Taylor Mills School
- 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 by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat 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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 71.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mills School this school | 533 | 20.6% | 64.5% |
| Clinton Public School CLINTON | 521 | 18.8% | 53.0% |
| Joseph F Brandt Elementary School HOBOKEN | 632 | 20.7% | 73.6% |
| James A. McDivitt Elementary School OLD BRIDGE | 536 | 23.3% | 51.6% |
| West Freehold School FREEHOLD | 447 | 17.9% | 60.6% |
| Bells Elementary School TURNERSVILLE | 571 | 20.8% | 47.5% |
Where Taylor Mills School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In 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 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 533 | 45.1 | 11.8:1 | 21% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 43.5 | 12.2:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 45.7 | 12.2:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 48 | 11.7:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 47.2 | 12.1:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 3% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 39 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
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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