NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Monroe Township, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Monroe Township from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
5,647
Students
56.7/100
Avg Resource Index
11.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Monroe Township has more public-school enrollment than 60% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Monroe Township High School enrolls 45.7% of Monroe Township's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Monroe Township's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Monroe Township lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 113 to 2,583 students, a 23-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 40%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
97th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Monroe Township High School accounts for 45.7% of all Monroe Township public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Monroe Township a distant remainder — means Monroe Township-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Monroe Township school enrollment varies 23× across entities

Monroe Township school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 2,583 students (highest), a spread of 2,470 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Monroe Township student-teacher ratio is 11.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Monroe Township Middle School 64
2. Woodland School 61
3. Oak Tree Elementary School 59
4. Brookside Elementary School 56
5. Monroe Township High School 51
6. Academy Learning Center 49

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Monroe Township

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Academy Learning Center 71.8/100
  2. 2 Monroe Township High School 64.6/100
  3. 3 Brookside Elementary School 58.8/100
  4. 4 Monroe Township Middle School 57.2/100
  5. 5 Woodland School 56.1/100

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Which Monroe Township school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Monroe Township Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Monroe Township schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Monroe Township, NJ? ▼

Monroe Township has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,647 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.