Wemrock Brook School

Wemrock Brook School is a reasonably sized elementary school in MANALAPAN, New Jersey, operated by Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. The school teaches 513 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,502 students, Wemrock Brook School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wemrock Brook School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wemrock Brook School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monmouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Wemrock Brook School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wemrock Brook School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wemrock Brook School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 62.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Wemrock Brook School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 513). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 70% to 63%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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