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Village School
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 94 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 164 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 180 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 184 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 200 | 24% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 73.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Village School
Village School's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village School this school | 822 | 3.3% | 68.5% |
| Hillside Avenue School CRANFORD | 743 | 3.0% | 62.9% |
| Lakeview Elementary School DENVILLE | 699 | 10.7% | 68.3% |
| Alpine Elementary School SPARTA | 759 | 6.6% | N/A |
| Spring Garden School NUTLEY | 606 | 7.9% | 64.2% |
| William J. McGinn Elementary School SCOTCH PLAINS | 543 | 1.1% | 73.7% |
Where Village School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #175 of 1,290 | #10 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #224 of 1,319 ▼ 64 | #21 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #300 of 1,319 ▲ 132 | #31 of 93 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #46 of 1,562 | #1 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #699 of 1,390 | #70 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #634 of 1,392 | #24 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.3% | #1,383 of 1,481 | #98 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #435 of 545 | #36 of 46 |
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 | 822 | 72.6 | 11.3:1 | 3% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 75.9 | 10.6:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 78.1 | 10.3:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 64 | 11.1:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 67 | 11.9:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 64 | 12.6:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 42 | 20.0:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (796 to 822); teachers up 8% (67 to 72.6).
About Village School
Village School is one of the public schools in HOLMDEL, New Jersey. It is a large elementary school. The school counts 822 students across pre-K through 3. The school's enrollment is 103% larger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Within Holmdel Township School District, Village School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 2,821 students.
A majority of students at Village School, 63%, are White. The remaining shares are 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, Village School comes in at 56%.
Village School's 72.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 3%. The average for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Village School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Village School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 68.5% actual against 64.4% predicted.
Monmouth County census figures show that median household income is about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Village School is among the 186 public schools in Monmouth County.
Conover Road Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Village School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Village School had 707 students in 2020-21 and 822 in 2024-25, a 16% gain.
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