Hilldale School

Set in PINE BROOK, New Jersey, Hilldale School is an intimate K-5 school, one of the schools within Montville Township School District. It educates 327 students across grades K through 5.

Montville Township School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,500 students. Hilldale School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hilldale School lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 45% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hilldale School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Morris County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hilldale School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 65.3%; Hilldale School posts 85.3%, +20.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Morris County shows median household income runs about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Hilldale School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodmont School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hilldale School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hilldale School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hilldale School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 327). The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 37% to 45% over that span.

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