NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Denville, NJ

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5 public K-12 schools in Denville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,070
Students
64/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Denville has more public-school enrollment than 45% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Morris Knolls High School enrolls 35.6% of Denville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Denville schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Valleyview Middle School and Riverview Elementary School shows the range hidden by Denville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 55%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Morris Knolls High School accounts for 35.6% of all Denville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Denville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Denville school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities

Denville school enrollment ranges from 465 students (lowest) to 1,450 students (highest), a spread of 985 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Denville student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Valleyview Middle School 73
2. Morris County School of Technology 68
3. Morris Knolls High School 63
4. Lakeview Elementary School 60
5. Riverview Elementary School 56

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Denville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Morris County School of Technology 66.8/100
  2. 2 Morris Knolls High School 57.0/100
  3. 3 Valleyview Middle School 46.8/100
  4. 4 Lakeview Elementary School 45.5/100
  5. 5 Riverview Elementary School 36.9/100

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Which Denville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Valleyview Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Denville schools in this federal-data comparison at 73/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Denville, NJ? ▼

Denville has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,070 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.