Shongum School

Located at 9 ARROW PLACE, in RANDOLPH, New Jersey, Shongum School is an average-sized K-5 school that instructs 482 students (grades K through 5), run under Randolph Township School District.

Shongum School is one of 6 schools operated by Randolph Township School District, a district that teaches 4,223 students overall.

Demographically, Shongum School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Shongum School higher than the state norm the norm. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Morris County's rate of about 19%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shongum School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Shongum School is one.

Randolph High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shongum School. On composite proficiency, Shongum School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

Shongum School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shongum School has edged up 3%, going from 467 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 76% across the same window.

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