Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center

Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center is a small elementary school in Manahawkin, New Jersey, administered by Stafford Township School District. Classes run from pre-K through kindergarten, and the school has 332 students.

Stafford Township School District runs Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,542 students in total.

Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center's enrollment is 80% White. Next come 15% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in Ocean County as a whole is similar, at about 83%. By the diversity index, Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center comes in at 34%.

The school reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.8 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 25%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Ocean County, the school's rate is lower.

Among Ocean County residents, median household income is about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 117 public schools in Ocean County, with a combined enrollment of about 66,051.

The school nearest to Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center is Stafford Intermediate School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 23%, from 271 to 332.

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