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Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School

Q: Is Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School a good school?

Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School ranks 110 th of 752 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

110^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 85% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 7-8 in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, with 1,158 students. The school consistently ranks among the top 15% of middle schools in New Jersey, with strong academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas.

On the NJSLA assessments, the school's proficiency rates significantly exceed the state averages, particularly in math, where over 90% of students demonstrate proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry. The school's 8th-grade science performance is also noteworthy, with proficiency rates around 30%, compared to the state average of 19%. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio is low, ranging from 12.2 to 13 students per teacher, which likely contributes to the strong academic outcomes.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Cedar Drive Middle School and Marlboro Middle School, Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School outperforms most of them on various academic metrics. However, some schools in the region, like Millstone Township Middle School, also demonstrate strong academic performance, ranking in the top 25% of New Jersey middle schools.

1,207

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,020

Per pupil spending ?

15%

Free/discounted lunch ?

155 Millhurst Road
Manalapan, NJ 07726-4006

(732) 786-2650

District: Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District

Students who attend Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School usually attend:

High:

Manalapan High School

Feeder schools for Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School:

Elementary:	Clark Mills School
	John I. Dawes Early Learning Center
	Lafayette Mills School
	Milford Brook School
	More...
	Taylor Mills School
	Wemrock Brook School

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.7%

Asian:

12.7%

Hispanic:

12.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 90th percentile in 2022 → 85th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (66% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 15% of New Jersey middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 90th-percentile peak (2022) to 85th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg66%

New Jersey avg43%

110^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Top 15%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

82^nd of 609Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	81.9	110 of 752	85.4%	★★★★☆
2024	83.6	90 of 743	87.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.7	83 of 748	88.9%	★★★★☆
2022	85.7	71 of 745	90.5%	★★★★★
2019	81.7	105 of 745	85.9%	★★★★☆
2018	79.8	124 of 716	82.7%	★★★★☆
2017	81.3	114 of 712	84.0%	★★★★☆
2016	77.1	135 of 713	81.1%	★★★★☆
2015	80.8	88 of 713	87.7%	★★★★☆
2014	79.3	146 of 717	79.6%	★★★★☆
2013	81.5	110 of 704	84.4%	★★★★☆
2012	78.7	151 of 677	77.7%	★★★★☆
2011	72.6	208 of 684	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	77.5	151 of 677	77.7%	★★★★☆
2009	81.2	99 of 664	85.1%	★★★★☆
2008	80.9	99 of 640	84.5%	★★★★☆
2007	80.8	92 of 631	85.4%	★★★★☆
2006	78.5	135 of 615	78.0%	★★★★☆
2005	82.1	84 of 599	86.0%	★★★★☆
2004	80.8	112 of 588	81.0%	★★★★☆
2003	84.0	72 of 574	87.5%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	90.5	16 of 359	95.5%	★★★★★
2024	97.5	6 of 352	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	86.5	25 of 361	93.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	72.2	50 of 204	75.5%	★★★★☆
2024	66.8	66 of 200	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.4	50 of 201	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	84.0	17 of 200	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	67.6	69 of 199	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.5	75 of 200	62.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.2	14 of 343	95.9%	★★★★★
2024	79.5	33 of 320	89.7%	★★★★☆
2023	92.8	12 of 288	95.8%	★★★★★
2022	97.6	8 of 270	97.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	80.1	128 of 728	82.4%	★★★★☆
2024	83.0	105 of 717	85.4%	★★★★☆
2023	87.2	74 of 720	89.7%	★★★★☆
2022	86.3	73 of 726	89.9%	★★★★★
2019	83.2	99 of 703	85.9%	★★★★☆
2018	80.8	122 of 680	82.1%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	83.4	60 of 608	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	92.1	20 of 589	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	91.9	24 of 587	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.8	31 of 591	94.8%	★★★★★
2019	88.1	33 of 524	93.7%	★★★★★
2018	81.5	59 of 504	88.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	91.5	20 of 613	96.7%	★★★★★
2024	93.1	14 of 584	97.6%	★★★★★
2023	87.3	28 of 568	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	89.7	22 of 549	96.0%	★★★★★
2019	81.2	38 of 541	93.0%	★★★★★
2018	86.5	30 of 522	94.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	98 of 726	86.5%	★★★★☆
2024	84.9	92 of 719	87.2%	★★★★☆
2023	84.5	88 of 718	87.7%	★★★★☆
2022	85.5	82 of 730	88.8%	★★★★☆
2019	81.3	120 of 697	82.8%	★★★★☆
2018	81.8	114 of 675	83.1%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	55.7	164 of 507	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.8	65 of 510	87.3%	★★★★☆
2023	62.2	122 of 505	75.8%	★★★★☆
2022	68.8	93 of 535	82.6%	★★★★☆
2019	59.4	151 of 492	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.1	147 of 471	68.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	68.6	130 of 502	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	73.5	105 of 510	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	74.8	103 of 509	79.8%	★★★★☆
2022	74.3	101 of 512	80.3%	★★★★☆
2019	70.7	124 of 504	75.4%	★★★★☆
2018	70.4	135 of 497	72.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)97th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)96th percentile+11 vs school

African American (2025)96th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)90th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

Female (2025)82nd percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)75th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)74th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)68th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Geometry99%+38 vs state

Algebra I95%+48 vs state

English Language Arts79%+22 vs state

Mathematics51%+20 vs state

Science30%+11 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)			NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School	Public	7-8	155 Millhurst Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2650	1,207	87	13.8	15.0%	829 (68.7%)	28 (2.3%)	150 (12.4%)	153 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (3.7%)	81.9	110^th of 752 public middle schools	85.4%		83.6	90^th of 743 public middle schools	87.9%	20	30.0		77.0	80.7		58.3	38.3	100.0	93.2	95.0	98.8	98.8	$8,020	$14	$8,006
Pine Brook School	Public	6	155 Pease Road	Manalapan	07726	Monmouth County	Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 786-2800	494	39	12.5	16.8%	380 (76.9%)	8 (1.6%)	40 (8.1%)	58 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)								(n/a)		80.3			65.7								$8,031	$08	$8,023
Millstone Township Middle School	Public	6-8	5 Dawson Court	Millstone Township	08535	Monmouth County	Millstone Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 786-0950	423	46	9.2	8.0%	317 (74.9%)	16 (3.8%)	46 (10.9%)	34 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	70.7	191^st of 752 public middle schools	74.6%		68.8	202^nd of 743 public middle schools	72.8%	11	28.9	61.2	78.4	62.0	46.2	49.1	36.5		80.6	83.7	100.0	100.0	$13,011	$379	$12,632
Clifton T. Barkalow School	Public	6-8	498 Stillwells Corner Road	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 431-4403	574	70	8.2	15.0%	426 (74.2%)	28 (4.9%)	74 (12.9%)	36 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	73.9	164^th of 752 public middle schools	78.2%		68.1	204^th of 743 public middle schools	72.5%	40	18.3	69.5	73.5	67.0	56.6	63.4	35.2		93.4	93.7			$11,513	$244	$11,269
Freehold Intermediate School	Public	6-8	280 Park Avenue	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 761-2156	498	51	9.8	80.5%	48 (9.6%)	30 (6.0%)	400 (80.3%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	26	548^th of 752 public middle schools	27.1%		28.1	522^nd of 743 public middle schools	29.7%	26	5.7	32.7	46.8	39.9	20.5	31.5	7.9		58.7	58.7			$13,254	$1,996	$11,258
Monroe Township Middle School	Public	6-8	1629 Perrineville Road	Monroe Township	08831	Middlesex County	Monroe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 521-6042	1,681	135	12.4	10.2%	483 (28.7%)	61 (3.6%)	131 (7.8%)	976 (58.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.7%)	84	91^st of 752 public middle schools	87.9%		83.3	92^nd of 743 public middle schools	87.6%	1	39.7	70.0	76.9	72.0	69.7	67.9	38.7	100.0	99.4	99.6	98.9	98.9	$13,214	$09	$13,205
Marlboro Middle School	Public	6-8	355 County Road 520	Marlboro	07746	Monmouth County	Marlboro Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 972-2100	935	94	9.9	8.2%	652 (69.7%)	18 (1.9%)	76 (8.1%)	165 (17.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.4%)	76.3	149^th of 752 public middle schools	80.2%		78.8	132^nd of 743 public middle schools	82.2%	17	23.7	82.3	69.4	67.3	63.7	50.6	36.7	100.0	95.7	96.9	100.0	100.0	$9,749	$20	$9,729
Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School	Public	6-8	13 Augusta St	Jamesburg	08831	Middlesex County	Jamesburg Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 521-0303	217	20	10.9	65.9%	63 (29.0%)	11 (5.1%)	131 (60.4%)	8 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	30.6	509^th of 752 public middle schools	32.3%		32.8	483^rd of 743 public middle schools	35.0%	26	17.3	30.0	52.3	31.1	23.9	28.4	3.6		100.0	100.0			$10,563	$394	$10,169
Dwight D. Eisenhower School	Public	6-8	279 Burlington Road	Freehold	07728	Monmouth County	Freehold Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 431-3910	582	68	8.5	15.5%	400 (68.7%)	29 (5.0%)	69 (11.9%)	61 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	19 (3.3%)	73	172^nd of 752 public middle schools	77.1%		75.5	158^th of 743 public middle schools	78.7%	14	23.6	67.2	68.4	72.7	54.4	61.0	24.3		86.6	87.1			$10,436	$118	$10,318
Jonas Salk Middle School	Public	6-8	155 W Greystone Road	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4519	886	78	11.4	25.1%	537 (60.6%)	69 (7.8%)	146 (16.5%)	106 (12.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (2.9%)	67.8	215^th of 752 public middle schools	71.4%		64.1	242^nd of 743 public middle schools	67.4%	27	20.5	61.3	69.2	60.4	50.7	55.1	33.5		94.5	94.5			$13,625	$64	$13,561

Frequently Asked Questions about Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School

Is Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School a good school?

Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School ranks 110^th of 752 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School attend?

Students who attend Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School usually go on to attend Manalapan High School

What is the racial makeup of Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?

Students at Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School are 69% White, 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What district is Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School in?

Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District

How many students attend Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,207 students attended Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School.

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