Marshall Hill Elementary School

Marshall Hill Elementary School, an intimate elementary campus in WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, operated by West Milford Township Public School District, enrolls 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

West Milford Township Public School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,920 students. Marshall Hill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marshall Hill Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Marshall Hill Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marshall Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Passaic County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Marshall Hill Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School, around 3.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Marshall Hill Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marshall Hill Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Marshall Hill Elementary School's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 283). The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Marshall Hill Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.