Summary:
Zip code 08733 has two elementary schools: Manchester Township Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and has 573 students, while Lakehurst Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 8 and has 411 students. In 2025–2026, across the seven shared grade-and-subject results, the schools averaged 25% proficient, compared with 45% statewide; the clearest finding is that Manchester led Lakehurst in all seven comparisons, but neither school reached the state rate in any of them.
Manchester stands out in this two-school comparison: its average across the shared results was 32%, versus 18% at Lakehurst. Its lead ranged from 2 points in grade 4 math (37% versus 35%) to 22 points in grade 5 math (28% versus 7%). The gap was also wide in grade 5 ELA: 44% at Manchester and 23% at Lakehurst. Both schools’ shared-grade results were below state rates, with Manchester’s closest result 7 points below the state in grade 4 ELA. Lakehurst’s grade 6–8 results were also below state rates, but Manchester does not serve those grades, so the schools cannot be compared directly there.
The overall gap with the state changed little between years: the schools’ combined average moved from 26% in 2024–2025 to 25% in 2025–2026, while the state average moved from 46% to 45%. Subject trends differed: the ELA gap narrowed from about 21 to 18 points, while the math gap widened from about 21 to 23 points and the grade 5 science gap from about 11 to 14 points. SchoolDigger ranked Manchester at the 28th percentile and Lakehurst at the 14th in 2025–2026; Lakehurst rose from the 8th percentile the year before. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 60% at Manchester and 69% at Lakehurst. Student–teacher ratios were 11.4 and 9.6, respectively, while chronic absenteeism was 14% at Manchester and 24% at Lakehurst, compared with 14% statewide. These figures provide context, not explanations for test results.
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