, New Jersey, attend Milford Brook School, a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 516 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Milford Brook School is a school in Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. The district has 8 schools and 4,502 students.
By race and ethnicity, Milford Brook School is 75% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Monmouth County is about 74% White. Milford Brook School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Milford Brook School is 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.0:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. Public schools in Monmouth County average 29%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Milford Brook School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Milford Brook School is +3.1 points: 61.6% actual, 58.4% predicted.
Monmouth County has about 645,353 residents, and median household income is about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Monmouth County number 186 and enroll about 91,053.
The school nearest to Milford Brook School is Clark Mills School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Milford Brook School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Milford Brook School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Milford Brook School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 511 in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
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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 Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 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
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Pine Brook SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lafayette Mills SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Mills School0.2 mi · 474
- John I. Dawes Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 306
- Taylor Mills School0.5 mi · 533
- Pine Brook School1.3 mi · 494
- Manalapan High School1.4 mi · 1,690
- Wemrock Brook School1.5 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About Milford Brook SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milford Brook School?
Milford Brook School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Milford Brook School serve?
Milford Brook School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Milford Brook School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Milford Brook School.
What is the student diversity at Milford Brook School?
Student demographics at Milford Brook School are roughly 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Milford Brook School?
Milford Brook 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.