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Morris School District

Morris School District in New Jersey: 10 public schools with 5,138 students and 10.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,791 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 10
Students: 5,138
Students per teacher: 10.8; NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $26,791; NJ $28K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 474
Counselors (FTE): 16.0
Students per counselor: 321; NJ 274 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 11.0; Librarians (FTE): 8.5

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$19.8K15

$20.9K16

$20.9K17

$22.5K18

$23.5K19

$22.7K20

$23.7K21

$25.7K22

$26.0K23

$26.8K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 4.6% · $7.8M
State: 29% · $49.3M
Local: 67% · $113.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $15,507
Support services: $10,604
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $6.4M
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 7Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Lafayette Learning Center	Pre-K	118	4.7	Morristown
Alexander Hamilton	3–5	251	8.2	Morristown
Alfred Vail School	K–2	342	11.4	Morris Plains
Hillcrest School	K–2	251	11.0	Morristown
Normandy Park School	K–5	371	9.8	Morristown
Sussex Avenue School	3–5	327	10.9	Morristown
Thomas Jefferson School	3–5	285	10.4	Morristown
Woodland School	K–2	299	10.5	Convent Station
Frelinghuysen Middle School	6–8	1,078	10.5	Morristown
Morristown High School	9–12	1,816	13.1	Morristown

Sources

Address: 31 Hazel Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: (973)292-2300

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).