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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Shongum School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341365004496
Shongum School
9 ARROW PLACE, RANDOLPH, NJ 07869 · (973) 895-2322 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
20 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Randolph Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +16.8pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 62.8% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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%.
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 Shongum School
Shongum School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shongum School this school | 482 | 4.1% | 58.1% |
| Riverview Elementary School DENVILLE | 465 | 3.4% | 65.1% |
| Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School LONG VALLEY | 513 | 6.4% | 60.7% |
| Theunis Dey Elementary School WAYNE | 459 | 5.2% | 65.8% |
| Helen Morgan School SPARTA | 499 | 8.4% | 50.8% |
| Bear Tavern Elementary School TITUSVILLE | 461 | 4.3% | 70.0% |
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 Shongum School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #368 of 1,290 | #49 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #303 of 1,319 ▲ 24 | #38 of 77 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #301 of 1,319 ▲ 322 | #37 of 77 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #447 of 1,562 | #13 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #965 of 1,390 | #80 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,046 of 1,392 | #70 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.1% | #1,361 of 1,481 | #67 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #440 of 545 | #36 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
482
+66 (+16%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 482 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 39.3 | 11.7:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 36.3 | 12.0:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 36.2 | 12.9:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shongum School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (467 to 482); teachers up 8% (36.2 to 39).
About Shongum School
Shongum School is an elementary school with a street address in RANDOLPH, New Jersey. There are 482 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 6 schools in Randolph Township School District enroll 4,223 students altogether, Shongum School among them.
Of every 100 students at Shongum School, about 76 are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Shongum School are from different groups.
Shongum School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 4% at Shongum School. Among public schools in Morris County, the average eligibility rate is 19%.
Shongum School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Shongum School is 5.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 58.1% actual, 63.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
For the population of Morris County, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Shongum School shares Morris County with 155 other public schools.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, Randolph High School, is the closest to Shongum School. Shongum School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Shongum School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 66 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Shongum School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Randolph Township School District
- Randolph High SchoolHigh · 1,275 students
- Randolph Middle SchoolMiddle · 959 students
- Center Grove SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Ironia SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Fernbrook SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in RANDOLPH
- Randolph High SchoolHigh · 1,275 students
- Randolph Middle SchoolMiddle · 959 students
- Center Grove SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Ironia SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Fernbrook SchoolElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Randolph High School1.6 mi · 1,275
- Randolph Middle School1.6 mi · 959
- Center Grove School1.6 mi · 542
- Mendham Township Middle School1.8 mi · 342
- Central Park School2.4 mi · 22
- Frelinghuysen Middle School2.5 mi · 1,078
Frequently asked questions
About Shongum SchoolHow many students attend Shongum School?
Shongum School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Shongum School serve?
Shongum School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Shongum School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Shongum School.
How diverse is Shongum School?
Shongum School reports a student body of 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Shongum School in?
Shongum School is part of Randolph Township School District.
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