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Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
160 Edwards Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Phone
(973) 263-7308
District
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
County
MORRIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
248
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

7

(10 is best)

Better than 64.8% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Rockaway Meadow Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
43%
47%
41%
63%
45%
55%
43%
47%
41%
63%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
63%
47%
60%
50%
66%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
45%
51%
52%
42%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 37 14.9%
Grade 1 40 16.1%
Grade 2 33 13.3%
Grade 3 35 14.1%
Grade 4 45 18.1%
Grade 5 36 14.5%
Total 248 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.8% 32.9% 40.1%
Black 2.8% 3.4% 15.1%
Hispanic 26.4% 16.7% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 35.0% 46.5% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.0% 13.7% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 23.4% 10.8% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.6% 2.9% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 55,970 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,368.4 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,159 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 60.8% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 34.7% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.9% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.7% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.1% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.1% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.6% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,365 $94,449,000 53.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,282 $23,194,000 13.1%
Staff $812 $5,738,000 3.2%
General Administration $246 $1,736,000 1.0%
School Administration $1,076 $7,607,000 4.3%
Operation $1,953 $13,805,000 7.8%
Transportation $880 $6,222,000 3.5%
Other $752 $5,311,000 3.0%
Total Support $9,001 $63,613,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,701 $19,086,000 10.8%
Total Expenditures $25,067 $177,148,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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