Montague Township School

Montague Township School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in MONTAGUE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Montague Township School District, with 329 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Montague Township School is a school of Montague Township School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Montague Township School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 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. Roughly 44% of students at Montague Township School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Sussex County's rate of about 23%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montague Township School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sussex County) logs that median household income runs about $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Montague Township School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Delaware Valley HS, roughly 5.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montague Township School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montague Township School has rose 34%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 66% over that span.

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