Valley Road School

Summary:

Valley Road School is an elementary school located in Stanhope, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 311 students. The school is part of the Netcong School District, which is ranked 261 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valley Road School demonstrates a mix of strengths and areas for improvement. The school performs above the state average in several grade levels for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, with 85.8% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 55.3%. However, the school's performance in 3rd-grade ELA (20% proficient) and 8th-grade Mathematics (14.3% proficient) is significantly below the state averages. Valley Road School also ranks 184 out of 958 New Jersey elementary schools for its special education students, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, suggesting the school provides strong support and resources for its special education population.

When compared to nearby schools, Valley Road School generally performs better than the lower-ranked schools (such as Franklin Elementary and Nixon Elementary) in the Roxbury Township School District, but lags behind the higher-performing schools (such as Tinc Rd. Elementary and Chester M. Stephens Elementary) in the Mount Olive Township School District. Additionally, Valley Road School has seen a decrease in the percentage of White students and an increase in the percentage of Hispanic students over the past three school years, which may be an important factor to consider in the school's planning and resource allocation.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 24 Valley Road
       Stanhope, NJ  07874


(973) 347-0008

District: Stanhope School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
582nd of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,419 Help


Students who attend Valley Road School usually attend:

High:    Lenape Valley Regional High School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.7 Help
Number of students:  311

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.1%
Hispanic:
28.0%
Two or more races:
4.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  14.1% Help


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Compare Details Valley Road School ranks better than 56.6% of elementary schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.58. (See more...)
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Compare Details Valley Road School ranks better than 66.4% of middle schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.23. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (62.1%), Hispanic (28%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley Road School is 9.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley Road School is $15,419.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Valley Road School:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Road School 582nd of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Valley Road School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Valley Road School 251st of 748 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Valley Road School in the ranking list.)

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Stanhope School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Stanhope School District 261st of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valley Road School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 37.29 855th 1204 29.0%
2004 71.35 418th 1298 67.8%
2005 81.10 145th 1303 88.9%
2006 58.90 720th 1314 45.2%
2007 55.35 794th 1329 40.3%
2008 58.37 707th 1338 47.2%
2009 46.61 860th 1346 36.1%
2010 53.27 781st 1354 42.3%
2011 49.63 844th 1360 37.9%
2012 54.44 763rd 1363 44.0%
2013 49.72 822nd 1367 39.9%
2014 53.61 759th 1363 44.3%
2015 53.93 658th 1357 51.5%
2016 45.22 781st 1346 42.0%
2017 54.31 675th 1352 50.1%
2018 62.22 554th 1353 59.1%
2019 66.07 503rd 1360 63.0%
2021 51.23 583rd 1317 55.7%
2022 53.95 621st 1345 53.8%
2023 57.58 582nd 1342 56.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.08 356th 1001 64.4%
2019 49.08 438th 1007 56.5%
2021 52.04 341st 868 60.7%
2022 62.74 278th 949 70.7%
2023 72.07 184th 958 80.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.84 432nd 1333 67.6%
2019 77.30 293rd 1331 78.0%
2021 51.71 565th 1290 56.2%
2022 65.51 470th 1326 64.6%
2023 58.88 538th 1318 59.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.38 647th 1334 51.5%
2019 65.34 485th 1335 63.7%
2021 49.47 582nd 1297 55.1%
2022 43.77 720th 1324 45.6%
2023 54.83 587th 1315 55.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.42 520th 896 42.0%
2022 44.59 475th 953 50.2%
2023 61.09 319th 982 67.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.02 520th 1022 49.1%
2019 47.94 555th 1023 45.7%
2021 56.96 367th 964 61.9%
2022 43.25 578th 976 40.8%
2023 51.38 479th 975 50.9%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Valley Road School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 69.83 214th 574 62.7%
2004 81.57 104th 588 82.3%
2005 50.47 380th 599 36.6%
2006 54.07 380th 615 38.2%
2007 57.90 351st 631 44.4%
2008 72.16 199th 640 68.9%
2009 69.66 245th 664 63.1%
2010 53.95 402nd 677 40.6%
2011 64.99 288th 684 57.9%
2012 77.52 167th 677 75.3%
2013 40.53 479th 704 32.0%
2014 36.40 498th 717 30.5%
2015 55.72 306th 713 57.1%
2016 54.30 322nd 713 54.8%
2017 56.89 306th 712 57.0%
2018 49.58 366th 716 48.9%
2019 60.66 289th 745 61.2%
2021 78.32 119th 652 81.7%
2022 56.19 291st 745 60.9%
2023 62.23 251st 748 66.4%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 49.44 207th 492 57.9%
2022 80.26 50th 535 90.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.87 364th 680 46.5%
2019 63.81 258th 703 63.3%
2021 73.42 129th 625 79.4%
2022 50.58 335th 726 53.9%
2023 65.55 226th 720 68.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.56 364th 675 46.1%
2019 57.66 290th 697 58.4%
2021 76.60 119th 635 81.3%
2022 61.46 231st 730 68.4%
2023 69.94 188th 718 73.8%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Valley Road School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.51 319th 497 35.8%
2019 42.52 302nd 504 40.1%
2021 81.48 48th 435 89.0%
2022 54.56 213th 512 58.4%
2023 48.21 259th 509 49.1%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Valley Road School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 260 2 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 265
1989 267 2 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 274
1990 260 1 4 5 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1991 247 1 4 12 0 n/a n/a 0 264
1992 254 3 2 13 0 n/a n/a 0 272
1993 269 2 2 16 0 n/a n/a 0 289
1994 263 3 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1995 260 3 7 11 0 n/a n/a 0 281
1996 260 3 7 11 0 n/a n/a 0 281
1998 264 29 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 303
1999 297 6 5 7 0 n/a n/a 0 315
2000 289 8 9 8 0 n/a n/a 0 314
2001 298 3 7 9 0 n/a n/a 0 317
2002 315 4 13 16 0 n/a n/a 0 348
2003 315 4 13 16 0 n/a n/a 0 348
2004 331 4 13 20 0 n/a n/a 0 368
2005 298 4 15 16 0 n/a n/a 0 333
2006 378 7 21 17 0 n/a n/a 0 423
2007 362 7 14 18 4 n/a n/a 0 405
2008 341 14 16 24 1 n/a n/a 0 396
2009 327 14 13 22 1 1 0 0 378
2010 307 14 13 35 0 1 0 0 370
2011 309 14 14 45 0 0 0 0 382
2012 283 16 14 31 1 2 1 0 348
2013 292 19 10 33 1 1 0 0 356
2014 306 16 7 33 1 1 0 0 364
2015 242 21 15 38 1 1 0 0 318
2016 246 14 13 36 1 1 0 0 311
2017 244 13 12 45 0 0 2 0 316
2018 240 11 13 55 0 0 3 0 322
2019 238 7 8 52 0 0 5 0 310
2020 236 7 8 58 0 0 7 0 316
2021 220 5 7 57 0 2 11 0 302
2022 192 5 7 78 0 2 14 1 299
2023 193 7 8 87 0 2 14 0 311

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Valley Road School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 265 23.0 11.5 n/a
1989 274 24.0 11.4 n/a
1990 270 24.0 11.2 7.4
1991 264 21.0 12.5 8.7
1992 272 21.0 12.9 8.5
1993 289 21.7 13.3 11.1
1994 277 22.4 12.4 9.7
1995 281 22.0 12.8 8.2
1996 281 22.0 12.8 8.2
1998 303 22.0 13.8 10.2
1999 315 22.2 14.2 8.3
2000 314 22.2 14.1 13.7
2001 317 22.4 14.2 9.1
2002 348 23.3 14.9 7.5
2003 348 23.3 14.9 7.5
2004 368 23.5 15.7 7.9
2005 333 22.5 14.8 n/a
2006 423 30.6 13.8 8.7
2007 405 32.0 12.7 10.6
2008 396 27.0 14.7 10.9
2009 378 31.5 10.5 13.2
2010 370 32.0 11.5 16.8
2011 382 29.8 12.8 16.2
2012 348 29.2 11.9 15.2
2013 356 28.0 12.7 16.6
2014 364 29.9 12.1 17
2015 318 28.0 11.3 17.6
2016 311 29.0 10.7 15.8
2017 316 31.2 10.1 15.5
2018 322 30.8 10.4 15.8
2019 310 32.1 9.6 15.5
2020 316 32.8 9.6 13
2021 302 31.8 9.4 14.9
2022 299 30.1 9.9 11
2023 311 31.8 9.7 14.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Valley Road School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 265 23.0 11.5 n/a
1989 274 24.0 11.4 n/a
1990 270 24.0 11.2 7.4
1991 264 21.0 12.5 8.7
1992 272 21.0 12.9 8.5
1993 289 21.7 13.3 11.1
1994 277 22.4 12.4 9.7
1995 281 22.0 12.8 8.2
1996 281 22.0 12.8 8.2
1998 303 22.0 13.8 10.2
1999 315 22.2 14.2 8.3
2000 314 22.2 14.1 13.7
2001 317 22.4 14.2 9.1
2002 348 23.3 14.9 7.5
2003 348 23.3 14.9 7.5
2004 368 23.5 15.7 7.9
2005 333 22.5 14.8 n/a
2006 423 30.6 13.8 8.7
2007 405 32.0 12.7 10.6
2008 396 27.0 14.7 10.9
2009 378 31.5 10.5 13.2
2010 370 32.0 11.5 16.8
2011 382 29.8 12.8 16.2
2012 348 29.2 11.9 15.2
2013 356 28.0 12.7 16.6
2014 364 29.9 12.1 17
2015 318 28.0 11.3 17.6
2016 311 29.0 10.7 15.8
2017 316 31.2 10.1 15.5
2018 322 30.8 10.4 15.8
2019 310 32.1 9.6 15.5
2020 316 32.8 9.6 13
2021 302 31.8 9.4 14.9
2022 299 30.1 9.9 11
2023 311 31.8 9.7 14.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valley Road School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $346 (2.2%) $15,073 (97.8%) $15,419

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Valley Road School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 503rd of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 582nd of 1342 Elementary schools
 6.4%
Ranks 289th of 745 Middle schoolsRanks 251st of 748 Middle schools
 5.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)31.820
 11.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)31.820
 11.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)37.541.7
 4.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)37.541.7
 4.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)9270.2
 21.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)9270.2
 21.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)8843.2
 44.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)8843.2
 44.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)71.963.6
 8.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)71.963.6
 8.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)71.950.1
 21.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)71.950.1
 21.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)59.460
 0.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)59.460
 0.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)47.431.5
 15.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)47.431.5
 15.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)64.668
 3.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)64.668
 3.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.855.7
 7.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)58.626.9
 31.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)58.626.9
 31.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)42.133.8
 8.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Road School)54.585.8
 31.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Stanhope School District)54.585.8
 31.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)62.955.3
 7.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Valley Road School)23.114.3
 8.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Stanhope School District)23.114.3
 8.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)29.317.8
 11.5%
8th Grade Algebra I (Valley Road School)10061.5
 38.5%
   8th Grade Algebra I (Stanhope School District)10061.5
 38.5%
   8th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)75.166
 9.1%
End of Course Algebra I (Valley Road School)10061.5
 38.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Stanhope School District)10061.5
 38.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students310311
 0.3%
African American77
American Indian00
Asian88
Hispanic5287
 67.3%
Pacific Islander02
White238193
 18.9%
Two or More Races514
 180%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients15.5%14.1%
 1.3%


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Students who attend Valley Road School usually go on to attend:

High : Lenape Valley Regional High School

Valley Road School ranks 582nd of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 311 students attended Valley Road School.

Students at Valley Road School are 62% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% African American.


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