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Morris Plains, New Jersey - 2 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Morris Plains School District #273 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,287 per pupil, Morris Plains School District ranks #188 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Morris Plains School District operates 2 public schools serving 578 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Morris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,287 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.2% local, 18.8% state, and 3.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #273 of 587 in New Jersey against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 398:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 7.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.1% White, 15.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Morris Plains Borough School, enrolling 398 students (66% of the district's total enrollment).
Morris Plains Borough School accounts for 66.4% of all Morris Plains School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Morris Plains School District a distant remainder — means Morris Plains School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Morris Plains School District student-counselor ratio is 398:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Morris Plains School District chronic absenteeism rate is 7.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Morris Plains School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Morris Plains School District?
Morris Plains School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 578 students.
How much does Morris Plains School District spend per student?
Morris Plains School District spends $26,287 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #273 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Morris Plains School District?
Morris Plains School District students are 68.1% White, 15.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% Asian, 4.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Morris Plains School District?
Morris Plains School District has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #273 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.