1
Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341050003446
Mill Lake
115 MONMOUTH ROAD, MONROE TWP, NJ 08831 · (732) 251-5336 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
81 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
42.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 57.2% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Mill Lake
Mill Lake's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Lake this school | 462 | 17.5% | 50.6% |
| Lenape Meadows MAHWAH | 418 | 18.2% | 65.2% |
| Henry B. Milnes Elementary School FAIR LAWN | 392 | 17.3% | 74.8% |
| Wemrock Brook School MANALAPAN | 513 | 15.8% | 71.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School WAYNE | 387 | 14.2% | 64.4% |
| Bedminster Township Public School Bedminster | 412 | 13.1% | 64.2% |
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 Mill Lake ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #511 of 1,290 | #49 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #437 of 1,319 ▼ 11 | #41 of 111 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #883 of 1,319 ▼ 88 | #73 of 111 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #511 of 1,562 | #54 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #680 of 1,390 | #58 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #409 of 1,392 | #66 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #1,081 of 1,481 | #107 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #210 of 798 | #36 of 84 |
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
462
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 462 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 18% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 45.6 | 10.5:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 45.6 | 10.3:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 44 | 10.2:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 41.8 | 13.5:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Lake.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (563 to 462); teachers down 2% (41.8 to 41).
About Mill Lake
Mill Lake is classified as an elementary school. It is located in MONROE TWP, New Jersey. It has an enrollment of 462 students in pre-K through 3.
The Monroe Township School District system has 8 schools and 6,701 students.
More than half of enrollment at Mill Lake is White: 56%. Next come 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 41% White. The diversity index for Mill Lake is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 41 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mill Lake, giving a ratio of 11.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. By family income, 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Middlesex County.
Mill Lake holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mill Lake is 5.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 50.6%. Predicted: 56.6%.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Middlesex County has 214 public schools with about 129,255 students, including Mill Lake.
Measured in a straight line, Woodland School is about 1.0 miles from Mill Lake. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mill Lake ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Mill Lake in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 450 students in 2020-21 to 462 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.2:1 to 11.3:1.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe Township School District
- Monroe Township High SchoolHigh · 2,583 students
- Monroe Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,681 students
- Oak Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Applegarth Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Barclay Brook SchoolElementary · 332 students
Other schools in MONROE TWP
- Applegarth Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Barclay Brook SchoolElementary · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland School1.0 mi · 261
- Jonas Salk Middle School1.4 mi · 886
- E Raymond Appleby Elementary School1.8 mi · 365
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School1.8 mi · 424
- Academy Learning Center1.9 mi · 113
- Spotswood High School2.1 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Mill LakeHow many students attend Mill Lake?
Mill Lake enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-03.
Is Mill Lake an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Lake is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Mill Lake have?
Mill Lake employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mill Lake?
At Mill Lake, the student body is approximately 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mill Lake?
Mill Lake is overseen by Monroe Township School District in Middlesex County.
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