Morris Plains Borough School

Morris Plains Borough School operates as a close-knit intermediate school in MORRIS PLAINS, New Jersey, operated by Morris Plains School District. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades 3 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 31% leaner than typical.

Morris Plains Borough School is one of 2 schools operated by Morris Plains School District, a district that serves 599 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Morris Plains Borough School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Morris Plains Borough School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.7%, the actual is 70.8%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Morris County shows median household income runs about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Morris Plains Borough School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alfred Vail School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Morris Plains Borough School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morris Plains Borough School has expanded 8%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 66% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Morris Plains Borough School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.