Thomas Jefferson Middle School

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is a junior high of intimate scale in ROCKAWAY, New Jersey, overseen by Rockaway Borough School District, caters to 299 students in grades 4 through 8. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Across the 2 schools in Rockaway Borough School District (571 students total), Thomas Jefferson Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Thomas Jefferson Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 37% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Morris County's rate of about 19%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Morris County) logs that median household income runs about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Middle School has contracted 14%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Thomas Jefferson Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.