Alfred Vail School

Alfred Vail School is a modestly sized K-5 school in MORRIS PLAINS, New Jersey, one of the schools within Morris School District. The school works with 342 students in grades K through 2.

Morris School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,138 students. Alfred Vail School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Alfred Vail School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Alfred Vail School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at Alfred Vail School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morris County (around 19%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for Morris County shows the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Alfred Vail School is one.

Morris Plains Borough School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alfred Vail School.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Alfred Vail School's enrollment has expanded 19% since 2018, when it stood at 288 (now 342). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 52% across the same window.

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