Stillwater Township School

Stillwater Township School, a cozy K-5 school in STILLWATER, New Jersey, part of Stillwater Township School District, serves 296 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Stillwater Township School sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Stillwater Township School District is the operating authority for Stillwater Township School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Stillwater Township School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Stillwater Township School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stillwater Township School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 58.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sussex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Stillwater Township School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Fredon Township School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stillwater Township School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stillwater Township School has rose 4%, going from 285 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window.

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