Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in LONG VALLEY, New Jersey, Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School serves 513 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Washington Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is one of 16 schools operated by Washington Township School District, a district that instructs 9,381 students overall.

Demographically, Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morris County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate median household earnings sit near $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

Nearest neighbor: Long Valley Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window.

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