Marie V. Duffy Elementary School

Marie V. Duffy Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Wharton, New Jersey, operated by Wharton Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 434 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Wharton Borough School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 699 students; Marie V. Duffy Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marie V. Duffy Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Morris County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marie V. Duffy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Morris County shows median household income runs about $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marie V. Duffy Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marie V. Duffy Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Marie V. Duffy Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 66% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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