Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341065004340
Valley View School
30 MONTGOMERY AVENUE, MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, NJ 07045 · (973) 331-7100 · Morris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
9 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 70 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Montville Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
76.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.8% | 74.0% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 View School
Valley View School's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View School this school | 360 | 2.5% | 72.9% |
| Ralph S Maugham School TENAFLY | 358 | 3.9% | 73.4% |
| Woodmont School PINE BROOK | 366 | 3.3% | 71.8% |
| Liberty Corner School Liberty Corner | 429 | 3.7% | 75.3% |
| Mt. Horeb School Warren | 331 | 4.5% | 66.3% |
| Somerville Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 394 | 3.8% | 80.8% |
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 View School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #117 of 1,290 | #13 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #141 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #16 of 77 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #129 of 1,319 ▼ 10 | #13 of 77 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #848 of 1,562 | #38 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #410 of 1,390 | #35 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #411 of 1,392 | #21 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.5% | #1,412 of 1,481 | #81 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #734 of 798 | #39 of 44 |
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
360
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 360 | 35.1 | 10.3:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 33.6 | 10.4:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 34.3 | 10.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 40 | 8.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 38.4 | 9.6:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley View School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (368 to 360); teachers down 8% (38.4 to 35.1).
About Valley View School
Valley View School is a public medium-sized elementary school in MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey. It enrolled 360 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The district, Montville Township School District, has 3,500 students enrolled across 7 schools.
Roughly 53% of students at Valley View School are White. Other groups include 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County residents are about 68% White. Valley View School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Valley View School is 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.3:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 3%. That is lower than the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Valley View School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 64.8% for a school in New Jersey with Valley View School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Valley View School posts 72.9%.
Within Morris County, the median household income is $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Valley View School, Morris County has 155 other public schools.
Nearby, Montville Township High School is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Valley View School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 70.9%; Valley View School's is 72.9%, ranking 3rd of 8.
In the federal locale system, Valley View School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Valley View School's enrollment grew from 339 in 2020-21 to 360 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.3:1) than in 2020-21 (8.5:1).
Discussions about Valley View School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montville Township School District
- Montville Township High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Robert R Lazar Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Woodmont SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Cedar Hill SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Hilldale SchoolElementary · 327 students
- William Mason SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other Valley View schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named Valley View. Valley View School is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Valley View SchoolWatchung, NJ · 276 students
- Valley View SchoolCALIFON, NJ · 260 students
- Valley View SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 577 students
- Valley View SchoolBOUNTIFUL, UT · 426 students
- Valley View SchoolGreat Falls, MT · 312 students
Nearby schools
- Montville Township High School0.7 mi · 1,035
- Hilldale School0.8 mi · 327
- Robert R Lazar Middle School1.0 mi · 798
- Woodmont School1.4 mi · 366
- Cedar Hill School1.7 mi · 329
- Adlai E. Stevenson School1.8 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Valley View SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Valley View School?
Valley View School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Valley View School serve?
Valley View School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Valley View School have?
Valley View School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Valley View School?
Student demographics at Valley View School are roughly 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 28% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Valley View School?
Valley View School is overseen by Montville Township School District in Morris County.
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