New Monmouth Elementary School

New Monmouth Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey, part of Middletown Township Public School District, with 508 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so New Monmouth Elementary School sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

New Monmouth Elementary School is one of 16 schools operated by Middletown Township Public School District, a district that instructs 8,752 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Monmouth Elementary School lists that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Monmouth Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monmouth County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), New Monmouth Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Middletown High School North, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Monmouth Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Monmouth Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 34%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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