Middletown Township Public School District

Summary:

The Middletown Township Public School District in New Jersey operates a total of 16 schools, including 11 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The district serves a diverse student population and has a mix of high-performing and more challenged schools, with several standout institutions that excel academically.

At the elementary level, Navesink Elementary School consistently ranks among the top schools in the state, with over 80% of students proficient in English Language Arts and Mathematics. In contrast, Leonardo Elementary School struggles in certain academic areas and may require additional support. The district's middle schools also show variability, with Thompson Middle School ranking in the top 20% of New Jersey middle schools, while Thorne Middle School faces challenges.

At the high school level, Middletown High School South stands out as a top performer, ranking in the top 25% of New Jersey high schools and boasting a high 4-year graduation rate of 96.8%. The district's schools also vary in terms of racial diversity, with Ocean Avenue Elementary School having the most diverse student population and Nut Swamp Elementary School having the lowest percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which can be a proxy for socioeconomic status.

District Detail

834 Leonardville Road
Leonardo, NJ 07737

(732) 671-3850

SchoolDigger Rank:
209^th of 615 New Jersey districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 8,955

Primary Schools: 11
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				NJSLA-S Science (2023)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2023)							NJSLA Mathematics (2023)						NJSLA Algebra I (2023)			NJSLA Geometry (2023)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Middletown High School North	Public	9-12	63 Tindall Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 706-6061	1,340	108	12.4	16.3%	1,064 (79.4%)	27 (2.0%)	165 (12.3%)	35 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	44 (3.3%)	61	113^th of 422 public high schools	73.2%		48.2	161^st of 415 public high schools	61.2%	48			32.3							54.4								37.7	36.9	67.2	66.1	$9,145		$9,145
Middletown High School South	Public	9-12	900 Nut Swamp Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 706-6111	1,474	122	12.1	5.6%	1,302 (88.3%)	11 (0.7%)	108 (7.3%)	27 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (1.6%)	66.1	94^th of 422 public high schools	77.7%		66.9	81^st of 415 public high schools	80.5%	13			32.1							63.0								33.8	33.7	78.6	78.6	$9,833		$9,833
Bayshore Middle School	Public	6-8	834 Leonardville Road	Leonardo	07737	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 291-1380	561	63	8.9	14.1%	440 (78.4%)	16 (2.9%)	60 (10.7%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.0%)	76.2	156^th of 748 public middle schools	79.1%		69.1	188^th of 745 public middle schools	74.8%	32		30.1					59.9	68.4	73.4					51.9	47.6	23.2	94.7		94.7			$10,894	$156	$10,738
Thompson Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 Middletown Lincroft Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 671-2212	878	77	11.4	2.8%	759 (86.4%)	10 (1.1%)	60 (6.8%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.2%)	79.9	127^th of 748 public middle schools	83.0%		81.7	109^th of 745 public middle schools	85.4%	18		31.5					56.6	71.0	60.0					57.4	59.1	47.2	100.0		100.0			$8,182		$8,182
Thorne Middle School	Public	6-8	70 Murphy Road	Port Monmouth	07758	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 787-1220	620	65	9.6	20.6%	470 (75.8%)	22 (3.5%)	88 (14.2%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.4%)	49.8	344^th of 748 public middle schools	54.0%		49.8	344^th of 745 public middle schools	53.8%			18.6					34.2	61.9	49.2					30.5	36.8	17.8	96.6		96.6			$12,095	$33	$12,062
Bayview Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Leonardville Road	Belford	07718	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 787-3590	333	35	9.4	12.3%	259 (77.8%)	10 (3.0%)	44 (13.2%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.9%)	50.5	659^th of 1342 public elementary schools	50.9%		49.7	669^th of 1345 public elementary schools	50.3%	10	20.0			44.4	41.7	46.0					57.8	48.0	52.0									$11,243	$167	$11,076
Ocean Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	235 Ocean Avenue	North Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 787-0092	295	26	11.4	35.3%	196 (66.4%)	16 (5.4%)	55 (18.6%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.5%)	65.2	479^th of 1342 public elementary schools	64.3%		54.6	611^th of 1345 public elementary schools	54.6%	132	25.6			46.3	61.7	76.2					53.6	59.6	47.7									$8,747	$190	$8,557
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	230 Cooper Road	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 747-3308	302	26	11.7	12.3%	240 (79.5%)	5 (1.7%)	24 (7.9%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	71.8	399^th of 1342 public elementary schools	70.3%		81.4	263^rd of 1345 public elementary schools	80.4%	136	35.6			42.9	67.4	71.7					42.9	73.9	71.8									$9,003	$10	$8,993
Harmony Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Murphy Road	New Monmouth	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 671-2111	472	41	11.5	13.8%	373 (79.0%)	5 (1.1%)	67 (14.2%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	67.6	447^th of 1342 public elementary schools	66.7%		51.7	649^th of 1345 public elementary schools	51.7%	202	34.4			45.4	55.6	55.9					69.7	68.3	53.0									$9,359	$121	$9,238
Leonardo Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Hosford Avenue	Leonardo	07737	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 291-1330	275	28	9.8	14.9%	224 (81.5%)	5 (1.8%)	30 (10.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.4%)	44.6	745^th of 1342 public elementary schools	44.5%		64.6	497^th of 1345 public elementary schools	63.0%	248	16.0			62.5	59.1	42.9					46.3	45.4	16.3									$9,254	$236	$9,018
Middletown Village Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	147 Kings Highway	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 671-0267	454	36	12.5	7.3%	341 (75.1%)	3 (0.7%)	70 (15.4%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (5.1%)	75.7	347^th of 1342 public elementary schools	74.1%		83.9	228^th of 1345 public elementary schools	83.0%	119	43.6			52.2	64.3	65.9					52.1	76.7	64.5									$8,779	$10	$8,769
Navesink Elementary School	Public	K-5	151 Monmouth Avenue	Atlantic Highlands	07716	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 291-0289	208	21	9.9	11.1%	168 (80.8%)	2 (1.0%)	20 (9.6%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.3%)	93.4	62^nd of 1342 public elementary schools	95.4%		94.9	36^th of 1345 public elementary schools	97.3%	26	60.0			81.3	73.5	90.0					90.6	73.5	90.0									$10,198	$303	$9,895
New Monmouth Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 New Monmouth Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 671-5317	498	47	10.6	15.7%	406 (81.5%)	12 (2.4%)	60 (12.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	54.2	615^th of 1342 public elementary schools	54.2%		62.5	522^nd of 1345 public elementary schools	61.2%	93	18.4			47.1	64.1	50.0					47.1	65.3	33.8									$13,439	$153	$13,286
Nut Swamp Elementary School	Public	K-5	925 Nut Swamp Road	Middletown	07748	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 671-5795	510	39	12.9	1.2%	458 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.7%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	76.4	332^nd of 1342 public elementary schools	75.3%		82.8	245^th of 1345 public elementary schools	81.8%	87	45.5			46.3	64.6	79.6					63.8	62.8	56.9									$7,091	$10	$7,081
River Plaza Elementary School	Public	K-5	155 Hubbard Avenue	Red Bank	07701	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 747-3679	254	25	10.2	7.5%	212 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.6%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	66.8	458^th of 1342 public elementary schools	65.9%		78.8	308^th of 1345 public elementary schools	77.1%	150	21.5			57.1	60.5	60.0					66.7	55.9	57.5									$8,973	$10	$8,963
Lincroft Elementary School	Public	K-5	729 Newman Springs Road	Lincroft	07738	Monmouth County	Middletown Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 741-5838	481	34	14.0	2.5%	419 (87.1%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.2%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	73.5	376^th of 1342 public elementary schools	72.0%		77.9	321^st of 1345 public elementary schools	76.1%	55	41.1			37.7	76.4	64.4					54.6	82.1	56.2									$8,048	$10	$8,038

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Keansburg School District	2.86 mi	4	594^th
Hazlet Township Public School District	3.22 mi	8	355^th
Monmouth County Vocational School District	3.22 mi	8	14^th
Atlantic Highlands School District	3.28 mi	1	194^th
Red Bank Charter School	4 mi	1	427^th

Middletown Township Public School District

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