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What's the biggest difference between Valleyview Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVILLE TOWNSHIP K-8 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340387004208
Valleyview Middle School
320 DIAMOND SPRING ROAD, DENVILLE, NJ 07834 · (973) 983-6535 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test 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.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
34 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 202 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 174 | 30% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Based on grade levels within Denville Township K-8 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 59.3% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Valleyview Middle School
Valleyview Middle School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview Middle School this school | 571 | 6.0% | 61.5% |
| West Essex Middle School NORTH CALDWELL | 558 | 4.8% | 58.6% |
| Eric S. Smith Middle School RAMSEY | 613 | 5.7% | 64.6% |
| Madison Junior School MADISON | 555 | 7.6% | 64.8% |
| Long Valley Middle School LONG VALLEY | 625 | 7.7% | 60.3% |
| Carl H. Kumpf School CLARK | 528 | 8.3% | 56.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Valleyview Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #91 of 433 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #124 of 437 ▼ 30 | #17 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #51 of 437 ▲ 11 | #5 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #201 of 445 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #165 of 417 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #288 of 419 | #24 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #382 of 436 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #228 of 282 | #18 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
571
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 571 | 54.5 | 10.5:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 56.5 | 9.5:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 61.9 | 8.7:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 59 | 9.4:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 57.5 | 10.3:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valleyview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (592 to 571); teachers down 5% (57.5 to 54.5).
About Valleyview Middle School
Valleyview Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in DENVILLE, New Jersey, administered by Denville Township K-8 School District. It serves 571 students in grades 6 through 8.
Denville Township K-8 School District is made up of 3 schools with 1,735 students in all.
Roughly 71% of students at Valleyview Middle School are White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 68% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 54.5 full-time equivalents, or about 10.5 students per teacher. That matches the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 6%. Among public schools in Morris County, the average eligibility rate is 19%.
allk12 grades Valleyview Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Valleyview Middle School is 1.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.5% actual, 62.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Morris County census figures show that the median household income is $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 156 public schools in Morris County, enrolling about 72,239 students in all.
The nearest public school is Riverview Elementary School, at about 1.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 61.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Valleyview Middle School had 553 students, to 2024-25, when it had 571. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.4:1 in 2020-21, and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Denville Township K-8 School District
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other schools in DENVILLE
- Morris County School of TechnologyHigh · 885 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Elementary School1.2 mi · 465
- Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impaired1.5 mi · 64
- Wildwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 423
- Briarcliff Middle School1.9 mi · 263
- Mountain Lakes High School2.0 mi · 546
- Rockaway Valley School2.1 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Valleyview Middle SchoolHow large is Valleyview Middle School?
Valleyview Middle School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 06-08.
Is Valleyview Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valleyview Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valleyview Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valleyview Middle School is approximately 10.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Valleyview Middle School?
At Valleyview Middle School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Valleyview Middle School public or private?
Valleyview Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denville Township K-8 School District.
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