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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340939003936

Taylor Mills School

77 GORDONS CORNER ROAD, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · (732) 786-2760 · Monmouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public elementary schools
  • A-Test 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
110 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6612%
Grade 19117%
Grade 28215%
Grade 39919%
Grade 49217%
Grade 510319%

This year's kindergarten class (66) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).

Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
35166%
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
8616%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
143%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
509%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
316%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
27351%
Female
26049%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Taylor Mills School→Pine Brook School→Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School
Based on grade levels within Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
75.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2575.0%68.7%
2023-2470.4%71.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Taylor Mills School

Taylor Mills School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Taylor Mills School this school53320.6%64.5%
Clinton Public School
CLINTON
52118.8%53.0%
Joseph F Brandt Elementary School
HOBOKEN
63220.7%73.6%
James A. McDivitt Elementary School
OLD BRIDGE
53623.3%51.6%
West Freehold School
FREEHOLD
44717.9%60.6%
Bells Elementary School
TURNERSVILLE
57120.8%47.5%
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 Taylor Mills School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Monmouth County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
64.5%#250 of 1,290#21 of 89
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
68.7%#263 of 1,319
▼ 76
#26 of 93
▼ 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
75.0%#168 of 1,319
▲ 63
#16 of 93
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
533#331 of 1,562#14 of 112
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.8:1#828 of 1,390#78 of 98
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.8%#726 of 1,392#35 of 98
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
20.6%#1,026 of 1,481#51 of 105
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-6.5%#556 of 798#34 of 50
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 2024-25
Enrollment
533
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553345.111.8:121% (110)
2023-2453143.512.2:116% (84)
2022-2355845.712.2:115% (84)
2020-215604811.7:115% (86)
2017-1857047.212.1:117% (95)
2015-165574711.8:115% (86)
2010-116333319.2:19% (60)
2000-017023818.5:13% (24)
1990-917683919.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Mills School.

Since 2017-18: students down 6% (570 to 533); teachers down 5% (47.2 to 45.1).

About Taylor Mills School

Taylor Mills School, located in Manalapan, New Jersey, is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 533 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.

District-wide, Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District has 8 schools and 4,502 students.

About 66% of the student body at Taylor Mills School is White. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Monmouth County residents are about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.

Taylor Mills School lists 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 21% of the student body. That rate is below the 29% average among public schools in Monmouth County.

Taylor Mills School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of New Jersey public elementary schools.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Taylor Mills School would score about 54.9%. It scores 64.5%, 9.7 points above that figure.

In the surrounding county, Monmouth County, the median household earns about $124,845 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Monmouth County has 186 public schools with about 91,053 students, including Taylor Mills School.

The closest school to Taylor Mills School is John I. Dawes Early Learning Center, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Taylor Mills School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.

Federal data place Taylor Mills School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 533, compared with 560 in 2020-21.

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Monmouth County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Taylor Mills School
District
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
Address
77 GORDONS CORNER ROAD, Manalapan, NJ 07726
Phone
(732) 786-2760
County
Monmouth County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
533
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student–teacher ratio
11.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
110 (21%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
340939003936
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Taylor Mills School
What is the total enrollment at Taylor Mills School?
Taylor Mills School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Taylor Mills School serve?
Taylor Mills School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Taylor Mills School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Taylor Mills School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylor Mills School?
At Taylor Mills School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Taylor Mills School?
Taylor Mills School is overseen by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District in Monmouth County.
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