Denville Township School District

Denville Township School District
Address
400 Morris Avenue
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07834
United States
Coordinates40°51′55″N 74°31′32″W / 40.865394°N 74.525497°W / 40.865394; -74.525497
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentSteven Forte
Business administratorDamaris Gurowsky
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,700 (as of 2023–24)
Faculty167.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.1:1
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.denville.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,95636$18,891−10.2%
1Budgetary Cost14,1494114,159−0.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,027608,6594.2%
6Support Services2,273542,1674.9%
8Administrative Cost1,330181,547−14.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,249171,612−22.5%
13Extracurricular Activities10349104−1.0%
16Median Teacher Salary56,0941661,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Denville Township School District is a comprehensive public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Denville Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey in two elementary schools and a middle school.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,700 students and 167.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Morris Knolls High School, which is located in Denville, but has a Rockaway address, along with most students from Rockaway Township. The high school is part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District, which also serves the residential communities of Rockaway Borough and Wharton. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,473 students and 137.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.