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Montville Township High School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Montville Township High School
Montville Township High School operates as an average-sized senior high in MONTVILLE, New Jersey, run under Montville Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,035 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
Across the 7 schools in Montville Township School District (3,500 students total), Montville Township High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Montville Township High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Montville Township High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morris County (around 19%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Montville Township High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.2%.
In the area at large, census data for Morris County shows median household earnings sit near $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Montville Township High School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).
Nearest neighbor: Robert R Lazar Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montville Township High School. On composite proficiency, Montville Township High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 70.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Montville Township High School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,212 (now 1,035). The White share of enrollment fell from 70% to 60% over that span.
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