📍 125 Sussex Avenue, Morristown, Morris County, 07960
Sussex Avenue School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Morristown, Morris County. The school has 299 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Morris School District school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sussex Avenue School enrolls 299 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 44% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 133 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
117 of the school's 299 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 84 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sussex Avenue School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 25.
Sussex Avenue School is one of 10 schools in Morris School District, based in MORRISTOWN, New Jersey. The district serves 5,729 students district-wide and employs 452 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 299 students, Sussex Avenue School is smaller than the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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