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Morris School District

A public school district in Morristown, New Jersey, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,729
Students enrolled
474.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,038.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$24,771
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,729 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,662nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 61st of 651 in New Jersey. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $24,771 in fiscal year 2023
More than 86% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Morris School District spent $25,494 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $18,098 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Morris School District spent $25,494 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $18,098 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$25,494$145.5 million5,708
FY2023$24,771$140.8 million5,682
FY2022$24,849$137.0 million5,512
FY2021$22,764$124.7 million5,477
FY2020$21,735$119.4 million5,492
FY2019$22,345$116.6 million5,216
FY2018$21,331$110.9 million5,200
FY2017$19,883$105.8 million5,320
FY2016$19,812$101.1 million5,105
FY2015$18,805$98.4 million5,232
FY2014$18,982$96.9 million5,104
FY2013$18,409$92.5 million5,024
FY2012$21,524$89.4 million4,153
FY2011$18,888$90.7 million4,804
FY2010$19,142$94.1 million4,916
FY2009$19,063$90.8 million4,764
FY2008$20,970$98.0 million4,673
FY2007$20,140$93.7 million4,652
FY2006$19,111$88.5 million4,629
FY2005$18,098$83.7 million4,625

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Morris School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$7.1 million4.3%
State$47.6 million28.9%
Local$109.9 million66.8%
Total$164.6 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

10 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Morris School District
SchoolStudents
Alexander Hamilton251
Alfred Vail School342
Frelinghuysen Middle School1,078
Hillcrest School251
Lafayette Learning Center118
Morristown High School1,816
Normandy Park School371
Sussex Avenue School327
Thomas Jefferson School285
Woodland School299

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3410810

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved