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Rockaway Township School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending

Rockaway Township School District runs 6 public schools with 2,436 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 9.6 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.

At a glance

Schools
6
Students
2,436
Teachers (FTE)
253
Students per teacher
9.6
NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
Address
16 School Road, Hibernia, NJ 07842
County
Morris County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 8
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
3414130
State district ID
NJ-274490
Total staff (FTE)
564
School counselors (FTE)
9.0About 271 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
10.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district9.6
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,278), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$63.3 million
Federal revenue
$1.6 million
State revenue
$13.2 million
Local revenue
$48.4 million
Total spending
$60.1 million
Spending per pupil
$26,378
Salaries
$32.1 million53.4% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$2.2 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 2.6%
  • State: 20.9%
  • Local: 76.5%

New Jersey overall

  • Federal: 5.1%
  • State: 41.6%
  • Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$26,378
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826

Schools in Rockaway Township School District

By level: 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Birchwood Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 531410.1
Catherine A Dwyer Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 53469.9
Copeland Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 879910.5
Dennis B O'Brien Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 52989.6
Katharine D Malone Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 53039.8
Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 53659.4

Nearby and related

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.