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Enrollment
494
Middle
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340939003932
Pine Brook School
155 PEASE ROAD, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · (732) 786-2800 · Monmouth County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
83 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 494 | 100% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Pine Brook School→Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.3% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.5% | 61.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Pine Brook School
Pine Brook School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Brook School this school | 494 | 16.8% | 71.0% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower School FREEHOLD | 582 | 15.5% | 55.5% |
| Readington Middle School WHITEHOUSE STATION | 466 | 13.1% | 53.9% |
| Clifton T. Barkalow School FREEHOLD | 574 | 15.0% | 54.2% |
| Stonebridge Middle School Allentown | 433 | 10.6% | 55.0% |
| Clinton Township Middle School CLINTON | 405 | 10.9% | 63.1% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Pine Brook School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #25 of 433 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #76 of 437 ▲ 8 | #8 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #59 of 437 ▲ 7 | #8 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #257 of 445 | #21 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #357 of 417 | #30 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #344 of 419 | #21 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #302 of 436 | #19 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #51 of 282 | #4 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
494
-90 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 494 | 39.5 | 12.5:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 45.7 | 13.1:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 45.3 | 12.8:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 48 | 12.2:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 51.9 | 11.9:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 62 | 18.5:1 | 6% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 65 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Brook School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (616 to 494); teachers down 24% (51.9 to 39.5).
About Pine Brook School
Pine Brook School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of Manalapan, New Jersey. A total of 494 students attend the school, which covers grade 6.
The district for Pine Brook School is Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, with 8 schools and 4,502 students.
Pine Brook School is 77% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 12% Asian and 8% Hispanic. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. Pine Brook School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.5:1, with 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 17%. The 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 12 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Pine Brook School is A+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pine Brook School is +14.0 points: 71.0% actual, 57.0% predicted.
In Monmouth County (population about 645,353), the median household income is $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Pine Brook School is one of 186 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Taylor Mills School, at about 1.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pine Brook School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when Pine Brook School had 584 students, to 2024-25, when it had 494.
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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 Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lafayette Mills SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Manalapan
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,207 students
- Taylor Mills SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Milford Brook SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Wemrock Brook SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Clark Mills SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lafayette Mills SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Taylor Mills School1.2 mi · 533
- John I. Dawes Early Learning Center1.3 mi · 306
- Clark Mills School1.3 mi · 474
- Milford Brook School1.3 mi · 516
- Manalapan High School1.9 mi · 1,690
- Lafayette Mills School2.0 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Brook SchoolHow large is Pine Brook School?
Pine Brook School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 06-06.
Is Pine Brook School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Brook School is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Brook School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Brook School is approximately 12.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pine Brook School?
Student demographics at Pine Brook School are roughly 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Brook School?
Pine Brook School is overseen by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District in Monmouth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.