Valley View School

Valley View School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, overseen by Montville Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 360 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Valley View School is one of 7 schools operated by Montville Township School District, a district that serves 3,500 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Valley View School records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

In terms of school funding signals, Valley View School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Morris County's rate of about 19%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Valley View School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 72.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Morris County shows the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Valley View School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Montville Township High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley View School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 368 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 53% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Valley View School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.