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Littleton Elementary School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Littleton Elementary School
Littleton Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Morris Plains, New Jersey, part of Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 392 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 14 schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District (7,027 students total), Littleton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Littleton Elementary School lists that 42% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.
On the resource side, Littleton Elementary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Littleton Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Littleton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 73.7%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Morris County put the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Littleton Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).
The closest other public school is Parsippany Hills High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Littleton Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 67.4%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Littleton Elementary School has edged up 5%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 392 in 2025.
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