Mill Pond Elementary School

Mill Pond Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in LANOKA HARBOR, New Jersey, part of Lacey Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 599 students spanning grades pre-K through K. That puts it 48% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Lacey Township School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,913 students, Mill Pond Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mill Pond Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Ocean County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ocean County put median household income runs about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Mill Pond Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Cedar Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 599 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Mill Pond Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.