Benedict A. Cucinella School

Located at 470 NAUGHRIGHT ROAD, in LONG VALLEY, New Jersey, Benedict A. Cucinella School is a mid-sized elementary school that caters to 529 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Washington Township School District. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Washington Township School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 9,381 students; Benedict A. Cucinella School is among them.

On demographics, Benedict A. Cucinella School reports that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Morris County's rate of about 19%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Benedict A. Cucinella School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Morris County shows median household earnings sit near $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Benedict A. Cucinella School is one campus in the mix.

Mount Olive Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 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 Benedict A. Cucinella School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Benedict A. Cucinella School's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 529). White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window.

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