Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341248004454
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School
160 EDWARDS ROAD, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 · (973) 263-7308 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
75 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 67.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rockaway Meadow Elementary School
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockaway Meadow Elementary School this school | 257 | 29.2% | 62.6% |
| Mawbey Street Elementary School WOODBRIDGE | 304 | 25.0% | 50.9% |
| Robert Mascenik Elementary School ISELIN | 288 | 27.1% | 49.9% |
| Irwin Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 305 | 30.5% | 73.6% |
| Central Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 349 | 27.2% | 69.2% |
| Troy Hills Elementary School PARSIPPANY | 290 | 21.7% | 69.5% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rockaway Meadow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #289 of 1,290 | #40 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #218 of 1,319 ▲ 34 | #26 of 77 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #335 of 1,319 ▲ 73 | #40 of 77 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,258 of 1,562 | #80 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #334 of 1,390 | #28 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #205 of 1,392 | #5 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #868 of 1,481 | #19 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #193 of 545 | #18 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
257
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 257 | 25.7 | 10.0:1 | 29% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 25.7 | 10.1:1 | 24% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 26.3 | 9.4:1 | 27% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 28% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 22.7 | 10.0:1 | 25% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 243 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 14 | 19.8:1 | 14% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 10% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockaway Meadow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (228 to 257); teachers up 13% (22.7 to 25.7).
About Rockaway Meadow Elementary School
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is an elementary school located in PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, in Morris County. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 257 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District counts 7,027 students in its 14 schools, and Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is one of them.
Enrollment at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 35%. It is also 34% White, 27% Hispanic, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Morris County is roughly 11% Asian. Rockaway Meadow Elementary School has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.0 students per teacher and 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 29%. That rate is above the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
allk12 grades Rockaway Meadow Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New Jersey, Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 62.6% actual against a predicted 50.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Morris County, median household income is about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is among the 156 public schools in Morris County.
The nearest public school is Lake Hiawatha Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Rockaway Meadow Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Rockaway Meadow Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 266 in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in PARSIPPANY
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Eastlake Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Northvail Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Troy Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary School1.0 mi · 445
- Woodmont School1.2 mi · 366
- Parsippany High School1.2 mi · 900
- Hilldale School1.4 mi · 327
- Northvail Elementary School1.6 mi · 359
- Troy Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Rockaway Meadow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School?
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rockaway Meadow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rockaway Meadow Elementary School have?
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School?
At Rockaway Meadow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 35% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rockaway Meadow Elementary School in?
Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is part of Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District.
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