NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Rockaway, NJ

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

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8
Schools
3,503
Students
64.9/100
Avg Resource Index
10.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rockaway has more public-school enrollment than 36% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rockaway lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 8 listed Rockaway 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 Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering and Lincoln Elementary School shows the range hidden by Rockaway'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 64%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Morris Hills High School accounts for 32.5% of all Rockaway public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Rockaway-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

Rockaway school enrollment varies 7.9× across entities

Rockaway school enrollment ranges from 144 students (lowest) to 1,140 students (highest), a spread of 996 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

Rockaway student-teacher ratio is 10.3:1 — 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. Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering 75
2. Academy for Performing Arts 72
3. Thomas Jefferson Middle School 66
4. Morris Hills High School 64
5. Copeland Middle School 63
6. Katharine D Malone Elementary School 62
7. Stony Brook Elementary School 59
8. Lincoln Elementary School 58

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rockaway

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 Hills High School 63.6/100
  2. 2 Thomas Jefferson Middle School 62.4/100
  3. 3 Lincoln Elementary School 61.6/100
  4. 4 Copeland Middle School 61.2/100
  5. 5 Katharine D Malone Elementary School 55.6/100

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Which Rockaway school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rockaway schools in this federal-data comparison at 75/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rockaway, NJ? ▼

Rockaway has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,503 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.3:1.

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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.