Valley View School

Located at 400 ROUTE 513, in CALIFON, New Jersey, Valley View School is a close-knit elementary-level community that hosts 260 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Lebanon Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Valley View School sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Lebanon Township School District, which oversees 2 schools and 532 students, Valley View School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Valley View School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest consists of 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Valley View School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley View School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 57.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hunterdon County) records that median household income runs about $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Valley View School is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: Califon Public School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View School has edged down 14%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window.

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