Pequannock Township High School

Located at 85 Sunset Road, in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Pequannock Township High School is a modestly sized four-year high school that caters to 655 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Pequannock Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 929.

Pequannock Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,097 students. Pequannock Township High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pequannock Township High School records that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, Pequannock Township High School logs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morris County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pequannock Township High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.6%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of -3.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Morris County) records that the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Pequannock Township High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hillview School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pequannock Township High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pequannock Township High School has ticked down 6%, going from 697 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 81% across the same window.

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