Oak Knoll Elementary School

Oak Knoll Elementary School is a roomy K-5 school in WILLIAMSTOWN, New Jersey, overseen by Monroe Township Public School District. The school instructs 671 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 66% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Oak Knoll Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Monroe Township Public School District, a district that teaches 5,703 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Oak Knoll Elementary School reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 21% Black, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Oak Knoll Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Oak Knoll Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Oak Knoll Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gloucester County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Oak Knoll Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Williamstown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 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), Oak Knoll Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 605 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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