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What tradition at Newell Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER FREEHOLD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341656004126
Newell Elementary School
27 HIGH STREET, ALLENTOWN, NJ 08501 · (609) 259-7292 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
50 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Upper Freehold Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 46.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Newell Elementary School
Newell Elementary School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newell Elementary School this school | 548 | 9.1% | 40.8% |
| Marlton Elementary MARLTON | 567 | 10.9% | 44.4% |
| Benedict A. Cucinella School LONG VALLEY | 529 | 8.9% | 59.4% |
| Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School LONG VALLEY | 513 | 6.4% | 60.7% |
| Helen Morgan School SPARTA | 499 | 8.4% | 50.8% |
| Jeffrey Clark School MICKLETON | 469 | 8.3% | N/A |
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 Newell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #729 of 1,290 | #65 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #617 of 1,319 ▲ 16 | #58 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,018 of 1,319 ▲ 13 | #82 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #310 of 1,562 | #12 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #452 of 1,390 | #49 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #1,173 of 1,392 | #78 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #1,267 of 1,481 | #89 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #332 of 545 | #27 of 46 |
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
548
+62 (+13%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 548 | 52.8 | 10.4:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 50.2 | 10.8:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 58.3 | 9.4:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 50 | 9.7:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 54.1 | 9.5:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 52 | 9.8:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 50 | 17.6:1 | 4% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (513 to 548); teachers down 3% (54.1 to 52.8).
About Newell Elementary School
Families in ALLENTOWN, New Jersey, are served by Newell Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 548 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 35% above that.
Upper Freehold Regional School District is made up of 3 schools with 2,014 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Newell Elementary School is 80% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.4:1, with 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Newell Elementary School is 9%. On average, public schools in Monmouth County report 29%.
Newell Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Newell Elementary School is 20.4 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census Bureau estimates for Monmouth County show that the median household income is $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 186 public schools in Monmouth County, enrolling about 91,053 students in all.
The shortest distance from Newell Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Allentown High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Newell Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 62 students since 2020-21, to 548.
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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 Upper Freehold Regional School District
- Allentown High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Stonebridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Other schools in ALLENTOWN
- Allentown High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Stonebridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
Other Newell Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Newell Elementary. Newell Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Newell ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 554 students
- NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NE · 348 students
- Newell Elementary - 02Newell, SD · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Allentown High School0.1 mi · 1,033
- Stonebridge Middle School1.2 mi · 433
- Sharon School2.8 mi · 1,005
- Richard C Crockett Middle School3.9 mi · 834
- Yardville Elementary School4.0 mi · 312
- Chesterfield Township Elementary School4.4 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Newell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Newell Elementary School?
Newell Elementary School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-04.
Is Newell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Newell Elementary School have?
Newell Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
How diverse is Newell Elementary School?
Newell Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Newell Elementary School?
Newell Elementary School is overseen by Upper Freehold Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.