Schools in Laurence Harbor · Old Bridge Township School District
Laurence Harbor’s public schools beat 60% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Laurence Harbor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
84%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
54%
▲ 7 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
▲ 4 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
94%
▲ 3 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$25.2K
▼ 11% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Laurence Harbor compares
B Test scoresB− Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (320)Better than 84%
High confidence. Built on 4,242 tested students and a graduating class of 734; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Laurence Harbor.
11 schools teach K in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
11 schools teach 1st grade in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
11 schools teach 2nd grade in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
11 schools teach 3rd grade in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
11 schools teach 4th grade in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
11 schools teach 5th grade in Laurence Harbor’s district. Which one depends on your address: James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Memorial Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
K–511 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Old Bridge High Schoolin Matawan
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading54%
State average 47.3%
Math29%
State average 25.4%
Laurence Harbor vs. its neighbors
Laurence Harbor’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Laurence Harbor
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Laurence Harbor · in other towns
James A. McDivitt Elementary School
B−536 students12:1Rate it →
Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School
B+424 students11:1Rate it →
Memorial Elementary School
B388 students12:1Rate it →
Madison Park Elementary School
C328 students11:1Rate it →
William A. Miller Elementary School
B314 students15:1Rate it →
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School
B276 students12:1Rate it →
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School
A−268 students11:1Rate it →
Southwood Elementary School
C+265 students9:1Rate it →
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School
B−224 students11:1Rate it →
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School
C216 students13:1Rate it →
Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School
B211 students12:1Rate it →
Carl Sandburg Middle School
B+926 students11:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Laurence Harbor
There’s no college in Laurence Harbor, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood in Aberdeen, 1.9 miles away.
Yeshiva Gedolah of CliffwoodUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Aberdeen
1.9 mi55 students
Middlesex CollegeCommunity college · Public · Edison
6.9 mi9,857 students
DeVry University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · Woodbridge
8.1 mi16 students
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Edison
8.2 mi96 students
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New York
9 mi73 students
Chamberlain University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · North Brunswick
9.5 mi1,225 students
Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick
10.4 mi47,422 students
Brookdale Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Middletown
10.8 mi9,316 students
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten IslandCommunity college · For-profit · New York
11.7 mi661 students
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationCommunity college · For-profit · Piscataway
12.2 mi397 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Laurence Harbor. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.