Academy for Performing Arts
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023.
About Academy for Performing Arts
Located at 50 Knoll Drive, in Rockaway, New Jersey, Academy for Performing Arts is an one-room-style four-year high school that enrolls 144 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Morris County Vocational School District. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.
Academy for Performing Arts is one of 5 schools operated by Morris County Vocational School District, a district that educates 1,308 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Academy for Performing Arts records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Across the wider county, Morris County reports that median household income runs about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Academy for Performing Arts is one.
Nearest neighbor: Morris Knolls High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Academy for Performing Arts operates from an outer-ring location.
On this page, the feed for Academy for Performing Arts typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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