Best Public Schools in Layton, NJ

Summary:

The city of Layton, New Jersey has only one school, the Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School, which serves grades K-6 and has a total enrollment of 120 students. The school is part of the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, which is ranked 395 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School has a predominantly white student population (89.17%), with smaller percentages of African American (2.5%), Hispanic (6.67%), and students of two or more races (1.67%). The school's academic performance is mixed, with strong performance in English Language Arts (ELA) for grades 5 and 6, but lagging behind state averages in mathematics and science. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 11.8% is also higher than the state's target of 10% or less.

Despite these challenges, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.1 and spends $17,437 per student, which is significantly higher than the state average. These factors may contribute to the school's unique characteristics and performance, as well as its small size of only 120 students. Overall, the data provides a detailed snapshot of the only school in Layton, New Jersey, highlighting both its strengths and areas for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				NJSLA-S Science (2023)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2023)				NJSLA Mathematics (2023)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School	Public	K-6	100 Route 560	Layton	07851	Sussex County	Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 948-4450	120	15	8.1	10.8%	107 (89.2%)	3 (2.5%)	8 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	45.2	737^th of 1342 public elementary schools	45.1%		54.1	618^th of 1345 public elementary schools	54.1%	119	26.7	31.8	38.5	80.0	64.2	31.8	15.4	46.7	28.6	$17,437	$514	$16,923

Cities Near Layton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montague	6.32 mi	1	303^rd
Branchville	6.7 mi	1	284^th
Newton	7.46 mi	9	280^th
Sussex	9.94 mi	4	403^rd
Lafayette	10.6 mi	1	289^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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