Helen Morgan School

Set in SPARTA, New Jersey, Helen Morgan School is a moderately sized K-5 school, operated by Sparta Township Public School District. It caters to 499 students across grades 4 through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Helen Morgan School sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Sparta Township Public School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,281 students. Helen Morgan School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Helen Morgan School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Helen Morgan School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Sussex County's rate of about 23%.

After controlling for student poverty, Helen Morgan School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sussex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sussex County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), of which Helen Morgan School is one.

Mohawk Avenue School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Helen Morgan School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 467 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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