Rockaway Borough Public Schools
School district in Morris County, New Jersey, US
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The Rockaway Borough Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Rockaway Borough, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
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103 East Main Street
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| Coordinates | 40.897931°N 74.508464°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Anthony Grieco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Giovanni Cusmano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 574 (as of 2024–25)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 56.1 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.2:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 574 students and 56.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[1]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Morris Hills High School (located in Rockaway Borough), which also serves students from Wharton and some from Rockaway Township (the White Meadow Lake section and other southern portions of the township). Morris Knolls High School serves all students from Denville (where the school is located) and most students from Rockaway Township (with the exception of White Meadow Lake and other areas in the southern part of the township). The two high schools are part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District[4][5] As of the 2024–25 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,140 students and 117.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.[6]
History
Rockaway High School was located in what would become Lincoln Elementary School, as part of a construction project completed in 1923 that added a second floor used by the high school.[7]
The four constituent communities of Denville Township, Rockaway, Rockaway Township and Wharton voted in 1949 to create the Morris Hills Regional High School District. Until the district was created, students from the borough had attended Rockaway High School, which was operated by the borough's school district; the fact that the district had its own high school led some to believe that borough residents would oppose the referndum.[8] The high school closed in 1953, with the opening of the regional Morris Hills High School.[7]
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[9]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2024–25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11][12][13]
- Elementary school
- Middle school
Administration
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of five members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2015) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[22][23]