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What's the most underrated thing about Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341713004542
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School
90 FLOCKTOWN ROAD, LONG VALLEY, NJ 07853 · (908) 850-1010 · Morris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
33 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 62.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School this school | 513 | 6.4% | 60.7% |
| Helen Morgan School SPARTA | 499 | 8.4% | 50.8% |
| Shongum School RANDOLPH | 482 | 4.1% | 58.1% |
| Newell Elementary School ALLENTOWN | 548 | 9.1% | 40.8% |
| Benedict A. Cucinella School LONG VALLEY | 529 | 8.9% | 59.4% |
| Frank K. Hehnly CLARK | 543 | 6.8% | 59.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #323 of 1,290 | #42 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #349 of 1,319 ▼ 24 | #45 of 77 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #223 of 1,319 ▲ 57 | #24 of 77 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #379 of 1,562 | #8 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #989 of 1,390 | #81 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #1,111 of 1,392 | #76 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.4% | #1,323 of 1,481 | #61 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #216 of 545 | #22 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
513
+71 (+16%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 513 | 41.3 | 12.4:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 41.6 | 11.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 42 | 10.5:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (460 to 513); teachers up 6% (39 to 41.3).
About Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LONG VALLEY, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07853). The school enrolls 513 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is among 4 schools run by Washington Township School District, which serves 2,012 students.
About 78% of the student body at Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is White. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Morris County residents are about 68% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.4:1 is based on 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 12.4:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 6%. That rate is below the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School, the prediction is 62.6% and the result is 60.7%.
For Morris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $137,326, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 156 public schools and about 72,239 students.
About 2.2 miles separate Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School from the closest public school, Long Valley Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment increased 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.4:1, from 10.5:1.
The allk12 page for Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Township School District
- Long Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Benedict A. Cucinella SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Old Farmers Road SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in LONG VALLEY
- Long Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Benedict A. Cucinella SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Old Farmers Road SchoolElementary · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Long Valley Middle School2.2 mi · 625
- Benedict A. Cucinella School2.3 mi · 529
- Hackettstown High School2.7 mi · 868
- Hatchery Hill Elementary School2.9 mi · 283
- Hackettstown Middle School3.0 mi · 507
- Old Farmers Road School3.4 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School?
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School?
At Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School public or private?
Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.