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What's the most underrated thing about Long Valley Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
625
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341713004544
Long Valley Middle School
51 WEST MILL RD, LONG VALLEY, NJ 07853 · (908) 876-3434 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
48 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 190 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 28% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Long Valley Middle School→Washington Township High School
Based on grade levels within Washington Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
62.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 61.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Long Valley Middle School
Long Valley Middle School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Valley Middle School this school | 625 | 7.7% | 60.3% |
| Medford Memorial Middle School MEDFORD | 644 | 7.5% | 52.2% |
| Valleyview Middle School DENVILLE | 571 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| Sparta Middle School SPARTA | 762 | 7.9% | 51.3% |
| West Essex Middle School NORTH CALDWELL | 558 | 4.8% | 58.6% |
| Carl H. Kumpf School CLARK | 528 | 8.3% | 56.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Long Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #98 of 433 | #14 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #91 of 437 ▼ 4 | #11 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #69 of 437 ▲ 14 | #11 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #170 of 445 | #9 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #41 of 417 | #7 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #330 of 419 | #27 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #372 of 436 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #56 of 282 | #4 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
625
-95 (-13%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 1,115
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 9.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 625 | 72.5 | 8.6:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 78.6 | 8.8:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 78.2 | 8.6:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 78 | 9.2:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 84.3 | 9.2:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 868 | 82 | 10.6:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 996 | 63 | 15.8:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 1,115 | 86 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (776 to 625); teachers down 14% (84.3 to 72.5).
About Long Valley Middle School
In LONG VALLEY, New Jersey, Long Valley Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. It educates 625 students in grades 6 through 8.
Washington Township School District counts 2,012 students in its 4 schools, and Long Valley Middle School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Long Valley Middle School is 76% White. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, Long Valley Middle School comes in at 41%.
Federal data list 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Long Valley Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 8.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 8%. For comparison, public schools in Morris County average 19%.
The allk12 Grade for Long Valley Middle School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.0% at Long Valley Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.3%.
Census estimates describe Morris County this way: median household income is about $137,326, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Morris County number 156 and enroll about 72,239.
The nearest other public school, Old Farmers Road School, is about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.3%; Long Valley Middle School's is 60.3%, ranking 5th of 8.
Long Valley Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 720 to 625.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Long Valley Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Township School District
- Benedict A. Cucinella SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Old Farmers Road SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in LONG VALLEY
- Benedict A. Cucinella SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Old Farmers Road SchoolElementary · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Old Farmers Road School1.3 mi · 345
- Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School2.2 mi · 513
- West Morris Central High School3.4 mi · 1,015
- Benedict A. Cucinella School3.8 mi · 529
- Tewksbury Elementary School4.3 mi · 253
- Mount Olive Middle School4.8 mi · 1,137
Frequently asked questions
About Long Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Long Valley Middle School?
Long Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Long Valley Middle School serve?
Long Valley Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Long Valley Middle School have?
Long Valley Middle School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Long Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Long Valley Middle School are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Long Valley Middle School in?
Long Valley Middle School is part of Washington Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.