Knollwood Elementary School

Knollwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, run under Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. The school instructs 394 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 14 schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District (7,027 students total), Knollwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Knollwood Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 24% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 11% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Morris County's rate of about 19%.

After controlling for student poverty, Knollwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Morris County reports that median household income runs about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Knollwood Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Hiawatha Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Knollwood Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

Knollwood Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 401 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.