Enrollment
346
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANHOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341572005404
Valley Road School
24 VALLEY ROAD, STANHOPE, NJ 07874 · (973) 347-0008 · Sussex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
82 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 44.8% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Valley Road School
Valley Road School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Road School this school | 346 | 23.7% | 48.1% |
| Memorial Elementary School NORTH HALEDON | 349 | 25.5% | 44.5% |
| Aaron Decker School BUTLER | 383 | 26.9% | 49.5% |
| Catherine A Dwyer Elementary School WHARTON | 346 | 27.5% | 54.5% |
| Newbury Early Learning Center HOWELL | 365 | 28.8% | 47.0% |
| Helen I. Smith School SADDLE BROOK | 340 | 29.1% | 45.3% |
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 Valley Road School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #566 of 1,290 | #14 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #623 of 1,319 ▲ 39 | #11 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #405 of 1,319 ▲ 76 | #6 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #919 of 1,562 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #427 of 1,390 | #13 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #609 of 1,392 | #5 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #964 of 1,481 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #315 of 545 | #10 of 16 |
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
346
+44 (+15%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 346 | 33.6 | 10.3:1 | 24% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 32.1 | 9.9:1 | 18% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 31.8 | 9.8:1 | 14% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 31 | 9.7:1 | 15% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 30.8 | 10.4:1 | 16% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 29 | 10.7:1 | 16% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 9% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Road School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (322 to 346); teachers up 9% (30.8 to 33.6).
About Valley Road School
Valley Road School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in STANHOPE, New Jersey. The school's 346 students are in pre-K through 8.
Valley Road School is part of Stanhope School District.
Valley Road School's enrollment is 53% White. Other groups make up 37% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 82% of Sussex County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Valley Road School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school has about 10.3 students per teacher and 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 24%. Across public schools in Sussex County, the average is about the same, 23%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Valley Road School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Valley Road School is 5.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.1% actual, 53.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census estimates describe Sussex County this way: median household income is about $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Sussex County number 46 and enroll about 19,579.
The shortest distance from Valley Road School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Lenape Valley Regional High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Valley Road School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 302 in 2020-21 and 346 in 2024-25, a rise of 44 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Valley Road School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STANHOPE
- Lenape Valley Regional High SchoolHigh · 667 students
- Byram Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Byram Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 346 students
Other Valley Road schools
One other US public school is named Valley Road. Valley Road School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valley Road SchoolCLARK, NJ · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Lenape Valley Regional High School0.5 mi · 667
- Netcong Elementary School1.2 mi · 295
- Byram Lakes Elementary School1.3 mi · 443
- Byram Intermediate School1.4 mi · 346
- Hopatcong Middle School1.7 mi · 435
- Durban Avenue Elementary School1.7 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Road SchoolHow many students attend Valley Road School?
Valley Road School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Valley Road School serve?
Valley Road School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Valley Road School have?
Valley Road School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Valley Road School?
Student demographics at Valley Road School are roughly 53% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Valley Road School?
Valley Road School is overseen by Stanhope School District in Sussex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.