Public schools in Rockaway, NJ

Rockaway has 8 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 3,503 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Rockaway Township School District runs 3 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Rockaway's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in RockawayDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Rockaway Township School District32,386$27,620
Rockaway Borough School District2539$27,224
Morris County Vocational School District21,261$22,872
Morris Hills Regional School District12,673$32,079

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Rockaway, 1,465 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Morris Hills High School1,1409.725.1%Morris Hills Regional
Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering181not reportednot reportedMorris County Vocational
Academy for Performing Arts144not reportednot reportedMorris County Vocational

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Rockaway, 1,098 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Copeland Middle School79910.516.5%Rockaway Township
Thomas Jefferson Middle School2999.527.4%Rockaway Borough

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 elementary schools in Rockaway, 940 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Stony Brook Elementary School3659.26.0%Rockaway Township
Katharine D Malone Elementary School3039.716.2%Rockaway Township
Lincoln Elementary School27212.623.5%Rockaway Borough

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Rockaway's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Rockaway school has 9.7 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 301 students (state 435).

Rockaway against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
RockawayNew Jersey
Median students per teacher9.711.3
Median school size (students)301435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 8 Rockaway schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Rockaway

  1. Rockaway Township School DistrictRuns 3 of Rockaway's 8 public schools and spent $27,620 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$27,620
  2. Morris Hills High School, the largest high school in Rockaway1,140 students in 2024-25, 9.7 per teacher.1,140
  3. Compare Rockaway Township School District with Rockaway Borough School DistrictRockaway's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Rockaway addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Rockaway

  1. How many public schools are in Rockaway, NJ?
    8 public schools with an address in Rockaway were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 3,503 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Rockaway?
    Morris Hills High School, with 1,140 students in 2024-25 (Morris Hills Regional School District).
  3. Which districts run Rockaway's schools?
    Rockaway Township School District (3 schools), Rockaway Borough School District (2 schools), Morris County Vocational School District (2 schools), Morris Hills Regional School District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .