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Mendham Township Elementary School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mendham Township Elementary School
As a reasonably sized elementary campus in BROOKSIDE, New Jersey, Mendham Township Elementary School hosts 466 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Mendham Township School District.
Across the 2 schools in Mendham Township School District (808 students total), Mendham Township Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mendham Township Elementary School shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average.
In the surrounding community, census data for Morris County shows the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Mendham Township Elementary School is one.
Mendham Township Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mendham Township Elementary School has expanded 33%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Mendham Township Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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