Rockaway Township Public Schools


The Rockaway Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Rockaway Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 2,350 students and 225.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
The district is 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.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend either Morris Hills High School or Morris Knolls High School. Morris Hills also serves students from Wharton and some from Rockaway Borough ; Morris Knolls serves all students from Denville and portions of Rockaway Borough. As of the 2017–18 school year, Morris Hills High School had an enrollment of 1,300 students and 120.4 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1 and Morris Knolls High School had an enrollment of 1,494 students and 130.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, a magnet high school program that is part of the Morris County Vocational School District is jointly operated on the Morris Hills campus. The two high schools are part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Elementary schools
;Middle school
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, with seven members, sets policy and oversees 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 two or three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election.