Hillview School

As a compact elementary campus in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Hillview School hosts 306 students from grades K through 5, operated by Pequannock Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Hillview School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Pequannock Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,097 students. Hillview School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hillview School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Hillview School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Morris County's rate of about 19%.

With demographic context factored in, Hillview School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate median household income runs about $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Hillview School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pequannock Valley School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillview School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Hillview School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Hillview School's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 306). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 89% to 82%.

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