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Best Elementary Schools in West Milford, NJ

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852

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Top rankedApshawa Elementary School428^th of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools

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Summary:

The city of West Milford, New Jersey is home to three elementary schools serving grades K-5: Maple Road Elementary School, Marshall Hill Elementary School, and Apshawa Elementary School. Based on the available data, Apshawa Elementary stands out as the top-performing school in the group, with strong academic results across multiple subjects and grade levels.

Apshawa Elementary School earned a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranked 428th out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school had the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-5, outpacing the district and state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, 64.1% of Apshawa's 3rd graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 52.9% for the district and 44.9% statewide. In 4th grade Math, Apshawa had 80% proficient, versus 60.3% for the district and 46.7% statewide.

While the three schools had similar chronic absenteeism rates, which were higher than the state average, Apshawa had the highest percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch at 20.4%. Despite this, the school still managed to outperform the other two elementary schools in the West Milford Township Public School District. The variation in per-student spending, with Marshall Hill spending the most, did not directly correlate with academic performance, as Apshawa had the strongest results despite having the lowest per-student spending.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)			NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Apshawa Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 High Crest Drive	West Milford	07480	Passaic County	West Milford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 697-1703	266	23	11.5	25.9%	195 (73.3%)	3 (1.1%)	59 (22.2%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	69.8	428^th of 1347 public elementary schools	68.2%		69.5	423^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	68.4%	5	37.8	64.1	70.0	45.9	69.2	80.0	43.2	$12,195	$278	$11,917
Maple Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	36 Maple Road	West Milford	07480	Passaic County	West Milford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 697-1704	303	23	13.2	17.5%	237 (78.2%)	7 (2.3%)	51 (16.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	47.2	718^th of 1347 public elementary schools	46.7%		53.3	630^th of 1338 public elementary schools	52.9%	88	24.4	58.6	65.0	31.1	51.2	55.0	26.7	$12,608	$37	$12,571
Marshall Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	210 Marshall Hill Road	West Milford	07480	Passaic County	West Milford Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 697-1705	283	23	12.5	24.7%	215 (76.0%)	5 (1.8%)	54 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	47.2	717^th of 1347 public elementary schools	46.8%		56.4	591^st of 1338 public elementary schools	55.8%	126	27.5	44.2	69.5	45.0	41.0	50.0	35.0	$12,904	$250	$12,654

Cities Near West Milford

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wanaque	5.04 mi	2	218^th
Bloomingdale	5.12 mi	3	279^th
Oak Ridge	5.39 mi	6	265^th
Ringwood	5.48 mi	4	199^th
Haskell	5.52 mi	1	282^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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