Sussex Avenue School

Sussex Avenue School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, overseen by Morris School District. Current enrollment sits at 327 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Morris School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,138 students. Sussex Avenue School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sussex Avenue School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 39% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 45% of students at Sussex Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morris County (around 19%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sussex Avenue School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Morris County shows the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Sussex Avenue School is one.

Alexander Hamilton is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sussex Avenue School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sussex Avenue School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.9%.

Sussex Avenue School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Sussex Avenue School's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 327). Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 47% across the same window.

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