Newbury Early Learning Center

Newbury Early Learning Center is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in HOWELL, New Jersey, run under Howell Township Public School District, with 365 students on its rolls from grade pre-K.

Across the 12 schools in Howell Township Public School District (6,047 students total), Newbury Early Learning Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Newbury Early Learning Center shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Newbury Early Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Newbury Early Learning Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Monmouth County shows median household income runs about $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Newbury Early Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is Taunton Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newbury Early Learning Center ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.1%.

Newbury Early Learning Center operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Newbury Early Learning Center's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 365). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 14% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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