Stephen J. Gerace School

Located at 59 Boulevard, in Pequannock, New Jersey, Stephen J. Gerace School is a modestly sized elementary-level community that instructs 334 students (grades K through 5), run under Pequannock Township School District.

Stephen J. Gerace School is one of 5 schools operated by Pequannock Township School District, a district that instructs 2,097 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Stephen J. Gerace School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Stephen J. Gerace School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Morris County's rate of about 19%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stephen J. Gerace School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Morris County put median household earnings sit near $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Stephen J. Gerace School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Park Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stephen J. Gerace School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stephen J. Gerace School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 17%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025.

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