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Schools in Short Hills

Short Hills’s public schools

Millburn Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Short Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?7/7schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
83%
2021–22
Math proficiency
80%
2021–22
Graduate on time
100%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$26.6K
▼ 6% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.9
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
4,175 students on the public path
In brief

Short Hills’s schools, in brief

School by school

7 of Short Hills’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. South Mountain School places highest (better than 99%); Hartshorn School lowest (98%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Short Hills, graded from A+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Millburn High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Short Hills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA+
6–8Millburn Middle Schoolin MillburnA+
9–12Millburn High Schoolin MillburnA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Millburn Township School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Millburn Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 8 schools · 4,538 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$26,610NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading83%
State average 48.6% · 2655 students tested
Math80%
State average 35.5% · 2668 students tested

Short Hills vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Short Hills’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Short Hills—Millburn Township
MillburnAMillburn Township
SummitASummit City
LivingstonALivingston Township
SpringfieldBSpringfield Township

Every school in Short Hills

7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Short Hillsin other towns
South Mountain School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Millburn
A+
278 students10:1Rate it →
Hartshorn School
Elementary · Grades K–4
A+
392 students11:1Rate it →
Deerfield School
Elementary · Grades K–4
A+
358 students12:1Rate it →
Wyoming School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Millburn
A+
346 students13:1Rate it →
Glenwood School
Elementary · Grades K–4
A+
315 students13:1Rate it →
Millburn Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Millburn
A+
1,106 students11:1Rate it →
Millburn High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Millburn
A+
1,380 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Short Hills’s schools

Are Short Hills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Short Hills. Millburn Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Short Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Short Hills in?

Millburn Township School District.

Where do Short Hills kids go to high school?

Millburn High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.