Newell Elementary School

Newell Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in ALLENTOWN, New Jersey, run under Upper Freehold Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 548 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Newell Elementary School sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

Upper Freehold Regional School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,014 students. Newell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Newell Elementary School logs that nearly all students (80%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Newell Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.2%; actual is 40.8%, a gap of -20.4 points.

Across the wider 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. Newell Elementary School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Allentown High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Newell Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.