Apshawa Elementary School

Apshawa Elementary School is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, overseen by West Milford Township Public School District, instructing 266 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Apshawa Elementary School sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Apshawa Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by West Milford Township Public School District, a district that caters to 2,920 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Apshawa Elementary School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, Apshawa Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Passaic County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Apshawa Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 55.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Passaic County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Apshawa Elementary School is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

Aaron Decker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Apshawa Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Apshawa Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 263 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 10% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Apshawa Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.