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What's one thing Viola L Sickles School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIR HAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340495003780
Viola L Sickles School
25 WILLOW STREET, FAIR HAVEN, NJ 07704 · (732) 741-6151 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Viola L Sickles School→Knollwood School
Based on grade levels within Fair Haven School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
89.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
464
+56 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.9:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Viola L Sickles School
As an average-sized primary school in FAIR HAVEN, New Jersey, Viola L Sickles School serves 464 students from grades pre-K through 3, part of Fair Haven School District.
Fair Haven School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 966 students; Viola L Sickles School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Viola L Sickles School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 1% of students at Viola L Sickles School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Monmouth County's rate of about 29%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Viola L Sickles School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.8%; this one delivers 86.2%, a residual of +20.4 points.
In the broader community, census data for Monmouth County shows median household income runs about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Viola L Sickles School is one.
The closest other public school is Knollwood School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Viola L Sickles School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Viola L Sickles School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 55.1%.
Viola L Sickles School operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Knollwood School0.8 mi · 502
- Red Bank Regional High School1.1 mi · 1,261
- Deane-Porter Elementary School1.6 mi · 411
- Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School1.7 mi · 816
- Forrestdale School1.7 mi · 498
- Red Bank Middle School1.8 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Viola L Sickles SchoolHow many students attend Viola L Sickles School?
Viola L Sickles School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-03.
Is Viola L Sickles School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Viola L Sickles School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Viola L Sickles School have?
Viola L Sickles School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Viola L Sickles School?
Student demographics at Viola L Sickles School are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Viola L Sickles School public or private?
Viola L Sickles School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fair Haven School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.