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Rockaway Valley School

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Rockaway Valley School ranks 163 rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

163^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 88% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Rockaway Valley School is an exceptional elementary school located in Boonton Township, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 407 students. This high-performing institution consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, with exceptional academic achievement across all grade levels.

Rockaway Valley School's students demonstrate remarkable proficiency in NJSLA/English Language Arts and NJSLA/Mathematics, often exceeding the state and district averages. For instance, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 6th-grade students achieved a 90.3% proficiency rate in NJSLA/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 56.1%. The school's performance in NJSLA-S/Science is also noteworthy, with 5th-grade students achieving a 50% proficiency rate, significantly higher than the state average of 30.1%. Additionally, the school's female and special education student subgroups consistently rank in the top 10-20% of New Jersey elementary schools, demonstrating the school's commitment to equity and supporting the academic success of all students.

When compared to nearby schools in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township and Denville Township school districts, Rockaway Valley School generally outperforms its peers in academic achievement, student-teacher ratio, and spending per student. This suggests that Rockaway Valley School may be a model of excellence that other schools in the region could learn from. While the school's performance is exceptional, there may be opportunities to further enhance its science proficiency and reduce its chronic absenteeism rates, which are already lower than the state average.

396

Students ?

9.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,532

Per pupil spending ?

Free/discounted lunch ?

11 Valley Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005

(973) 334-4162

District: Boonton Township School District

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.5%

Hispanic:

11.1%

Asian:

9.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 83rd percentile in 2015 → 88th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (71% vs 45% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 12% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school71%

District avg71%

New Jersey avg45%

Elementary school

163^rd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 12%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From top 17% (2015) to top 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

105^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

75^th of 609Boonton Township School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	87.8	163 of 1347	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	91.1	94 of 1338	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	88.4	146 of 1342	89.1%	★★★★☆
2022	81.5	260 of 1345	80.7%	★★★★☆
2021	77.5	258 of 1317	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	85.7	166 of 1360	87.8%	★★★★☆
2018	90.8	84 of 1353	93.8%	★★★★★
2017	92.4	48 of 1352	96.4%	★★★★★
2016	91.1	81 of 1346	94.0%	★★★★★
2015	83.0	226 of 1357	83.3%	★★★★☆
2014	84.4	126 of 1363	90.8%	★★★★★
2013	78.3	274 of 1367	80.0%	★★★★☆
2012	81.7	166 of 1363	87.8%	★★★★☆
2011	80.8	186 of 1360	86.3%	★★★★☆
2010	79.3	225 of 1354	83.4%	★★★★☆
2009	80.5	191 of 1346	85.8%	★★★★☆
2008	76.6	282 of 1338	78.9%	★★★★☆
2007	72.4	393 of 1329	70.4%	★★★★☆
2006	80.8	135 of 1314	89.7%	★★★★☆
2005	81.3	140 of 1303	89.3%	★★★★☆
2004	76.5	284 of 1298	78.1%	★★★★☆
2003	83.6	143 of 1204	88.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	89.5	117 of 1326	91.2%	★★★★★
2024	91.0	85 of 1317	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	88.9	118 of 1318	91.0%	★★★★★
2022	76.2	328 of 1326	75.3%	★★★★☆
2021	78.0	223 of 1290	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	85.0	156 of 1331	88.3%	★★★★☆
2018	88.6	97 of 1333	92.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	81.5	232 of 1318	82.4%	★★★★☆
2024	89.7	103 of 1313	92.2%	★★★★★
2023	85.2	181 of 1315	86.2%	★★★★☆
2022	83.1	221 of 1324	83.3%	★★★★☆
2021	71.8	308 of 1297	76.3%	★★★★☆
2019	84.0	176 of 1335	86.8%	★★★★☆
2018	91.1	77 of 1334	94.2%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	98.1	20 of 1023	98.0%	★★★★★
2024	88.7	68 of 989	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	99.4	8 of 958	99.2%	★★★★★
2022	54.5	354 of 949	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	69.8	178 of 868	79.5%	★★★★☆
2019	84.0	116 of 1007	88.5%	★★★★☆
2018	91.5	58 of 1001	94.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.8	126 of 970	87.0%	★★★★☆
2024	85.3	86 of 963	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	81.0	141 of 975	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	68.6	286 of 976	70.7%	★★★★☆
2021	63.4	291 of 964	69.8%	★★★★☆
2019	77.2	175 of 1023	82.9%	★★★★☆
2018	85.5	80 of 1022	92.2%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.5	105 of 752	86.0%	★★★★☆
2024	78.5	134 of 743	82.0%	★★★★☆
2023	79.3	131 of 748	82.5%	★★★★☆
2022	76.1	154 of 745	79.3%	★★★★☆
2021	84.2	83 of 652	87.3%	★★★★☆
2019	82.4	96 of 745	87.1%	★★★★☆
2018	80.3	116 of 716	83.8%	★★★★☆
2017	77.7	147 of 712	79.4%	★★★★☆
2016	74.8	148 of 713	79.2%	★★★★☆
2015	77.8	118 of 713	83.5%	★★★★☆
2014	83.7	82 of 717	88.6%	★★★★☆
2013	82.3	101 of 704	85.7%	★★★★☆
2012	80.4	127 of 677	81.2%	★★★★☆
2011	78.6	135 of 684	80.3%	★★★★☆
2010	80.4	114 of 677	83.2%	★★★★☆
2009	79.6	125 of 664	81.2%	★★★★☆
2008	79.6	116 of 640	81.9%	★★★★☆
2007	81.8	74 of 631	88.3%	★★★★☆
2006	85.4	48 of 615	92.2%	★★★★★
2005	80.2	113 of 599	81.1%	★★★★☆
2004	82.4	89 of 588	84.9%	★★★★☆
2003	85.1	58 of 574	89.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.1	64 of 728	91.2%	★★★★★
2024	89.3	50 of 717	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	83.0	104 of 720	85.6%	★★★★☆
2022	76.7	149 of 726	79.5%	★★★★☆
2021	77.7	108 of 625	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	88.3	50 of 703	92.9%	★★★★★
2018	89.3	40 of 680	94.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.9	65 of 726	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	91.6	45 of 719	93.7%	★★★★★
2023	88.6	64 of 718	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	82.4	110 of 730	84.9%	★★★★☆
2021	87.9	58 of 635	90.9%	★★★★★
2019	90.2	51 of 697	92.7%	★★★★★
2018	96.6	11 of 675	98.4%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	84.5	35 of 507	93.1%	★★★★★
2024	88.3	21 of 510	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	83.1	46 of 492	90.7%	★★★★★
2018	95.0	13 of 471	97.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.5	55 of 502	89.0%	★★★★☆
2024	85.3	41 of 510	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	76.4	92 of 509	81.9%	★★★★☆
2022	68.9	128 of 512	75.0%	★★★★☆
2021	78.1	56 of 435	87.1%	★★★★☆
2019	86.0	39 of 504	92.3%	★★★★★
2018	93.2	12 of 497	97.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)98th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile+3 vs school

White (2025)87th percentile~ school

Male (2025)82nd percentile-6 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)93rd percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)91st percentile+5 vs school

White (2025)89th percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts81%+27 vs state

Mathematics71%+27 vs state

Algebra I66%+20 vs state

Science39%+15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)					NJSLA Algebra I (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-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rockaway Valley School	Public	PK, KG-8	11 Valley Road	Boonton Township	07005	Morris County	Boonton Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 334-4162	396	43	9.2	2.0%	303 (76.5%)	2 (0.5%)	44 (11.1%)	39 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	87.8	163^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	87.9%		91.1	94^th of 1338 public elementary schools	93.0%	69	50.0	31.6	66.6	85.7	74.1	90.3	74.4	92.1	69.2	75.5	55.5	87.8	61.3	65.8	65.8	$16,532	$57	$16,475
School Street School	Public	PK, KG-2	720 Birch Street	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Boonton Town Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 335-9700	325	23	14.1	35.4%	156 (48.0%)	19 (5.8%)	89 (27.4%)	44 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.6%)								(n/a)																$11,454	$146	$11,308
Wildwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	51 Glen Rd.	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 334-3609	423	41	10.4	0.7%	272 (64.3%)	8 (1.9%)	22 (5.2%)	80 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.7%)	95.6	19^th of 1347 public elementary schools	98.6%		95.7	24^th of 1338 public elementary schools	98.2%	5	70.2		85.7	83.2	92.1				88.9	85.7	81.5					$14,491	$228	$14,263
Lake Drive Program for Hearing Impaired	Public	PK, KG-8	10 Lake Drive	Mountain Lakes	07046	Morris County	Mountain Lakes Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 299-0166	64	23	2.7	17.2%	24 (37.5%)	2 (3.1%)	32 (50.0%)	4 (6.3%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)								(n/a)																$65,045		$65,045
William Mason School	Public	K-5	5 Shawnee Trail	Montville	07045	Morris County	Montville Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 331-7100	285	31	9.3	3.9%	206 (72.3%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (11.2%)	36 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	76.3	337^th of 1347 public elementary schools	75.0%		83	239^th of 1338 public elementary schools	82.1%	98	44.2		63.7	72.9	69.2				75.0	58.3	51.9					$19,549	$54	$19,495
Intervale Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Pitt Rd	Boonton	07005	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 263-7075	287	26	11.0	18.8%	90 (31.4%)	9 (3.1%)	51 (17.8%)	122 (42.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	82	250^th of 1347 public elementary schools	81.4%		82.1	250^th of 1338 public elementary schools	81.3%		46.5		55.3	71.1	78.6				86.9	66.6	65.1					$11,528	$245	$11,283
Riverview Elementary School	Public	K-5	33 St Marys Place	Denville	07834	Morris County	Denville Township K-8 School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 983-6545	465	50	9.3	3.4%	365 (78.5%)	7 (1.5%)	39 (8.4%)	39 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	82.1	248^th of 1347 public elementary schools	81.6%		84.1	218^th of 1338 public elementary schools	83.7%	30	51.2		69.5	66.2	77.9				75.6	60.3	61.6					$9,403	$18	$9,385
Knollwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	445 Knoll Road	Lake Hiawatha	07034	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-7060	394	29	13.5	29.2%	96 (24.4%)	9 (2.3%)	67 (17.0%)	202 (51.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	76.9	330^th of 1347 public elementary schools	75.5%		78	306^th of 1338 public elementary schools	77.1%	24	47.5		61.1	73.6	59.4				61.8	64.8	66.1					$9,117	$161	$8,956
Northvail Elementary School	Public	K-5	10 Eileen Court	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 263-7070	359	30	12.1	12.5%	40 (11.1%)	16 (4.5%)	29 (8.1%)	260 (72.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	89.3	135^th of 1347 public elementary schools	90.0%		94.3	46^th of 1338 public elementary schools	96.6%	89	54.8		69.2	77.8	73.8				84.9	80.0	74.2					$9,614	$157	$9,457
Lake Hiawatha Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Lincoln Avenue	Lake Hiawatha	07034	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-4344	445	36	12.2	20.7%	111 (24.9%)	10 (2.2%)	74 (16.6%)	233 (52.4%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.7%)	78.5	308^th of 1347 public elementary schools	77.1%		85.6	200^th of 1338 public elementary schools	85.1%	108	50.7		48.3	75.4	64.0				70.7	66.1	70.6					$11,814	$384	$11,430

Frequently Asked Questions about Rockaway Valley School

What district is Rockaway Valley School in?

Boonton Township School District

What is the racial makeup of Rockaway Valley School?

Students at Rockaway Valley School are 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Is Rockaway Valley School a good school?

Rockaway Valley School ranks 163^rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Rockaway Valley School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 396 students attended Rockaway Valley School.

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